SAVING BUFFINGTON ISLAND

Buffington Island is Ohio's only civil war battlefield, and it is in grave danger of being destroyed. A gravel company owns 500 acres of the battlefield, in which some of the heaviest fighting of the day was done. 60+ men , from both sides are said to be buried there, no markers were ever set for them and only a handful of the men are named.

I have worked for over a year to prepare a report to distribute to the people on this battlefield and the men involved. Included in the report are online links to rosters for as many units as I could find .. Im hoping that someone may find a relative that may be buried at Buffington Island. Until a bit ago, I could only email out the report, which is 2.5 megs (78 pages). I have been graced by a friend with the same feelings for this subject as I do.He has put my report together on a website, which , I can only say was a God send.

I invite you to visit our website, it has all the same links and articles as my report. It will explain the battle, the commanders, where its situated, and of course the links to the units involved.

There is a petition there that I respectfully ask you to sign, if you share the same feelings as I , on this issue.

If you know others that might take interest in this issue , please forward this to them.

Below you will find 2 links, one will take you to my original petition, the other will take you to the website, which also has a petition, where you can read about Buffington Island. I must say that this is of an urgent matter, as the gravel company is pushing to be allowed to begin their mining.

I have other material on this battle if you are interested, email me.

Thank You for Your Time

John A. Rawdon"