What were the key findings and outcomes of their investigation of the Battle of Ball’s Bluff?
JM: Ball’s Bluff is in pretty good shape today. It actually can be called a preservation success story even though the portions of the battlefield on which the early morning skirmishing took place have been lost to development. The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority now controls 223 acres of the original battlefield, including all the key areas. Together with the Ball’s Bluff National Cemetery, this land makes up the Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park. The volunteer guide group’s occasional work days (one of which is held each year as part of CWPT’s Park Day) and the energetic leadership of the park manager, George Tabb, have resulted in cleaning up a badly overgrown field, partially restoring it to its 1861 appearance, and making it much easier to interpret and understand. Of course, this is an ongoing project, however, so the work will continue.
