Save the site of the Battle of Fayetteville and the Battlefield Cemetery

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Paramount Development Corp. has approached the City of Fayetteville, WV and asked that they re-zone a 60-acre farm on the edge of town for commercial use. Paramount Development intends to build 2 large buildings that Wal-Mart and Lowes will occupy as well as several smaller out parcels. The 60-acre tract of land however is what is known as the Fleshman/Clark farm, it was the site of the Sept 10, 1862 Battle of Fayetteville. The site also contains a battlefield cemetery, which contains the graves of at least 24 American soldiers.

This property is in imminent danger of being developed, which would mean this hallowed ground would be lost forever. We are asking that the City of Fayetteville deny the request by Paramount Development Corp. to rezone the property and help to preserve Americas ever shrinking battlefield land, as well as, preserve and protect the hallowed ground. We owe it to ourselves and to our ancestors to protect this land that they fought and died for, this honored field where the dead from the battle rest in their graves.

4139 Signatures

  • Dianna P
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 25139
  • James F. Y
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 45701
  • Elva P
    • Comments
    • why must we keep destroying our heritage in the name of consumerism and greed?
  • Elvenor J
    • Comments
    • Saving history is important to me and future generations
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 270 Barcelona Ave, Westerville, OH 43081
  • Albert W F
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 17356
  • Diane & Tom E
    • Comments
    • Please don't build on this site.
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 68048
  • Madonna
  • Julia S
    • Comments
    • Very important historical site. Could be visited by many if a marker were put up. This could be a boon to local business. chamber of commerce could get involved.
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 92067
  • Ellen D. M
    • Comments
    • We only have one site such as this, but countless Walmarts. etc.. Let reason, along with respect for our state's heitage guide this decision.
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 25443
  • Deanna D
    • Comments
    • A Country is KNOWN by the way they treat their dead.....
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 25302
  • Tori N
    • Comments
    • let them rest in peace
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 25015
  • Reed h Cole S
    • Comments
    • This is an outrage!
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 21061
  • randall dale r
    • Comments
    • you greedy land developers have nothing better to do with your money than to buy up history and put up a housing project or some dam strip mall would you want some one to build a house over your mamas grave site?
    • Address: Zip Code
    • st. joseph, misouri
  • Debby B
  • Gloria L. F
  • Edsel D
    • Comments
    • This is certainly a worthwhile effort and I hope the city fathers listen.
  • Dan D
    • Comments
    • The City and businesses of Fayetteville emphasize its Civil War sites and the Battle of Fayetteville Re-enactment and now they are considering destroying this heritage. This site was the scene of the Battle of Fayetteville, were the Confederate loss was sixteen killed upon the field and thirty-two wounded. The Federal loss in the battle and during the entire four days while retreating down the valley was twenty-five killed, ninety-five wounded, and one hundred ninety missing. A complete history of this battle and for Fayetteville, West Virginia, During The Civil War by Mary Elizabeth Kincaid, Volume 14, Number 4 (July 1953), pp. 339-364, can be found at the following web site. http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh14-2.html the source for the citation above related to the dead and wounded. I encourage the officials of the city of Fayetteville to read this account and act accordingly to preserve a part of our culture and to honor those buried upon this field.
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 90046
  • David N
    • Address: Zip Code
    • MD 20755
  • Joann E
    • Comments
    • Do not develop near cemetery/battle grounds
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 99705
  • Donald E. B
    • Comments
    • America is rooted in its history, not in its shopping barns
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 5704 Ridgeway Avenue, Rockville, MD 20851
  • david p
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 26253
  • Doris F
    • Comments
    • Not only are you considering desecrating graves, but you are going to lose all your home-owned businesses once a Walmart is allowed to build in your community. Are you totally unaware of what has happened in all the small towns across the country where they have been accepted? Shame on you!!
    • Address: Zip Code
    • Carpinteria, CA 93013
  • Erma A
  • Doloris M
  • Elijah S. C
  • Gary P
  • Gary S
    • Comments
    • Protect the graves.
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 75063
  • Gary Z
    • Address: Zip Code
    • pullman, wv 26421
  • Ethel M. S
  • Dale R. Osburn S
    • Comments
    • PLEASE VETO THIS this Inhumane Act upon Our History and Us.
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 638 E. Ribbon Grass Av. Las Vegas,Nv. 89123-7300
  • Gerald E. B
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 26170
  • EG E
    • Comments
    • SAVE the Battlefield
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 22603
  • Janice L
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 90605
  • Chris W
  • Janice Bullock W
    • Comments
    • All burial places are sacred and should never NEVER N-E-V-E-R be destroyed. America's military veterans should be HONORED . . . . . not have their burial sites paved over for any reason, including "progress" or commercial development.
  • Emma W
    • Comments
    • With all the vacant property available, don't degrade historical land.
  • Conchita P. R
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 4524 Harmony Place 94928
  • David R
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 21054-1817
  • Gary G
    • Comments
    • Our history is too important to lose.
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 04605
  • Don S
    • Comments
    • Desecrating Graves in the Name of Business!?????
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 80513
  • Donna R
    • Comments
    • I feel the graves should not be moved.
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 374 Main Street, Lowell, NC 28098
  • Dwayne S
  • Sharon J
    • Comments
    • As a former resident and citizen of WV I would hate to see a historical site destroyed for progress.
  • Kelly L. T
  • Virginia P
  • Ronald D
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 29651
  • D. Joel D
    • Comments
    • of the WV Cemetery Preservation Assoc., Inc.
  • Billie J. B
    • Comments
    • Please help save this sites.
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 44410
  • Dave B
    • Comments
    • civil war re enactor
  • David B
    • Address: Zip Code
    • 27513