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The article announces the winning entries in the 2015 Civil War Trust Photography Contest including the Chancellorsville battlefield taken by Theresa Rasmussen as the Grand Prize winner and the bugler by Carl Staub as the First Place winner.

This section offers news briefs related to preservation efforts at Civil War sites as of September 2015. The Anheuser-Busch Foundation has donated acres of land of the Williamsburg, Virginia battlefield to the Civil War Trust. Funding from the Franklin County, Pennsylvania room tax and Marcellus shale natural gas drilling fees will help the Friends of Monterey Pass Battlefield Inc. preserve land at Monterey Pass. A refurbished Civil War-era cannon was installed at Fort Early in Virginia.

The article reports that the charitable trust Civil War Trust transferred 115 acres High Bridge Trail State Park, Prince Edward County and 12 acres of Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park, Amelia to Commonwealth of Virginia for preservation and recreation.

The article reports on the preservation of the Jackson Flank Attack area, the memorial of the U.S. Civil War soldier, Stonewall Jackson by the Civil War Trust and the developer Silver Cos.

The article reports that the Civil War Trust has unveiled a new web-based video series called War Department which focuses on the American civil war.

The article offers information on the protection of the Sheperdstown battlefield by preservations groups, the Civil War Trust, the American Battlefield Preservation Association and the Sheperdstown Battlefield Preservation Association.

The article reports that the Civil War Trust completed the national fundraising campaign worth 3.6 million dollars for the preservation of the Brandy Station Battlefield located in Culpeper County, Virginia.

The article offers information on the Civil War In4, videos introduced by the Civil War Trust depicting the history of Civil War in the U.S.

The article offers civil war news briefs as of January 7, 2012 on topics including Civil War Trust is supporting the Cedar Creek and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Virginia and American Public University System are organizing a workshop for teachers.