Buffington Island
Battlefield Preservation Foundation

Why is preserving the Buffington Island battlefield important? Beyond the obvious prevention of destruction of the ground in the name of...

George W. Cassell, a resident of central Kentucky, enlisted as a sergeant in the Confederate States Army on September 10, 1862 in...

Sergeant William M. Sleeth - photo courtesy Carl Clink One of the Foundation's members, Carl Clink, might have a direct connection to the...

Middleswart Cemetery There are several cemeteries in what is known as the Portland Bottoms, the flat area over which the Battle of Buffington Island took place (a more appropriate name for the battle would actually be Portland or Portland Bottoms since no fighting took place on the island). Separated by less than a mile, two of the Portland area cemeteries, Middleswart and Browning, are the final resting places for several Civil War veterans. Both cemeteries were in existence

When one hears about the Buffington Island battle, we often hear about John H. Morgan and the Confederate point of view, but we rarely...

From the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, Volume XX, 1911: AN ACCOUNT BY MORGAN'S CAPTOR, MAJOR GEORGE W. RUE. On September...

When one hears about the Buffington Island battle, we often hear about John H. Morgan and the Confederate point of view, but we rarely...

When one hears about the Buffington Island battle, we often hear about John H. Morgan and the Confederate point of view, but we rarely...

We are working on another driving brochure, one that covers the sixty miles from Berlin Crossroads and the action that took place there...