SEPTEMBER 2013


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Preserving History and Restoring Nature at Cool Springs Story and photos by Colleen Lentile


O n any given day,


passers-by could walk by Shenandoah University’s


main


and see students and nearby residents wandering


campus in Winchester about,


using the property as their own. Those same students and


locals now can be found on SU’s fifth campus, the River Campus, located at the Cool Springs Battlefield on the Shenandoah River in Clarke County. Cool Springs,


once the


Virginia National Golf Course, was given to SU through an easement with the Civil War


Battlefield Trust in April 2013. The


easement guarantees a


perpetual conservation plan— but the specifics about how the land will be managed, and for whose benefit, was a matter for the university to determine. SU’s current plans for the property include an “outdoor


Shenandoah University’s plans for Civil War property keep the focus on low-impact educational activities


classroom” for their students, focusing on the


assets that come along with the property, including


educational the


historical, environmental, and cultural aspects of the land. From a conservation perspective, compelling


the element is


most the


ground’s Civil War history. On July 17–18, 1864, only seven days after the Battle of Fort Stevens, Confederate Lt . Gen. Jubal Early left Washington, D.C., and retreated into the Shenandoah President Maj.


Valley. Lincoln’s Upon request, Gen. Horatio Wright “T hat’ Dale Schulz s why I started Hunt Country P 100% of our members own their tank! ropane. ”


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