Response to Civil War Article.

I think, like many others who have posted before me, that one of the most significant facts this article brings up is the civilian to soldier ratio in Stafford. Stafford was a small community that was suddenly swarming with 120,000 union soldiers. It must have been very difficult for the locals to cope with that kind of change. I learned from this article that many civil war camps are often overlooked and ignore because of the fascination with the battlefield. I think by preserving these union campsites one will be able to tell a more complete story of a typical union soldier's life. It’s definitely important to be able to break something down and look at it from a different perspective, and these camps give us another vantage point. I think it's awesome that building companies like C.T. Park Inc are willing to stop developing an area if they find it has historical importance. When onsite work showed that there were tons of hut sites, C.T. even gave up two more lots. It interests me that Hennesey had written that without the rest and regeneration that happened in the Stafford Camps the union probably would've lost at Gettysburg.