HISTORICAL PROTEST--A group of Civil War re-enactors take part in a protest to save the Buffington Island Battleground, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Feb. 12, 1999. The battlefield, located in Meigs county, is the only Civil War battlefield in the state. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

BATTLEFIELD PROTEST--With a snow covered west lawn of the Ohio Statehouse in the background, Marlitta Perkins, Karl Withrow, and Steven Lewis protest to save the Buffington Island Battlefield, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Feb. 12, 1999. The battlefield, located in Meigs county, is the only Civil War battlefield in the state. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)