L. 102–379) authorized the production of three coins, a clad half dollar, a silver dollar, and a gold half eagle, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the protection of Civil War battlefields.
[2] The obverse of the Civil War Battlefields commemorative dollar, designed by Don Troiani, features an infantryman raising a canteen to the lips of a wounded foe.
The reverse, designed by John Mercanti, features a quotation from Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the college professor from Maine who became one of the heroes of Gettysburg.
[2] The obverse of the Civil War Battlefields commemorative half eagle, designed by Don Troiani, shows a Civil War bugler on horseback sounding out a call to the troops.
The reverse, designed by Alfred Maletsky, features the image of a bald eagle holding a banner that reads "Let Us Protect and Preserve".