Fifteen Civil War sites across the commonwealth underwent a spring cleaning this weekend, one of which was right here in Winchester.

More than a dozen volunteers trimmed the brush and cleaned up trash at the Third Battle of Winchester Battlefield.

The 1864 battle is known as the bloodiest battle of the Shenandoah Valley.

Volunteers teamed up with the civil war preservation trust for the annual event.

"For me, this is everything," local coordinator, Michael Perry said. "I believe we need to save history, save the heritage of the country, and when the Civil War Trust bought this land, then donated it to the community, you can't ask for anything better then that."

The Winchester battlefield was only one of 100 historic sites in 24 states that were cleaned in the annual battlefield clean up.