Just in time for the sesquicentennial of its namesake, America's largest battlefield preservation organization has a new name--the Civil War Trust--and a new graphical identity.

Until now, the group--which has deep roots in Fredericksburg--had been called the Civil War Preservation Trust. Its new moniker is shorter and simpler, as is the new logo that the Washington-based nonprofit rolled out yesterday.

The design features the silhouettes of two soldiers, Union and Confederate, each bearing the flag under which he fought, standing guard over the battlegrounds....