Project Grant P19AP00006

The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $536,518 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. This funding will assist in the permanent protection of a 3.11-acre tract of land at the Second Manassas Battlefield through a non-federal acquisition led by the American Battlefield Trust, the sub-recipient under this award. The Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant program enables state and local governments to...

The National Park Service awarded a $1,563,300.50 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) to assist in the non-federal acquisition of 0.63 acres of the 8th Ohio Tract at the Gettysburg Battlefield. Through this project grant, the American Battlefield Trust, as a sub-recipient, will acquire and hold title to the property, permanently protecting this historically significant land. The Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $463,610 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the Mississippi Department of Archives & History to assist in the non-federal acquisition and permanent protection of 1.57 acres over four tracts at the Chickasaw Bayou Battlefield. The American Battlefield Trust has engaged in purchase negotiations with the tract owners and intends to transfer the resulting conservation easements to the Mississippi Department of...

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $515,210 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the State of North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources to assist in the acquisition and preservation of the 86.36-acre McQuiston-Malloy tract at the Wyse Fork Battlefield. The grant enabled the permanent protection of this historic battlefield land through the American Battlefield Trust's purchase of the tract and subsequent conveyance of a conservation easement...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $4,880,990 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to assist in acquiring and permanently preserving the 97.19-acre Spillman Tract at the Brandy Station Battlefield. The American Battlefield Trust, as a sub-recipient, will acquire the property and transfer it to the Commonwealth of Virginia to enable the permanent protection of this historic Civil War battlefield...

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) received a $110,000 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA #15.928) from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service to support the non-federal acquisition and preservation of a 1-acre tract at the Buckland Mills Battlefield in Virginia. DCR will convey a conservation easement over the acquired land to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, permanently protecting this historic battlefield site. The Battlefield Land...

The National Park Service's Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928) awarded a $258,978.21 grant to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to support the non-federal acquisition of the 1.78-acre Saunders Tract on the Petersburg Battlefield. The American Battlefield Trust, as the sub-recipient, will acquire the property and hold the title as the landowner. This grant project, with a performance period from March 2024 to March 2027, aims to permanently...

The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service awarded a $794,245.25 Project Grant under the CFDA 15.928 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The grant funds will be used to assist the state and local communities in acquiring and preserving 7.11 acres of threatened battlefield land at the Cold Harbor Battlefield, which is part of the 384 battlefields identified in the 1993 report on the nation's Civil War battlefields....

This Project Grant award of $7,765,289.62 from the Department of the Interior National Park Service will enable the non-federal acquisition of 144.62 acres of the McCann Tract at the Winchester II Battlefield. Funded through the Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928), the award will support the permanent protection of lands related to the American Civil War through fee simple acquisition by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. As the sub-recipient, the Foundation...

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) received a $438,150 Project Grant award on June 7, 2024 from the National Park Service's Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants (CFDA 15.928) program. This funding will support the non-federal acquisition of a 5.34-acre parcel of the Champion Hill Battlefield by the American Battlefield Trust, a sub-recipient under this award. MDAH will serve as the easement holder for the acquired property to ensure its permanent protection. The Battlefield...