The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $306,929.75 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant (CFDA 15.928) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (VA DCR). This grant funding enabled the permanent preservation of 3.0 acres of the Reams Station II Civil War battlefield through a partnership with the American Battlefield Trust. The Trust acquired the Davis Tract land parcel and transferred a conservation easement to the Virginia Board of Historical Resources,...
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 National Park Service awarded a $832,348.94 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation on August 1, 2022. The grant will fund the acquisition of two non-contiguous parcels totaling approximately 50.47 acres at the Deep Bottom II Battlefield in Varina, Virginia. The American Battlefield Trust will serve as a sub-recipient to acquire the parcels and hold title to the land as owner. The grant award supports the goals of the Battlefield Land...
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 Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $515,514 Project Grant under the Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation on July 1, 2021. As administered by the American Battlefield Trust acting as sub-recipient, the grant funding enabled the non-federal acquisition of 44.75 acres of the Pegram's Battery Tract at the Cedar Mountain Battlefield in Culpeper, Virginia. The land was acquired in fee simple by...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.928 - Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants), awarded $294,154.83 to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation on March 26, 2025. The funding will be used to support the non-federal acquisition of the 11.72-acre Amelia Tract at the Boydton Plank Road Battlefield. The American Battlefield Trust is the landowner, with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources...
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 Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $1,112,554 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation on December 1, 2021 to acquire and preserve 42.19 acres of threatened battlefield land at Chancellorsville Battlefield in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. As part of the Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928), the grant funding enabled the American Battlefield Trust as a sub-recipient to acquire the Dowdall's...
This Project Grant award of $858,745.00 from the National Park Service's Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928) supports the acquisition and preservation of the 7.36-acre Proctor II tract at the Cedar Mountain Battlefield in Virginia. The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, in partnership with the American Battlefield Trust, will acquire the property and convey a conservation easement to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources to permanently protect this...