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 National Park Service awarded a $163,720 Project Grant under the American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926) to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR), Division of State Library. The grant will support the development of interpretation and cultural resource management plans for sites associated with the 1781 Race to the Dan campaign during the American Revolutionary War. This work will improve public knowledge of the historic events that took place...
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...
The National Park Service, through the American Battlefield Protection Program (CFDA 15.926), awarded a $713,869.56 Project Grant to the College of Charleston on December 20, 2024. The funding will support the restoration and stabilization of the powder magazine and cisterns at Fort Johnson, located at the Charleston Harbor Battlefield. The project aims to identify, evaluate, interpret, and protect this historic battlefield and associated site through non-acquisition activities. The College of...
This $157,294.75 federal Project Grant award under the National Park Service's CFDA 15.928 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program will assist the County of Kershaw, South Carolina in acquiring and preserving a 1.72-acre tract of the Hobkirk's Hill Battlefield through a partnership with the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust. The grant funding will enable the permanent protection of this nationally significant historic site through the Trust's purchase of the Conder Tract and...
This $9,596,879.00 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants (CFDA 15.928) award from the National Park Service assists the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, in acquiring and preserving a 2.36-acre tract of land at the Nashville Battlefield. The sub-recipient, American Battlefield Trust, will acquire the Green Tract and convey a conservation easement to the Tennessee Historic Commission, permanently protecting this historically significant land from the Civil War....
The National Park Service (CFDA 15.926 - American Battlefield Protection Program) awarded a $149,501.59 Project Grant to the Friends of Camp Security, a non-profit organization, on November 19, 2024. The grant will fund the expansion of previous research efforts and an archaeological field survey of Camp Security, a Revolutionary War prisoner-of-war camp. Using the survey findings, the non-profit will update their long-term preservation plan for the site and increase public awareness of life...
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....
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'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...