Series: 2022 Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant Highlights

Learn about what it takes to preserve America's battlefields and sites of armed conflict.

• Article 1: Beating the Heat – 2022 Battlefield Land Acquistion Grant Year in Review

  

  The Director’s priority of confronting the global climate crisis, in 2022 the NPS ABPP awarded nearly $14 million in Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants to 11 state and local governments and their nonprofit partners to financially assist with the acquisition and preservation of nearly 1,500 acres of open space at 21 battlefields across the country. Learn more about how ABPP efforts help achieve the Director’s priorities. Read more

• Article 2: A Key Connector at Cold Harbor Preserved

  

  With help from a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program, Virginia’s Department of Conservation and Recreation will preserve 5.5 acres of the 1864 Civil War Battle of Cold Harbor. This tract expands the region’s conservation corridor, connecting important battlefield features this costly Union defeat. Read more

• Article 3: Another Piece of the Preservation Puzzle at Trevilian Station

  

  With help from a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program, Virginia’s Department of Conservation and Recreation will preserve nearly 3 acres of the 1864 Civil War Battle of Trevilian Station. Read more

• Article 4: Dedication to Remembrance and Renewal at Bristoe Station Battlefield

  

  With support from a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program, Virginia’s Department of Conservation and Recreation will help preserve 22 acres of the 1863 Civil War Battle of Bristoe Station. Read more

• Article 5: Expanding North Carolina’s Bentonville Battlefield

  

  With help from a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program, North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources will preserve 34 acres of the 1865 Civil War Battle of Bentonville. Read more

• Article 6: Preservation Dream 20 Years in the Making at Parker’s Cross Roads

  

  With help from a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program, the Tennessee city of Parkers Crossroads will preserve .38 acres of the 1862 Civil War Battle of Parker’s Crossroads. Read more

• Article 7: Taking Higher Ground At Hobkirk’s Hill

  

  With help from a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program, Kershaw County South Carolina will preserve 5 acres of the 1781 Revolutionary War battle of Hobkirk’s Hill. Read more

• Article 8: Preserving Louisiana’s Civil War Mansfield Battlefield

  

  The American Battlefield Protection Program awarded the Louisiana Parks and Recreation Commission a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant to preserve 19 acres of the Civil War Mansfield Battlefield. Read more

• Article 9: Preserving and Protecting a Near Pristine Civil War Battlefield in Arkansas

  

  The American Battlefield Protection Program awarded the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant to protect 27 acres of land, adding to an existing 120-acre tract of the Civil War Prairie Grove Battlefield. Read more

• Article 10: Expanding a Memorial to the Civil War Siege of Port Hudson

  

  With the help of a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program, the Louisiana Parks and Recreation Commission will add 2.5 acres to the Port Hudson State Historic Site. Read more

• Article 11: Conserving History and the Environment in Chattanooga

  

  Thanks to a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program, the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee will preserve over three hundred acres of the 1864 Civil War Chattanooga Battlefield. Along with their partners, the American Battlefield Trust and Reflection Riding nature center, they will ensure the protection of this rich natural and historical resource for generations. Read more