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A portion of the battlefield is today managed as a 372-acre (1.51 km 2) state park. [3] The entire battlefield (about 2,100 acres (850 ha)) was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965. [2] [4] The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved more than 68 acres adjacent to the state park. [5]
[16] [17] The Trust, working in partnership with Tricord, Inc., SunTrust Bank, and the Central Virginia Battlefield Trust, was able to purchase the property for $12 million in 2006. To support the preservation efforts at the Slaughter Pen Farm the Department of the Interior awarded a $2 million CWBPP grant based on the significance of the land ...
In March 2013, the park opened a Visitor Contact Station in Middletown, Virginia, featuring interpretive exhibits and information on how visitors can experience the park. The Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove is also a U.S. National Historic Landmark , [ 4 ] and the 900-acre (360 ha) "Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove" is listed on ...
The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved 2,243 acres (9.08 km 2) of the battlefield in more than a dozen transactions since 2001. Much of this land is now owned by the Trevilian Station Battlefield Foundation, which has developed an online driving tour that begins at the Louisa County Courthouse. [30]
CWPT President Jim Lighthizer at Slaughter Pen Farm. In March 2006, the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) - now the Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) - announced the beginning of a $12 million national campaign to preserve the historic Slaughter Pen Farm, a key part of the Fredericksburg battlefield, Virginia, United States.
[2] [3] It is the first state park in Culpeper County and the northern Virginia Piedmont region. The park features several disconnected battlefields where major engagements took place during the American Civil War , with primary focus on the Cedar Mountain battlefield , just south of Culpeper, and Brandy Station Battlefield , located northeast ...
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In November 2022, the National Park Service announced that it had awarded a $1.9 million grant through its American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to fund the preservation of 200 acres at the battlefield, including the 121-acre Far Away Farm acquired by the Trust and its partners that same month.