Department of Conservation and Recreation
Conserve. Protect. Enjoy.
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Virginia’s working farms and forests, battlefields and other historic sites, natural areas, parks and rivers are critical to its economy, culture and quality of life. In 1999, the assembly and governor established the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation (VLCF) to fund protection of these resources. The interactive map below depicts VLCF-grant projects funded since 2000.
| Name: | Pegrams Battery Tract at Cedar Mountain |
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| Category: | Historic Area Preservation |
| Grant Round: | FY22 |
| Acres: | 44.75 |
| Locality: | Culpeper County |
| Management Agency: | Virginia Board of Historic Resources |
| Owner: | Private |
| ConserveVirginia: | Cultural & Historic Preservation, Scenic Preservation |
| Amount Awarded: | $249,876.00 |
| Applicant: | American Battlefield Trust |
| Latitude: | 38.41156 |
| Longitude: | -78.053091 |
| Description: | The American Battlefield Trust sought to preserve the 44-acre Pegram’s Battery Tract, located in Culpeper County, via a fee acquisition and a conservation easement held by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources. The tract is entirely within the Core Area of the Cedar Mountain Battlefield, a Priority II.2 (Class B) Battlefield, according to the 1993 Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report. The property is currently used for agriculture. The Trust intends to steward the tract and incorporate it into its existing Cedar Mountain Park, which is open to the public year-round for educational purposes. |
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