Chancellorsville Question

eBrowne

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The American Battlefield Trust is trying to save three tracts of land. One of the tracts is described as three acres somewhere on the flank, where Stonewall attacked. Anyone know where the three acres are located? Their description is vague.

 
Here it is. Received my map a couple of days ago.
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Interesting that "CW Young" got his "Trust" map in the mail a few days ago. Maybe "Stuart's Raid" around here interrupted the mail delivery. Not in today's mail. Will check again tomorrow.
 
This is a small house parcel on the south side of Route 3, which means that the park cannot own it. Along with ABT, the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust is working to stitch together the ability to walk the route of Jackson's flank attack along the south side of the road, and this is an important parcel for that purpose. Thank you for your support.
 
Really? Is that a recent thing or was that the rule when the park was created?
The park's boundaries are set by Congressional legislation, and the NPS cannot acquire land outside of its defined boundaries as a matter of law. The park boundary ends at the northern edge of Route 3. To go beyond the existing boundary requires enabling legislation to be passed by Congress, which, as I'm sure you know, is no small task these days. It's just easier to establish local advocacy groups--in this instance, the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (I serve on the CVBT board)--to own the land. We at the CVBT work closely with the American Battlefield Trust to preserve land that's adjacent to but outside the park boundaries. As I said, the CVBT has been working for years now to stitch together sufficient parcels on the south side of Route 3 to enable someone to walk that portion of Jackson's flank attack. This particular parcel has a Twentieth Century house on it that will probably be demolished once the acquisition has been completed, since that's what we do when we acquire those parcels.
 
The park's boundaries are set by Congressional legislation, and the NPS cannot acquire land outside of its defined boundaries as a matter of law. The park boundary ends at the northern edge of Route 3. To go beyond the existing boundary requires enabling legislation to be passed by Congress, which, as I'm sure you know, is no small task these days. It's just easier to establish local advocacy groups--in this instance, the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (I serve on the CVBT board)--to own the land. We at the CVBT work closely with the American Battlefield Trust to preserve land that's adjacent to but outside the park boundaries. As I said, the CVBT has been working for years now to stitch together sufficient parcels on the south side of Route 3 to enable someone to walk that portion of Jackson's flank attack. This particular parcel has a Twentieth Century house on it that will probably be demolished once the acquisition has been completed, since that's what we do when we acquire those parcels.
It's also why transferring land from the trusts to state control like the new park in Virginia is important because that frees up money and resources for the trust to focus on other tracts to acquire. The trusts goal is not totally tor keep these lands forever. They will have they have to.
 
It's also why transferring land from the trusts to state control like the new park in Virginia is important because that frees up money and resources for the trust to focus on other tracts to acquire. The trusts goal is not totally tor keep these lands forever. They will have they have to.
Exactly correct, Jamie.
 

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