[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45345-45346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16992]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Realty Action: Boundary Revision at Fredericksburg and 
Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial National Military Park

    I. Pursuant to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 4601-9(c)), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
make minor revisions of the boundary of an area,

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whenever he determines that to do so will contribute to, and is 
necessary for, the proper preservation, protection, interpretation, or 
management of the unit. A minor boundary revision of Fredericksburg and 
Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial National Military Park is 
needed to include the following tracts of land:
    Tract 01-135 is a 0.11 of an acre tract that is situated 
approximately 1200 feet westerly from the centerline of Lansdowne 
Valley Road aka Route 638. Tract 01-135 occupies a strategic location 
in interpreting the first battle of Fredericksburg in 1862. It is 
important for the park to preserve this ground so visitors can clearly 
understand how General Lee geographically changed a weak part of his 
defensive line.
    Tract 01-157 is a 0.14 of an acre tract that is situated in an area 
known as Hazel Run approximately 600 feet westerly from US Route 1. 
Tract 01-157 is located in an area of the Fredericksburg Battle Fields 
that played a role in the outcome of both the first and second battles 
of Fredericksburg in 1862 and 1863. Reinforcements to General Lee used 
a road that went up the backside of an area across Tract 01-157. During 
the second battle wounded confederate soldiers sought shelter and 
medical attention at temporary field hospitals set up along an area of 
this proposed donation.
    Tract 03-253 is a 0.49 area tract that is located 1200 feet from 
the north/east side of Route 3 aka Orange Turnpike, Tract 03-253 is 
part of the ``take-off'' area of one of the most significant battle 
actions of the entire Civil War. This is the area that Stonewall 
Jackson's now famous ``Flank Attack '' has become one of the best known 
military maneuvers in all American military history.
    Tract 03-263 is a 10.89 acre tract currently located outside the 
boundary. Tract 03-263 is an uneconomic remnant of Tract 03-214. Tract 
03-214 and Tract 03-263 must be acquired at the same time. Both tracts 
are adjacent to the intersection of Jackson Trail East and Brock Road, 
in the Chancellorsville Battle Fields unit of the park. General Thomas 
J. ``Stonewall'' Jackson's Corps marched along these roads. Jackson's 
Flank Mark and subsequent attack are among the best known events of all 
American military history. Acquisition of Tract 03-263 would provide 
additional protection of the Brock Road portion of the march, where no 
NPS protection currently exists.
    Tract 04-199 consists of 0.18 of an acre of land and is located 
immediately adjacent to Jackson Trail West in the Wilderness Battle 
Fields unit of the park. Inclusion of this tract will permit the park 
to screen a new sub-division from visitors following this important 
road trace, and also eliminate an existing access to the same sub-
division.
    Detailed information concerning this exchange, and boundary 
revision, including precise legal descriptions, Land Protection Plans, 
environmental assessments and cultural reports are available at the 
following address:
    Superintendent, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle 
Fields Memorial Military Park, 120 Chatham Land, Fredericksburg, VA 
22405.

    Editorial note: This document was received at the Office of the 
Federal Register on July 21, 2004.

    Dated: August 29, 2003.

Patricia Phelan,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region.
[FR Doc. 04-16992 Filed 7-28-04; 8:45 am]
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