Updated: July 10, 2017

Tennessee is among the states receiving part of $7.2 million dollars in grants to help identify, preserve and protect historic battlefields.

The National Park Service said in a news release the projects include 19 battlefields threatened by urban and suburban development in nine states. The projects cover nearly 1,200 acres of battlefield land as part of the American Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program, according to the release.

The Tennessee Historical Commission will receive more than $212,000 dollars for two restoration projects of Fort Donelson Battlefield in partnership with the Civil War Trust.