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Civil War Trust The American Battlefield Trust is a charitable organization (501(c)(3)) whose primary focus is in the preservation of battlefields of the American Civil War, the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 through acquisition of battlefield land. T ...
's Civil War Discovery Trail is a
heritage tourism Cultural heritage tourism (or just heritage tourism) is a branch of tourism oriented towards the cultural heritage of the location where tourism is occurring. The National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States defines heritage t ...
program that links more than 600
U.S. Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states t ...
sites in more than 30 states. The program is one of the
White House Millennium Council The White House Millennium Council was an American organization established by Executive Order 13072 in 1998 by President Bill Clinton as part of the then-upcoming celebrations of the start of the year 2000. The council's theme was "Honor the Pa ...
's sixteen flagship National Millennium Trails. Sites on the trail include battlefields, museums, historic sites, forts and cemeteries. In May 2018, the Civil War Trust, along with the Revolutionary War Trust, changed operational structure to function as land preservation divisions of the
American Battlefield Trust The American Battlefield Trust is a charitable organization ( 501(c)(3)) whose primary focus is in the preservation of battlefields of the American Civil War, the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 through acquisition of battlefield land. Th ...
. The places of the formerly named trail are highlighted on the American Battlefield Trust's website as heritage sites. The following is a list of these sites as of March 2014.


Sites


Alabama

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Alabama Department of Archives and History The Alabama Department of Archives and History is the official repository of archival records for the U.S. state of Alabama. Under the direction of Thomas M. Owen its founder, the agency received state funding by an act of the Alabama Legisla ...
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Alabama State Capitol The Alabama State Capitol, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the First Confederate Capitol, is the state capitol building for Alabama. Located on Capitol Hill, originally Goat Hill, in Montgomery, it was declared a National H ...
* Belle Mont Mansion * Bridgeport Depot Museum * Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park * Confederate Memorial Park * Cornwall Furnace *
Fendall Hall Fendall Hall, also known as the Young–Dent Home, is an Italianate-style historic house museum in Eufaula, Alabama. The two-story wood-frame structure, with a symmetrical villa-type floor-plan and crowning cupola, was built between 1856 and 18 ...
* First White House of the Confederacy * Fort Gaines Historic Site * Fort Morgan Historic Site *
Historic Blakeley State Park Historic Blakeley State Park is a park located on the site of the former town of Blakeley in Baldwin County, Alabama on the Tensaw River delta. The park encompasses an area once occupied by settlers in what was a thriving community on the river ...
* Janney Furnace Park * Old Cahawba Archaeological Park *
Old Depot Museum The Old Depot Museum is a history museum located in Ottawa, Kansas. The focus of the museum is primarily on the regional history of Franklin County, and the importance of trains to the development of small towns. It features history of local Nat ...
* Old Live Oak Cemetery * Old State Bank and Civil War Walking Tour * Pond Spring * Selma Historic District * Shorter Cemetery * Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park * Vaughan-Smitherman Museum


Arkansas

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Arkansas Post National Memorial The Arkansas Post (french: Poste de Arkansea) (Spanish: ''Puesto de Arkansas''), formally the Arkansas Post National Memorial, was the first European settlement in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and present-day U.S. state of Arkansas. In 168 ...
* Battery C Park * Buffalo National River, Tyler Bend Visitors Center *
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Cabot in northern Lonoke County, Arkansas and is near the site of a Confederate military camp Camp Hope (renamed Camp Nelson), where 1,500 Confederate soldiers died during ...
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Camp White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery The Camp White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery is an American Civil War cemetery in Arkansas. It is located northeast of the village of Sulphur Springs, Jefferson County, Arkansas, Sulphur Springs, also known as White Sulphur Springs, in Je ...
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Delta Cultural Center The Delta Cultural Center in downtown Helena, Arkansas, is a cultural center and museum of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. It is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the culture of the Arkansas Delta. They also partner with other cultura ...
* Ditch Bayou Battlefield * Fort Smith Museum of History *
Fort Smith National Cemetery Fort Smith National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at Garland Avenue and Sixth Street in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It encompasses , and as of the end of 2005, had 13,127 interments. History Fort Smith was a ...
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Fort Smith National Historic Site Fort Smith National Historic Site is a National Historic Site located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, along the Arkansas River. The first fort at this site was established by the United States in 1817, before this area was established as part of Indi ...
* Fort Southerland Park * Headquarters House Museum * Helena Confederate Cemetery * Helena, Arkansas, Civil War Sites Driving Tour * Historic Washington State Park * Jacksonport State Park * Jenkins' Ferry State Park * Lake Chicot State Park * Little Rock Campaign Driving Tour * Little Rock National Cemetery * MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History * Marks' Mills Battlefield State Park * Massard Prairie Battlefield Park * McCollum-Chidester House Museum * Mount Elba Battlefield * Mount Holly Cemetery * Old State House Museum * Pea Ridge National Military Park * Poison Spring State Park * Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park * Reed's Bridge Battlefield * Skirmish at Jonesboro, Arkansas * Southern Memorial Association * St. Charles Museum * White Oak Lake State Park


California

* Drum Barracks Civil War Museum * Fort Point *
Golden Gate National Recreation Area The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is a U.S. National Recreation Area protecting of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of the park is land formerly used by the United ...
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Alcatraz Island Alcatraz Island () is a small island in San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military pri ...
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Presidio A presidio ( en, jail, fortification) was a fortified base established by the Spanish Empire around between 16th and 18th centuries in areas in condition of their control or influence. The presidios of Spanish Philippines in particular, were cen ...
of San Francisco


Connecticut

* General Mansfield House


Delaware

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Fort Delaware State Park Fort Delaware State Park is a Delaware state park on Pea Patch Island in New Castle County, Delaware. A fortress was built on Pea Patch Island by the United States Army in 1815, near the conclusion of the War of 1812, to protect the harbors o ...


District of Columbia

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African American Civil War Memorial Museum The African American Civil War Memorial Museum, in the U Street district of Washington, D.C., recognizes the contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The eponymous memorial, dedicated in July 1998 by the A ...
* Church of the Epiphany *
Civil War Defenses of Washington The Civil War Defenses of Washington were a group of Union Army fortifications that protected the federal capital city, Washington, D.C., from invasion by the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (see Washington, D.C., in the Am ...
* Civil War to Civil Rights: Downtown Heritage Trail *
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in August 1863. The theater is infamous for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater box ...
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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W Street, SE, in Anacostia, a neighborhood east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, D.C. United States. Established in 1988 ...
* Lincoln Memorial * National Building Museum *
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The church was formed in 1859–1860 but traces its roots to 1803 as the F Street Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and anoth ...
* President Lincoln's Cottage * The Navy Museum and the Washington Navy Yards * Ulysses S. Grant Memorial *
United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, in Washington, D.C., is located next to the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. It is one of only two national cemeteries administered by the Department of the Army, the other being Arl ...


Florida

* Camp Milton Historic Preserve * Castillo de San Marcos National Monument * Fort Barrancas, Gulf Islands National Seashore * Fort Clinch State Park * Fort East Martello Museum and Gardens * Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park * Fort Pickens, Gulf Islands National Seashore * Fort Ward, San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park * Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park * Gamble Plantation Historic State Park * Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse * Knott House Museum * Museum of Florida History * Museum of Science and History * Museum of Southern History * Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park * Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park * Segui-Kirby Smith House * St. Marks Lighthouse at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge * Wardlaw-Smith-Goza Conference Center *
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located in Homosassa, off U.S. 19. It contains the ruins of a forced-labor farm owned by David Levy Yulee. Yulee was an enslaver and a delegate of the Florida Territorial Legi ...


Georgia

* Alexander H. Stephens State Historic Park * Andersonville National Historic Site * Atlanta Campaign Pavilion Parks * Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum * Atlanta History Center * Augusta Museum of History * Blue and Gray Museum * Blue and Gray Trail * Bulloch Hall * Cannonball House and Museum * Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park / Chickamauga Battlefield * Dalton Confederate Cemetery * Fort James Jackson * Fort McAllister State Historic Park *
Fort Pulaski National Monument Fort Pulaski National Monument is located on Cockspur Island between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. It preserves Fort Pulaski; during the American Civil War, the Union Army successfully tested rifled cannon in combat in 1862 there, the suc ...
* Fort Tyler * Georgia State Capitol * Georgia's Stone Mountain Park * Gordon-Lee Mansion * Green-Meldrim House * Griswoldville Battlefield & Monument * Historic Oakland Cemetery * Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park * Magnolia Springs State Park * Male Academy Museum * Marietta National Cemetery * Nash Farm Battlefield * National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus * Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site * Prater's Mill * Resaca Confederate Cemetery * Robert Toombs House Historic Site * Savannah History Museum * Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History * Sweetwater Creek State Conservation Park * The Old Governor's Mansion * Tunnel Hill Heritage Center and Clisby Austin House * Washington Historical Museum * Western and Atlantic Passenger Depot


Illinois

* Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum * Alton Military Prison Site * Bureau County Historical Society Museum * Cairo Public Library * Camp Butler National Cemetery * Customs House * Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War * David Davis Mansion State Historic Site * General John A. Logan Museum * Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Museum * Lincoln Home National Historic Site * Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery * Mound City National Cemetery * Museum of Funeral Customs * Old State Capitol * Rock Island Arsenal Museum and Rock Island Arsenal * Rosehill Cemetery and Civil War Museum * St. Charles Heritage Center and Camp Kane * Thomas Lincoln Cemetery * U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site


Indiana

* Corydon Battlefield * General Lew Wallace Study and Museum * Historic Eleutherian College * John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail * Lincoln Amphitheater and Lincoln State Park * Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial


International

* E.D. White Historic Site * La Cite De La Mer * Scottish-American Soldiers Monument * The Globe Hotel and Bermuda National Trust Museum * Wirral Maritime Heritage Trail


Kansas

* Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum * Fort Scott National Cemetery * Fort Scott National Historic Site * Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site * Territorial Capital Museum * U.S. Cavalry Museum


Kentucky

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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park is a designated U.S. historic park preserving two separate farm sites in LaRue County, Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln was born and lived early in his childhood. He was born at the Sinking Sprin ...
* Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate *
Battle of Richmond The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, fought August 29–30, 1862, was one of the most complete Confederate victories in the war by Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against Union major general William "Bull" Nelson's forces, which were defending ...
* Battle of Sacramento Driving Tour * Behringer-Crawford Museum * Camp Nelson * Camp Wildcat Civil War Battlefield *
Cave Hill Cemetery Cave Hill Cemetery is a Victorian era National Cemetery and arboretum located at Louisville, Kentucky. Its main entrance is on Baxter Avenue and there is a secondary one on Grinstead Drive. It is the largest cemetery by area and number of buri ...
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Columbus-Belmont State Park Columbus-Belmont State Park, on the shores of the Mississippi River in Hickman County, near Columbus, Kentucky, is the site of a Confederate fortification built during the American Civil War. The site was considered by both North and South to ...
* Cumberland Gap National Historical Park * Downtown Paducah Civil War Walking Tour * Farmington Historic Plantation * Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site * Fort Smith * Frankfort Cemetery * General John Hunt Morgan's Brandenburg Raid * Green Hill Cemetery * Hardin County History Museum * Hart County Historical Society Museum * Historic Homes and Landmarks Tour of Lebanon * Hunt-Morgan House * Ivy Mountain Battlefield * Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site * Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site * Kentucky Gateway Museum Center * Kentucky Military History Museum * Kentucky State Capitol * Leslie Morris Park at Fort Hill * Lexington Cemetery * Mary Todd Lincoln House * Middle Creek National Battlefield * Mill Springs Battlefield * Morgan's Raids at Cynthiana * Mountain Homeplace * Munfordville Battlefield * Octagon Hall Museum/Kentucky Confederate Studies Archive * Old Bardstown Village Civil War Museum * Old Fort Harrod State Park * Old Washington * Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association * Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site * Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery and Monument * Riverview at Hobson Grove * Shaker Museum at South Union * Simpson County Archives and Museum (old Simpson County Jail And Jailer's Residence) * Spalding Hall * Tebbs Bend - Green River Bridge Battlefield * The Samuel May House Living History Museum * The Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill * Town of Perryville * Waveland * White Hall State Historic House * Zollicoffer Park


Louisiana

* Academy of the Sacred Heart * Baton Rouge Museum * Camp Moore/Confederate Museum and Cemetery * Centenary State Historic Site and Jackson Confederate Cemetery * Chretien Point Plantation * Clinton Confederate State Cemetery * Confederate Museum * Fort DeRussy State Historic Site * Fort Jackson * Fort Pike State Historic Site * Frogmore Cotton Plantation and Gins * Grant's Canal, Byerley House * Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum * Kent Plantation * Louisiana State Museum Capitol Park * Mansfield State Historic Site * Niblett's Bluff Park * Nottoway Plantation * Old Arsenal Museum * Old U.S. Mint * Pentagon Barracks * Port Hudson State Historic Site * Rene Beauregard House—Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve * Shadows-on-the-Teche * Snyder Museum * The Cabildo * Winter Quarters State Historic Site


Maine

* Fifth Maine Regimental Museum * Fort Knox State Historic Site *
Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum The Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum was the home of American Civil War general, Bowdoin College president, and Maine Governor Joshua L. Chamberlain for over 50 years. Located at the corner of Maine and Potter Streets in Brunswick, Maine, ...


Maryland

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Antietam National Battlefield Antietam National Battlefield is a National Park Service-protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Washington County, northwestern Maryland. It commemorates the American Civil War Battle of Antietam that occurred on September 17, 1862. ...
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B&O Railroad Museum The B&O Railroad Museum is a museum and historic railway station exhibiting historic railroad equipment in Baltimore, Maryland. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) company originally opened the museum on July 4, 1953, with the name of the Balt ...
* Baltimore & Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum * Baltimore Civil War Museum * Barbara Fritchie House and Museum *
Camden Station Camden Station, now also referred to as Camden Street Station, Camden Yards, and formally as the Transportation Center at Camden Yards, is a train station at the intersection of South Howard and West Camden Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, and is ...
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is located in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland. The park was established in 1961 as a National Monument by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to preserve the neglected remains o ...
* Clara Barton National Historic Site * Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Home and Museum * Fort Foote Park * Fort Frederick State Park *
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. It is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack b ...
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Fort Washington Park Fort Washington, located near the community of Fort Washington, Maryland, was for many decades the only defensive fort protecting Washington D.C. The original fort, overlooking the Potomac River, was completed in 1809, and was begun as Fort War ...
* Historic Ships in Baltimore * Kennedy Farmhouse * Marietta House Museum *
Maryland Historical Society The Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC), formerly the Maryland Historical Society (MdHS), . founded on March 1, 1844, is the oldest cultural institution in the U.S. state of Maryland. The organization "collects, preserves, and inte ...
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Monocacy National Battlefield Monocacy National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service, the site of the Battle of Monocacy in the American Civil War fought on July 9, 1864. The battlefield straddles the Monocacy River southeast of the city of Frederick, Maryland. ...
* Montgomery County Historical Society * Mount Olivet Cemetery *
National Museum of Civil War Medicine __NOTOC__ The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is a U.S. historic education institution located in Frederick, Maryland. Its focus involves the medical, surgical and nursing practices during the American Civil War (1861-1865). History The ...
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National Museum of Health and Medicine The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) is a museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, DC. The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond as the Army Medical Museum (AMM) in 1862; it became the NMHM in ...
* Point Lookout State Park and Civil War Museum * Pry House Field Hospital Museum * South Mountain State Battlefield * Surratt House Museum *
Thomas Viaduct The Thomas Viaduct spans the Patapsco River and Patapsco Valley between Relay, Maryland and Elkridge, Maryland, USA. It was commissioned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O); built between July 4, 1833, and July 4, 1835; and named for Philip ...


Massachusetts

* Boston African American National Historic Site * Clara Barton Birthplace


Minnesota

* Birch Coulee Battlefield State Historic Site * Fort Ridgely State Historic Site * Historic Fort Snelling


Mississippi

* Battery F * Battery Robinett * Beauvoir: The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library * Brice's Crossroads Battlefield Visitor and Interpretive Center * Campaign of 1862- Driving Tour of Corinth Campaign * Confederate Cemetery * Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center * Corinth Contraband Camp * Corinth National Cemetery * Crossroads Museum * Driving Tour of Historic Raymond * Fort Massachusetts on West Ship Island * Fort Pemberton * Friendship Cemetery * Grand Gulf Military Monument Park * Grenada Lake * Longwood * Manship House Museum * Marshall County Historical Museum * Melrose * Mississippi Governor's Mansion * Natchez National Cemetery * Old Capitol Museum of Mississippi History * Old Court House Museum and Eva W. Davis Memorial * Port Gibson Battlefield * Rail Crossing-Trailhead Park * Raymond Battlefield * Raymond Courthouse * Rosemont Plantation/ Home of Jefferson Davis * St. Marks Episcopal Church * The Beauregard Line * The Oaks House Museum * The Verandah-Curlee House * The William Johnson House * Tupelo National Battlefield * Vicksburg Battlefield Museum * Vicksburg National Military Park * Waverley Plantation Mansion * Windsor Ruins


Missouri

* Battle of Athens State Historic Site * Battle of Carthage Civil War Museum * Battle of Carthage State Historic Site * Battle of Lexington State Historic Site * Battle of Springfield * Battle Of Westport * Bellefontaine Cemetery * Bushwhacker Museum * Calvary Cemetery * Confederate Memorial State Historic Site * Forest Hill Cemetery * Fort Davidson State Historic Site * Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site * Jefferson Barracks State Historic Site * Missouri History Museum * Missouri State Capitol and State Museum * Newtonia Battlefield * Springfield National Cemetery * Stoddard County Civil War Memorial Cemetery * The Jesse James Bank Museum * The Jesse James Farm and Museum * The Lone Jack Historical Society * The Stars and Stripes Museum and Library * Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site * Wilson's Creek Civil War Museum * Wilson's Creek National Battlefield *


New Mexico

* Fort Craig National Historic Site * Fort Stanton * Glorieta Battlefield


New York

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General Grant National Memorial Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States, and his wife, Julia Grant. It is a classical domed mausoleum in the Morningside Heights neighborho ...
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Green-Wood Cemetery Green-Wood Cemetery is a cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope/ Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blo ...
* Ulysses S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site * Woodlawn National Cemetery


North Carolina

* Averasboro Battlefield * Beaufort Historic Site * Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design Arts * Bennett Place State Historic Site * Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site * Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site * CSS Neuse State Historic Site * Dare County Civil War Heritage Trail * Dr. Josephus W. Hall House * Edenton Bell Battery Cannon * Fort Branch * Fort Fisher State Historic Site * Fort Macon State Park * Greensboro Historical Museum * Historic Carson House * Malcolm Blue Farm * Museum of the Albemarle * Museum of the Cape Fear/Arsenal Park * North Carolina Museum of History * North Carolina State Capitol * Orange County Historical Museum * Port O' Plymouth Museum * Rowan Museum * Salisbury National Cemetery * Smith-McDowell House * Somerset Place State Historic Site * Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace State Historic Site


Ohio

* Buffington Island State Memorial * Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery * Custer Monument State Memorial * John P. Parker Historic Site * Johnson's Island Cemetery * McCook House * Ohio Statehouse * Rankin House * Ripley Museum * Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center * Sherman House Museum * Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum * The Harriet Beecher Stowe House * Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace State Memorial


Oklahoma

* Cabin Creek Battlefield * Confederate Memorial Museum and Cemetery * Fort Gibson Historic Site * Fort Towson Historic Site * Fort Washita Historic Site * George M. Murrell Home * Honey Springs Battlefield * Oklahoma History Center


Pennsylvania

* Chambersburg/Franklin County Civil War Driving Tour * Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia * Clarence Clark Park * David Wills House * General Lee's Headquarters * Gettysburg Guided Historic Walking Tours * Gettysburg Heritage Sites Self-Guided Walking Tour *
Gettysburg National Military Park The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the park is managed by the National Park Service. The GNMP propert ...
* Grand Army of The Republic Civil War Museum and Library * Historical Society of Pennsylvania * Jennie Wade House Museum * Lancaster County's Historical Society & President James Buchanan's Wheatland * Laurel Hill Cemetery * LeMoyne House * Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags Collection * Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum * The American House of Fritztown & Pappy G's Tavern * The John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion * The Johnson House Historic Site * The National Civil War Museum * The Shriver House Museum * The State Museum of Pennsylvania * The Woodlands Cemetery * U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center


Rhode Island

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Fort Adams Fort Adams is a former United States Army post in Newport, Rhode Island that was established on July 4, 1799 as a First System coastal fortification, named for President John Adams who was in office at the time. Its first commander was Capta ...


South Carolina

* Battery 5, James Island New Lines * Battery White *
Beaufort National Cemetery Beaufort National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Beaufort County, in the city of Beaufort, South Carolina. Managed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses , and as of 2014, had over 19,000 in ...
* Burt-Stark Mansion * Cheraw Civil War Sites * Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn *
Drayton Hall Drayton Hall is an 18th-century plantation located on the Ashley River about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Charleston, South Carolina, and directly across the Ashley River from North Charleston, west of the Ashley in the Lowcountry. An e ...
* Florence National Cemetery * Fort Howell * Fort Lamar Historic Preserve * Fort Moultrie * Fort Sumter National Monument * Heyward House Historic Center * Rivers Bridge State Historic Site * South Carolina Civil War Museum * South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Museum * South Carolina State House * South Carolina State Museum * The H.L. Hunley Project and Submarine Tours


Tennessee

* Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum * Andrew Johnson National Historic Site * Battle of Hartsville Driving Tour * Battle of Nashville Tour Map * Battles for Chattanooga Museum * Belle Meade Plantation * Belmont Mansion * Britton Lane Battlefield * Carnton Plantation * Chattanooga History Center * Chattanooga National Cemetery * Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park/ Chattanooga Battlefields * Confederate Memorial Hall (Bleak House) * Confederate Memorial Park at Winstead Hill * Copy of Shiloh Battlefield * Copy of Shiloh Battlefield * Davis Bridge Battlefield * Dickson-Williams Mansion * Dover Hotel (Surrender House), Fort Donelson National Battlefield * East Tennessee History Center * Fort Defiance/Fort Sevier/Fort Bruce * Fort Dickerson * Fort Donelson National Battlefield * Fort Granger * Fort Pillow State Historic Park * Fortress Rosecrans, Stones River National Battlefield * From Bridge to Bridge Driving Tour Brochure * Historic Chockley Tavern * Johnsonville State Historic Park * Johnsonville State Historic Park * Knoxville Driving Tour, Siege of Knoxville and Battle of Fort Sanders * Mabry-Hazen House Museum and Bethel Cemetery * McGavock Confederate Cemetery * Memphis National Cemetery * Memphis Pink Palace Museum *
Mississippi River Museum The Mississippi River Museum is a museum located on Mud Island, in Memphis, Tennessee. History The museum opened in 1982 with the goal of "preserv ngand promot ngthe natural and cultural history of the Lower Mississippi River Valley". In 1990 ...
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Mud Island Mud Island is a small peninsula located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is bordered by the Mississippi River to the west and the Wolf River and Harbor Town to the east. Mud Island River Park is located within the Memphis city limits, 1.2 miles fr ...
* Nashville National Cemetery * Nathan Bedford Forrest Park * Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park * Oaklands Historic House Museum * Old Gray Cemetery * Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Self-Guided Tour * Salem Cemetery Battlefield * Sam Davis Home * Shiloh Battlefield * Shy's Hill * Stones River National Battlefield * Tennessee River Museum * Tennessee State Museum and State Capitol * The Athenaeum Rectory * The Carter House * The Inn at Hunt Phelan * Town of La Grange * Travellers Rest Plantation and Museum * Tullahoma Campaign Civil War Trail * Spring Hill Battlefield


Texas

* Camp Ford Historic Site and Park * Confederate Soldiers Monument * Fort Bliss Museum * Fort Brown and Historic Brownsville Museum * Fort Davis National Historic Site * Hill College History Complex * Liendo Plantation * Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building * Palmito Ranch Battlefield * Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park * Sabine Pass State Historical Park * Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site * Texas Governor's Mansion * Texas Historical Commission's Library * Texas State Cemetery * The Rosenberg Library/Galveston and Texas History Center * Treue Der Union Monument


Vermont

* St. Albans Historical Museum


Virginia

* Alexandria National Cemetery * Appomattox Court House National Historical Park * Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial * Auto Driving Tour of Civil War Lynchburg * Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park * Battle of Front Royal Driving Tour * Belle Boyd Cottage * Belle Grove Plantation * Ben Lomond Historic Site * Berkeley Plantation at Harrison's Landing * Bermuda Hundred Campaign Tour * Blandford Church and Cemetery * Brandy Station Battlefield * Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park * Cedar Creek Battlefield * Cedar Mountain Battlefield * Centre Hill Mansion * Centre Hill Museum * Christ Church * Cold Harbor Battlefield and Visitors Center * Cold Harbor Battlefield Park * Colonial National Historical Park * Colonial Williamsburg * Cross Keys Battlefield * Endview Plantation * Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center * First Day at Chancellorsville Battlefield * Fisher's Hill * Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site * Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park * Fredericksburg Area Museum * Gaines' Mill Battlefield * George Washington's Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm * Glendale Battlefield and Visitors Center * Graffiti House at Brandy Station * Harris Farm Battlefield * Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society * Hatcher's Run Battlefield * Historic Kenmore * Hollywood Cemetery * Hupp's Hill Civil War Park * John B. Magruder's Dam No. 1 * Laurel Hill, Birthplace Of J.E.B. Stuart * Lee Chapel and Museum * Lee Hall Mansion * Lee's Mill, Rivers Ridge Circle * Malvern Hill Battlefield * Manassas National Battlefield Park * McDowell Battlefield * Mosby Heritage Area, Rector House * Museum of Culpeper History * New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum * North Anna Battlefield Park * Old City Cemetery and Pest House Medical Museum * Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier * Petersburg National Battlefield * Poplar Grove National Cemetery * Port Republic Battlefield * Richmond National Battlefield Park * Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park * Sandusky Historic Site and Civil War Museum * Siege Museum * Skiffes Creek Redoubt * Spotsylvania County Museum * Spotsylvania Court House Historic District * Staunton River Battlefield State Park * Stonewall Confederate Cemetery * Stonewall Jackson House * Stonewall Jackson's Grave * Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum * Stratford Hall Plantation * Sully Historic Site * Sutherlin Mansion * The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar * The Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe * The Manassas Museum System * The Mariners' Museum * The Museum and White House of the Confederacy * The Valentine Richmond History Center * The Virginia Capitol * Third Winchester Battlefield * Virginia Historical Society * Virginia Military Institute Museum * Virginia War Museum * Warren Rifles Confederate Museum * White Oak Civil War Museum * White Oak Road Battlefield * Young's Mill


West Virginia

* Belle Boyd House and Civil War Museum and Archives * Bulltown Historic Area *
Camp Allegheny The Battle of Camp Allegheny, also known as the Battle of Allegheny Mountain, took place on December 13, 1861, in Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia), about 3 miles from the mountainous border of Highland County, Virginia, as pa ...
* Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park * Cheat Summit Fort * Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park * Grafton National Cemetery *
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, originally Harpers Ferry National Monument, is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes the historic center of Harpers F ...
* Jackson's Mill Historic Area * Jenkins Plantation Museum * Lewisburg National Register Historic District/Greenbrier County Visitor Center * Philippi Covered Bridge * Philippi Historic District * Rich Mountain Battlefield Civil War Site * Shepherdstown Historic District * West Virginia Independence Hall Museum


Wisconsin

* Kenosha Civil War Museum *
Wisconsin Veterans Museum The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, located on Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, is dedicated to telling the stories of the veterans of the state of Wisconsin. The museum is composed of two galleries that chronicle the history of Wis ...


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American Battlefield Trust The American Battlefield Trust is a charitable organization ( 501(c)(3)) whose primary focus is in the preservation of battlefields of the American Civil War, the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 through acquisition of battlefield land. Th ...
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