This is a sketch of cannons on the upper deck of a fort.

Heritage Sites

The places highlighted here — formerly called the Civil War Discovery Trail — are not just any places. They are the celebrated sites and structures that bring the earliest chapters of the American story to life, such as battlefields, historic homes, stations on the Underground Railroad, cemeteries, and parks. Together, they constitute the essential stops on a trail to discovering not only America’s military history, but the political, social and human dimensions of the founding and forging of the United States.

This is a landscape sketch of mountains and valleys.
Civil War  |  Museum

Bushwhacker Museum

Nevada, Missouri | This museum features exhibits on the Border and Civil War period, as well as other areas of regional and local interest, including...
A sketch of a house
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Longwood

Natchez, Mississippi| This historic mansion provides visitors with eloquent testimony to the devastating impact of the Civil War on the cotton economy...
Civil War  |  Museum

Museum of the Albemarle

Elizabeth City, North Carolina | The museum tells the story of the people who have lived in the Albemarle region from prehistory to the present.