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.

Civil War  |  Historic Site

Cornwall Furnace

Cedar Bluff, Alabama | One of the best preserved stacks in the southeast, this historic site twice survived Sherman's orders for its destruction.
Reconstruction of Fort George in Pensacola, Florida.
Rev War  |  Fort

Fort George (Florida)

Built atop Gage Hill by the British in 1778 to protect the city from invasion, Fort George was the site of fierce fighting during the American...
Francis Marion's Tomb Illustration
Rev War  |  Cemetery

Francis Marion Tomb

The inscription on the front of the marker on-site reads, " Brigadier General of S.C. militia during the American Revolution, Francis Marion, was one...