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.

Paulus Hook Monument with Signs
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Paulus Hook

A small, but monumental victory: Paulus Hook, now part of Jersey City, was a strategic location during the American Revolution. The area, surrounded...
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Hartwell Tavern

Spreading the Alarm The Hartwell Tavern was also the home of the Hartwell family. Ephraim and Elizabeth Hartwell received thirty acres of land and the...
Princeville Mobile Museum, Princeville, N.C.
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Princeville

Princeville emerged here on swampy land along the Tar River in 1865, as an encampment of self-emancipated African Americans who sought freedom within...