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.

Exterior of the Wick House at Morristown NPS
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Jockey Hollow

Headquarters in the Hollow Jockey Hollow, located within Morristown National Historical Park, was the site of the Continental Army’s winter encampment...
Battlefield

ABMC Meuse-Argonne

The 47-day long Allied offensive was the final one during World War I and was fought until the Armistice of November 11, 1918.
View of the Shrewsbury River, near where Joshua Huddy jumped in after being captured by Loyalists
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Huddy's Leap

A Daring Leap: In September 1780, Captain Joshua Huddy, a prominent militia officer, was captured at his Colts Neck home by a group of Loyalists led...
Cemetery

AMBC Manila Cemtery

23 Medal of Honor recipients, who died during the Battle of the Phillippines (1941-42), lay at rest here at Manila American Cememtery and Memorial.
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...