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360 Virtual Tour
Discover Malvern Hill National Battlefield in 360° with our interactive virtual tour – featuring clickable tour points, pictures and much more.
360 Virtual Tour
Discover the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historic Site in 360° with our interactive virtual tour – featuring clickable tour points, pictures and much more.
360 Virtual Tour
Discover Beaver Dam Creek National Battlefield in 360° with our interactive virtual tour – featuring clickable tour points, pictures and much more.
360 Virtual Tour
Discover Princeton Battlefield in 360° with our interactive virtual tour – featuring clickable tour points, pictures and much more.
Battle Map
BATTLE MAP | American Battlefield Trust’s map of Fox's and Turner's Gap at the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862
Battle
Charles, Lord Cornwallis captured Mount Pleasant, which produced the evacuation of Patriot posts at Lempriere’s and Wando. From the forks of the Wando River, he sent British reconnaissance patrols out to locate or impede Continental Army movements...
News
The future of America’s hallowed ground, the battlefields on which its formative conflicts were decided, is more secure today, after the “Great American Outdoors Act” — legislation to preserve and restore America’s public lands — has become law.
Battle Map
American Battlefield Trust’s map of the Battle of Antietam - West Woods on September 17, 1862 from 6am to 7am As the sun rose on September 17, 1862, Major General Joseph Hooker and his I Corps launched a vicious assault on the Army of Northern...
Aa crucial part of the “West Woods” portion of the Antietam battlefield has just come onto the market and is the latest piece of this most hallowed ground that we have an urgent opportunity to preserve.
Your help is needed to save 3 central acres in the famed West Woods at the Antietam Battlefield, the site of the costliest day in American history.
Biography
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord of Cameron was born on October 22, 1693, in Leeds Castle, Kent, England. As a child, Fairfax succeeded to his title in 1709 at just 16 years of age, after the death of the 5th Lord of Cameron. Fairfax studied at Oxford...
Preservation
Hope you and your family are staying healthy and finding joy in the simple pleasures of summer, like ice cream, battlefield walks and spending time near water! The heat of the summer, particularly this one, sends many of us looking for a body of...
Biography
David Bell Birney was born on May 29, 1825, in Huntsville, Alabama. Birney’s father, James G. Birney was a leader of the abolition movement in Alabama. In 1838, Birney and his family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to escape from threats made to their...
Biography
William “Extra Billy” Smith was born on September 6, 1797, in King George County, Virginia. As a young child, Smith attended private schools in his home county, as well as in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He also attended the Plainfield Academy at the...
Biography
John Laurens was studying law in London, England when the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, and the Revolutionary War reached a crescendo. Born in Charleston, South Carolina...
Speech
Oration delivered by Hon. Rufus P. Spalding during the corner laying ceremony for Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. This memorial commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie fought on September 10, 1813, one of the most significant naval...
360 Virtual Tour
Discover the Battle of Raymond in 360° with our interactive virtual tour – featuring clickable tour points, pictures and much more.
360 Virtual Tour
Discover the Civil War Siege of Yorktown in 360° with our interactive virtual tour – featuring clickable tour points, pictures and much more.
Biography
This page describes the life and achievements of Hercules Mulligan, a Patriot spy who operated as a tailor out of New York City during the American Revolution.
July 28, 2020 Dear Friend and Fellow Battlefield Preservation Hero, I need your help on two extremely important matters today: First, I have the privilege and honor to announce an urgent opportunity to save and restore 99 acres of Civil War Western...
We need your help to preserve 99 acres of Civil War battlefield land from the Western Battles of Shiloh in Tennessee, and Raymond and Vicksburg in Mississippi. With your help, we can save and restore with largest and most important unprotected parcel at Vicksburg!
Battle Map
SATELLITE MAP | American Battlefield Trust's satellite map of the Railroad Redoubt at the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863
Battle Map
BATTLE MAP | American Battlefield Trust's map of the Railroad Redoubt at the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863
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