Battlefields
From National Parks to state facilities to local and private open spaces, there are scores of battlefields on American soil where you can walk in the footsteps of your ancestors. Explore these battlefields virtually or in person to learn how they connect to your American experience. You can also learn how your generosity has helped the Civil War Trust preserve hallowed ground at these places.
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Union and Confederate cavalry columns converged near the site of the historic Aldie Mill along U. S... |
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Widely considered to be one of the most beautiful, pristine and well-preserved Civil War... |
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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is comprised of many of the village's original... |
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A small, wood fence-enclosed area with wayside interpretive markers at the end of Jamerson Lane in... |
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Like the other battles fought around Atlanta, the July 22, 1864, battlefield has been lost to... |
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The Battle of Averasboro was fought on the 8,000-acre Smithville Plantation along the Cape Fear... |
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Nestled inside a Leesburg residential development along the Potomac River in scenic Loudoun County... |
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Most of the northern portion of the Beaver Dam Creek battlefield has been destroyed by development... |
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By early August, 1777, Maj. Gen. John Burgoyne's British army had advanced south from Canada past... |
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The Battle of Bentonville was the last full-scale action of the Civil War and the largest ever... |
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Remains of the wartime railroad bridge piers below a modern railroad bridge are visible reminders... |
 War of 1812
A major battle in the War of 1812, the Battle of Bladensburg was a disastrous defeat for the United... |
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The powder keg that exploded into a rebellion, Boston perhaps has more historic sites closely... |
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Located along Route 29 among the rolling hills of the Culpeper County, Virginia, the Brandy Station... |
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Most of the Brandywine battlefield has been overrun by suburban residential developments between... |
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The Mississippi Final Stands Interpretive Center in Baldwyn interprets the June 1864 Battle of... |
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