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Virginia War Museum
Virginia
9285 Warwick Boulevard
Newport News, VA 23607
United States
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The Virginia War Museum offers a comprehensive review of U.S. military history since 1775 and within this context provides its visitors with a detailed survey of the Civil War.
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Endview Plantation
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The Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe, Virginia | This museum is located within the moat area of Fort Monroe, America's largest stone fort.
The American Civil War Museum–White House of the Confederacy
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Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia | This site is renowned as the nation's largest living history museum.
Colonial National Historical Park
Yorktown, Virginia | This park possesses extensive vestiges of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
The Mariners' Museum
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Berkeley Plantation at Harrison's Landing
Charles City, Virginia | This historic plantation was occupied by George McClellan's Union troops in 1862.
The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar
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Newport News, VA