Vicksburg National Military Park Located in Vicksburg, MS TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Preserving Our Cultural Resources: photos by G.Zeman IN BRIEF Welcome to the Vicksburg National Military Park website. Please click the In Depth link at right for detailed information about the park, including on-line tours, photographs, historical records, battles, ...

The Civil War Preservation Trust is the only national nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving America's Civil War battlefield sites. The Civil War Preservation Trust assists in the purchase of these lands, develops heritage tourism programs and establishes education and interpretive programs.

Gettysburg National Military Park Located in Gettysburg, PA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS The battlefield of Gettysburg from Little Round Top (National Park Service) IN BRIEF Located 50 miles northwest of Baltimore, the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was the site of the largest Civil War battle ever waged in the Western Hemisphere. The Battle of ...

Antietam National Battlefield Located in Sharpsburg, MD TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Burnside Bridge photo by Eric Long IN BRIEF Established by Act of Congress on August 30, 1890, this Civil War site marks the end of General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North in September 1862. The battle claimed more than 23, 000 men killed, wounded, and ...

Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park Located in Fort Oglethorpe, GA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Between 1890 and 1899 the Congress of the United States authorized the establishment of the first four national military parks: Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Shiloh, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg. The first and largest of these, ...

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park Located in Fredericksburg, VA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Hazel Grove at Chancellorsville (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Approximately 110, 000 casualties occurred during the four major battles fought in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, Virginia making it the bloodiest ground on the North American continent. In ...

View our strategic plan. Need help viewing the plan Download acrobat. Thanks for visiting! Comments or problems to Ranger Mike Andrus. Embattled Capital 1861-65 Located on the James River, only 110 miles from the Federal capital of Washington, Richmond was a symbol and prime psychological target throughout the Civil War. If the city were captured, southerners might lose their will to resist -- ...

Shiloh National Military Park Located in Shiloh, TN TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Confederate Monument--South is surrendering the laurel wreath of victory back to Death and Night. (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Shiloh National Military Park was established in 1894 to preserve the scene of the first major battle in the Western theater of the Civil War. The two-day ...

Cowpens National Battlefield Located near Chesnee, SC TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Robert Hooper for National Park Service IN BRIEF Cowpens National Battlefield commemorates a decisive battle that helped turn the tide of war in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. On this field on January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan led his army of tough ...

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Big Hole National Battlefield Located in Wisdom, MT TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Visitors to the Nez Perce Camp with Ruby Peak in the background. (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Big Hole National Battlefield is a memorial to the people who fought and died here on August 9 and 10, 1877; combatants in a five month conflict that came to be called the Nez Perce War ...

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Located in Greensboro, NC TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF The battle fought here on March 15, 1781, was the largest, most hotly-contested action of the Revolutionary War's climactic Southern Campaign. The serious loss of British manpower suffered at Guilford Courthouse foreshadowed final ...

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Located near Daviston, AL TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Horseshoe Bend of the Tallapoosa River Photo Courtesy of Eastern National IN BRIEF On the morning of 27 March 1814, General Andrew Jackson and an army of 3, 300 men consisting of Tennessee militia, United States regulars and both Cherokee and Lower Creek allies ...

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Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site Located in Baldwyn, MS TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Located on MS Hwy 370 west of Baldwyn, this one-acre site commemorates a battle which had one objective-- make impossible the threat of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to interfere ...

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Welcome to my unique exhibit of modern day images from battlefields of the American Civil War. Over 2500 individual snapshots were stitched together using Live Pictures Photovista to bring these 105 spinning 360 degree panoramic images here for your viewing pleasure. I would like to thank the National Parks Service for providing some of the maps as public domain and making them available on the ...

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Sherman orders a frontal assault on the intrenched Confederate position near Marietta, Georgia ...

List of Battles Hot News The Richmond Battlefields Association (RBA) has pledged to protect the historical integrity of the battlefields near Richmond, Virginia, by preserving them from destruction. The RBA hopes to achieve this goal by promoting historical preservation in general, and by educating the public about the tremendous importance of these Richmond battlefields. We believe these ...