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