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American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places
- Battle of ChancellorsvilleThe Battle of Chancellorsville lasted just seven days, from the 30th of April to the 6th of May, 1863, and it cost more than 30,000 men their lives, their…
- Battle of FredericksburgThe Battle of Fredericksburg, fought from December 11 to 15 of 1862, produced one of the most lopsided casualty counts of the entire American Civil War.
- Fort PickensConstruction of Fort Pickens began in 1829 and concluded in 1834. French engineer Simon Bernard designed the structure as part of the Third System of…
- Appomattox Court House National Historical ParkThe community of Clover Hill began as a quiet stop along the Richmond, Lynchburg stagecoach road. It was here that Appomattox County was established by an…
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military ParkChickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park stands at the intersection of two of the most consequential battles of the American Civil War.
- Fort McHenryFort McHenry sits on Locust Point, a peninsula that juts into the opening of Baltimore Harbor, and for 25 hours on the 13th and the 14th of September 1814…
- Fort SumterConstruction began in 1829 on an artificial island created from a sand bar in Charleston Harbor. Seventy thousand tons of granite arrived from New England to…
- Battle of RichmondIn the summer of 1862, two Confederate armies moved on separate paths into Kentucky. They hoped to put back into power the shadow Confederate government that…
- Battle of Palmito RanchThe Battle of Palmito Ranch ended on the 13th of May, 1865, more than a month after Robert E. Lee had already surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
- Fort MoultrieFort Moultrie sits on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, guarding the approach to Charleston harbor. It is not one fort but a series of fortifications built…
- Gettysburg National Military ParkGettysburg National Military Park was born from three of the bloodiest days in American history: July 1 through the 3rd of July 1863.
- Vicksburg National Military ParkVicksburg National Military Park preserves the ground where one of the most decisive sieges of the American Civil War played out over 47 days in 1863.
- Antietam National BattlefieldAntietam National Battlefield sits along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, where on the 17th of September 1862, American soldiers killed, wounded, or…
- Hazen Brigade MonumentOn the 31st of December 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg launched a surprise advance that drove the Union army of Major General William S.
- Shiloh National Military ParkThe American Civil War's Shiloh and Corinth battlefields stretch across Tennessee and Mississippi. The main section of the park sits in the unincorporated…