National Battle Sites

NATIONAL BATTLE SITES

- Battlefields & Battlefield Parks -



 

MarylandAntietam National Battlefield

Maryland

 

23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat that ended the Confederate Army's first invasion into the North.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2018 May👨👩

MontanaBig Hole National Battlefield

Montana

 

Created to honor all who were there on August 9, 1877 when almost 90 Nez Perce Indians were killed along with 31 soldiers and volunteers.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2015 June👨👩

MississippiBrices Cross Roads National Battlefield

Mississippi

 

This Confederate victory was significant, but its long term effect on the war proved costly for the Confederates. An excellent example of winning the battle, but losing the war.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩

South CarolinaCowpens National Battlefield

South Carolina

 

A pasturing area at the time of the battle, this Revolutionary War site commemorates the place where Daniel Morgan and his army turned the flanks of the British army.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩

Fort Donelson National BattlefieldFort Donelson National Battlefield

Tennessee / Kentucky

 

Preserves Fort Donelson and Fort Heiman, two sites of the American Civil War considered the first major Union successes.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

Fort Necessity National BattlefieldFort Necessity National Battlefield

Pennsylvania

 

The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening action of the French and Indian War. This war was a clash of British, French and American Indian cultures.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

MarylandMonocacy National Battlefield

Maryland

 

In the summer of 1864, General Early led Confederate forces that threatened to capture Washington, D.C. Union troops under General Wallace met on the banks of the Monocacy.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2018 May👨👩

North CarolinaMoores Creek National Battlefield

North Carolina

 

Commemorates the 1776 victory by a thousand Patriots over about eight hundred Loyalists that ended British rule in the colony forever.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2023 June👨👩👧

VirginiaPetersburg National Battlefield

Virginia

 

Preserves sites related to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg. It was here General Ulysses S. Grant cut off all supply lines and six days later, Lee surrendered.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2023 June👨👩👧

Stones River National BattlefieldStones River National Battlefield

Tennessee

 

The Battle of Stones River began on the last day of 1862 and was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Civil War. The battle produced important military and political gains for the Union.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

MississippiTupelo National Battlefield

Mississippi

 

In July, 1864, Union forces marched into Tupelo, Mississippi. Confederate soldiers could not overpower the federal troops but neither side could claim a clear victory.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩

MissouriWilson's Creek National Battlefield

Missouri

 

Wilson's Creek was the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River, and the scene of the death of Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union general killed in combat.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2018 October👨👩


Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield ParkKennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Georgia

 

A 2,923 acre battlefield that preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign. Opposing forces maneuvered and fought here from June 19, 1864 until July 2, 1864.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

VirginiaManassas National Battlefield Park

Virginia

 

Preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861, and the Second Battle of Bull Run in 1862.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2023 June👨👩👧

VirginiaRichmond National Battlefield Park

Virginia

 

Commemorates more than 30 Civil War sites around Richmond which served as the capital of the Confederate States of America. The park is focused around the fortifications surrounding the city.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2023 June👨👩👧

MichiganRiver Raisin National Battlefield Park

Michigan

 

Site of the War of 1812 Battles of Frenchtown. The killing of unprotected American prisoners galvanized America and spurred the successful re-taking of the Northwest Territories.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2023 August👨👩



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