Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military ParkGeorgia / Tennessee
The first nationally preserved battlefield. Setting aside a Civil War battlefield to learn of the sacrifices made in the Campaign for Chattanooga.
Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military ParkVirginia
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania; the battleground where the Civil War roared to its bloody climax. More than 85,000 wounded; 15,000 killed - most in graves unknown.
Date Of First Visit: 2023 June👨👩👧
Gettysburg National Military ParkPennsylvania
Site of the Civil War's bloodiest battle and the inspiration for President Lincoln's 'Gettysburg Address'. The Battle was a turning point in the war and ended General Lee's invasion of the North.
Date Of First Visit: 2013 July👨👩
Guilford Courthouse National Military ParkNorth Carolina
The largest, most hotly-contested battle of the Revolutionary War's Southern Campaign. The battle proved to be the highwater mark of British military operations in the Revolutionary War.
Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited
Horseshoe Bend National Military ParkAlabama
General Andrew Jackson's army of 3,300 men attacked the Red Stick Creek tribe. Over 800 Red Sticks died that day and the battle resulted in 23,000,000 acres of land taken by the United Sates.
Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩
Kings Mountain National Military ParkSouth Carolina
Site of an important American victory during the Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major patriot victory to occur after the British invasion of Charleston in 1780.
Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩
Pea Ridge National Military ParkArkansas
26,000 soldiers fought here to decide the fate of Missouri and the West during the Civil War. 4,300 acres honors those who fought for their beliefs and is the most intact battlefield in the US.
Date Of First Visit: 2018 October👨👩
Shiloh National Military ParkTennessee / Mississippi
Besides preserving the site of the bloody April 1862 battle in Tennessee, the park commemorates the subsequent siege, battle, and occupation of the railroad junction at nearby Corinth.
Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited
Vicksburg National Military ParkMississippi / Louisiana
Commemorates a critical turning point of the Civil War. President Davis knew it was vital to hold the city for the Confederacy to survive. President Lincoln wanted to divide the South.
Date Of First Visit: 2016 April👨👩