Antietam National Battlefield
Maryland
23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The…
Big Hole National Battlefield
Montana
On August 9, 1877 gun shots shattered a chilly dawn on a sleeping camp of Nez Perce. By the time the smoke cle…
Cowpens National Battlefield
South Carolina
“…our success was complete…” -- Daniel Morgan to Nathanael Greene, January 19, 1781 A pasturing area at the ti…
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Tennessee
Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant was becoming quite famous as he wrote these words following the surrender o…
Fort 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 w…
Monocacy National Battlefield
Maryland
During the summer of 1864, the Confederacy carried out a bold plan to turn the tide of the Civil War in their …
Moores Creek National Battlefield
North Carolina
In the early morning hours of February 27, 1776, Loyalist forces charged across a partially dismantled Moores …
Petersburg National Battlefield
Virginia
Nine and a half months, 70,000 casualties, the suffering of civilians, thousands of U. S. Colored Troops fight…
Stones 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 W…
Tupelo National Battlefield
Mississippi
In July, 1864, Union forces, including men from the United States Colored Troops, marched into Tupelo, Mississ…
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Missouri
Wilson's Creek was the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River, and the site of the …