Battlefields
Farmington, Pennsylvania
The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening action of the French and Indian War.
Fort Necessity, a circular, palisaded fort, was built in 1754 by George Washington and his forces after a skirmish at Jumonville Glen, after which Washington expected another fight. On the...
Savannah, Georgia
The Battle for Fort Pulaski in April 1862 marked a turning point in military history. It featured the first significant use of rifled cannons in combat.
These accurate, long-range weapons shattered Fort Pulaski's walls from over a mile away. After thirty-hours of bombardment, the fort surrendered....
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Decades of growing strife between North and South erupted in civil war on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on this Federal fort in Charleston Harbor.
Fort Sumter surrendered 34 hours later. Union forces would try for nearly four years to take it back.
At the Fort Sumter...
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in the summer of 1863 ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North and ultimately turned the tide of war against the Confederacy.
Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Confederacy", it was the war's...
Borger, Texas
The Hutchinson County Museum is a regional history museum in the Texas Panhandle. Our stories are that of a wild Oil boomtown settled by Texas Rangers and National Guard after Martial Law was established. Prior to that were two Red River War battles at Adobe Walls in Hutchinson County between U.S....
Kennesaw, Georgia
It was a swelteringly hot and clear Monday, June 27, 1864, when some of the heaviest fighting of the Atlanta Campaign occurred here.
Preserved are historic earthworks, cannon emplacements and monuments. Interpreted here are the historic events where over 5,350 soldiers were killed in the battle...
Manassas, Virginia
In the summer of 1861, enthusiastic volunteers in colorful uniforms gathered to fight the first major land battle of the Civil War. Confident that their foes would turn and run, neither side anticipated the smoke, din and death of battle.
Nearly one year later, both sides met again on this same...
Frederick, Maryland
At this field in 1864, Lew Wallace's Union forces clashed with Jubal Early's Confederates.The Visitor Center includes numerous interactive and multimedia exhibits, including electronic maps, vignettes about important locations during the battle, historical artifacts, and interpretive displays....
Stillwater, New York
Here in the autumn of 1777 American forces met, defeated and forced a major British army to surrender—a crucial American victory that renewed patriots' hopes for independence.
Begin your visit at the Visitor Center, where you can pick up a park map & brochure and pay your entrance fee....