battlefields
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Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg, Mississippi
1862-63
The Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the battlefield of the Vicksburg Campaign in the Civil War. The extensive park is dotted with over 1,400 monuments and memorials and includes a museum showcasing the ironclad ship U.S.S. Cairo.
- Rock Creek - White Run Union Hospital Complex Mount Joy, Pennsylvania 1863
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Alamo
Alamo, Texas
1724
Dating from 1724, this historic mission church is best known as the site of the Battle of the Alamo during the 1836 Texan War for Independence.
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Valley Forge
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Site of the military encampment of the Continental Army over the brutal and deadly winter of 1777-78 during the American Revolution.
- Fort Donelson National Battlefield Dover, Tennessee
- High Bridge Farmville, Virginia 1854-1914
- Fort Recovery Site Fort Recovery, Ohio
- Auburn Brandy Station, Virginia 1855-69
- Tupelo National Battlefield Tupelo, Mississippi 1864
- Fort Early and Jubal Early Monument Lynchburg, Virginia 1864-1922
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia 1863-90
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Fort Sumter National Monument
Charleston, South Carolina
1776-1860
On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter. Now a national monument, the fort is located on a small island just off of the coast of Charleston, South Carolina.
