This is a sketch of cannons on the upper deck of a fort.

Heritage Sites

The places highlighted here — formerly called the Civil War Discovery Trail â€” are not just any places. They are the celebrated sites and structures that bring the earliest chapters of the American story to life, such as battlefields, historic homes, stations on the Underground Railroad, cemeteries, and parks. Together, they constitute the essential stops on a trail to discovering not only America’s military history, but the political, social and human dimensions of the founding and forging of the United States.

This is a sketch of cannons on the upper deck of a fort.
Civil War  |  Fort

Battery F

Corinth, Mississippi| This historical site is one of the six outer batteries built by the Union army in a position to provide support fire on October...
USCT Monument at Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center in Clarksville, Tenn.
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Fort Defiance

Built in late 1861 by Confederate troops with the forced labor of over 300 African Americans, the earthen fort now known as Fort Defiance was built to...