Freedman's Bureau - Freedman's Bank
Slavery denied African Americans the education and skills required to exercise the freedom won by the Civil War. To redress that, Congress created the...
Confederate Cemetery
Raymond, Mississippi | This cemetery contains graves of soldiers mortally wounded in the Battle of Raymond, fought May 12, 1863.
Forest Hill Cemetery
Kansas City, Missouri | This cemetery is the site of the celebrated Confederate cavalryman Gen. J.O. Shelby's heroic stand that saved Price's army.
Mabry-Hazen House Museum and Bethel Cemetery
Knoxville, Tennessee | From 1861 to 1863 this historic site, now a museum, was occupied by Union and Confederate troops alternately.
Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park
Fort Griswold saw action when in September 1781, Benedict Arnold led British forces to capture the Fort and burned the city of New London in the...
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site
The New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site was the site of the Continental Army’s last military encampment from June 1782 until October 1783...