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.

A sketch of a house
Civil War  |  Museum

Bulloch Hall

Roswell, Georgia | This historic site is a house museum, featuring period rooms open for tours seven days a week.
USS Constitution
War of 1812  |  Historic Site

USS Constitution

The oldest commissioned ship in the United States, the USS Constitution was launched on October 1797. After having seen fighting in the Quasi-War with...
Detail from illustration entitled "Freedman's village, Arlington, Virginia" published in Harper's Weekly, v. 8, 1864 May 7.
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Freedman's Village

This land – now part of Arlington National Cemetery – was once the site of a community known as Freedman’s Village. Amongst the houses, churches...