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.

Tombstones in a graveyard with two trees in the background.
Civil War  |  Cemetery

Friendship Cemetery

Columbus, Mississippi | This location is the burial site of four Confederate generals, more than two thousand Confederate soldiers, veterans from...
Reconstruction of Fort George in Pensacola, Florida.
Rev War  |  Fort

Fort George (Florida)

Built atop Gage Hill by the British in 1778 to protect the city from invasion, Fort George was the site of fierce fighting during the American...