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 crowd waving an American flag in the street
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Melrose

Natchez, Mississippi | The home of John T. McMurran, this historic mansion is an excellent example of an antebellum Greek Revival estate.
This is a sketch of a man holding up the American flag as it waves in the wind.
Civil War  |  Cemetery

Old Gray Cemetery

Knoxville, Tennessee | This cemetery, established in 1850, reflects the sympathies of East Tennessee during the Civil War with gravestones and...