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Historic Sites of the American Civil War
(1861-1865)
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About the American Civil War
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought between the United States and eleven Southern states that seceded to form the Confederacy, chiefly to preserve slavery. Union victory restored national authority over the seceded states and led to the abolition of slavery through the Thirteenth Amendment.
Geography of the American Civil War
Most fighting occurred in the eastern and southern United States, with major campaigns in Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Mississippi River valley. The war also reached border states, the trans-Mississippi West, and Southern coastal waters. Washington and Richmond anchored the eastern theater, while rivers, railroads, and ports linked armies with their supplies. Control of the Mississippi divided Confederate territory, and the Union naval blockade restricted access to overseas trade.
Alcatraz Island (Golden Gate NRA)
East Road, San Francisco, California, 94123, USA
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Arlington National Cemetery
1 Memorial Ave, Arlington, VA 22211
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Fort Point National Historic Site
201 Marine Dr, San Francisco, CA 94129
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
3370 LaFayette Rd, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742, USA
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Dry Tortugas National Park (Fort Jefferson)
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, FL 33040, USA
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Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
907 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040, USA
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Savannah Historic District
301 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah, GA 31401, USA
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Golden Spike National Historical Park
6200 N 22300 West, Promontory, UT 84307
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National Infantry Museum
1775 Legacy Way, Columbus, GA 31903, USA
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Fort Pulaski National Monument
101 Fort Pulaski Rd, Savannah, GA 31410, USA
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Atlanta History Center & Margaret Mitchell House
130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA
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Georgia State Capitol
206 Washington St SW, Atlanta, GA 30334, USA
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Jekyll Island Historic District
100 Stable Rd, Jekyll Island, GA 31527, USA
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Andersonville National Historic Site
760 POW Rd, Andersonville, GA 31711, USA
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
900 Kennesaw Mountain Dr, Kennesaw, GA 30152, USA
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Fort Union National Monument
NM-161, Watrous, NM 87753
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Key West Historic District
400 Wall St, Key West, FL 33040, USA
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Fort Bowyer / Fort Morgan
110 AL-180, Gulf Shores, AL, 36542, USA
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Fort Belknap
135 Belknap Cir, Newcastle, TX, 76372, USA
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Arlington House
321 Sherman Dr, Fort Myer, VA 22211
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Fort East Martello Museum
3501 S Roosevelt Blvd, Key West, FL 33040, USA
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Fort Bliss Founding Site
2000 Magoffin Ave, El Paso, TX, 79901, USA
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Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site
6100 Dowling Rd, Port Arthur, TX 77655
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Stone Mountain Park
1000 Robert E Lee Blvd, Stone Mountain, GA 30083, USA
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Battle of Galveston Site
2200 Harborside Dr, Galveston, TX, 77550, USA
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Shirley Plantation
501 Shirley Plantation Road, Charles City, VA
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Palmito Ranch Battlefield
43296 Palmito Hill Rd, Brownsville, TX, 78521, USA
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Fort Clinch State Park
2601 Atlantic Ave, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034, USA
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Fort Barrancas
3182 Taylor Rd, Pensacola, FL, 32508, USA
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Old Fort Jackson
1 Fort Jackson Rd, Savannah, GA 31404, USA
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Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
5815 Battlefield Trail Rd, Sanderson, FL 32087, USA
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Fort Jackson
38039 LA-23, Buras, LA, 70041, USA
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Neill-Cochran House Museum
2310 San Gabriel St, Austin, TX 78705
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Fort San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
148 Old Fort Rd, St. Marks, FL 32355, USA
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Old Land Office Building
112 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78701
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Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site
4432 Mount Tabor Church Rd, Dallas, GA 30157, USA
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Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site
711 Jarrell Plantation Rd, Juliette, GA 31046, USA
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Green-Meldrim House
14 W Macon St, Savannah, GA 31401, USA
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Liendo Plantation
23 Sandy Point Rd, Hempstead, TX 77445
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Ashton Villa
2328 Broadway St, Galveston, TX 77550
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Sweetwater Creek Park (New Manchester Mill)
1750 Mount Vernon Rd, Lithia Springs, GA 30122, USA
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Sam Houston's Steamboat House
1804 Ave M, Huntsville, TX 77340
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Gamble Plantation Historic State Park
3708 US Highway 301, Ellenton, FL 34222, USA
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Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park
601 Howard England Way, Key West, FL 33040, USA
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Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
3400 N Museum Point, Homosassa, FL 34446, USA
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Robert Toombs House Historic Site
216 E Robert Toombs Ave, Washington, GA 30673, USA
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William Whitley House State Historic Site
625 William Whitley Rd, Stanford, KY 40484
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Confederate Naval Museum
1002 Victory Dr, Columbus, GA 31901, USA
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Fort Pickens (Gulf Islands National Seashore)
1400 Fort Pickens Rd, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561, USA
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Old Governor's Mansion
120 S Clark St, Milledgeville, GA 31061, USA
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Treue der Union Monument (Nueces Massacre)
347 High St, Comfort, TX, 78013, USA
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Camp Ford Historic Park
6500 US-271, Tyler, TX, 75708, USA
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Eatonville Historic Town
344 E Kennedy Blvd, Eatonville, FL 32751, USA
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross
766 Military Walk, College Station, TX, 77840, USA
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Friedens Church of Washington, UCC
20301 FM 1155 East, Washington, TX, USA
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Rock Prairie School and Church
700 Scott and White Dr, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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Confederate President Jefferson Davis
Courthouse grounds (NE corner); For Davis, Fort Davis, TX, USA
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James H. Washington
1602 S Lasalle St, Navasota, TX, USA
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Independence Postal Service
1 block E of the intersection of FM 50 and FM 390, on FM 390, Independence., Independence, TX, USA
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Alexander Methodist Church
5300 Alexander Cemetery Rd, Bryan, TX, 77808, USA
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General Walter Washington Williams
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 4 mi. east of Franklin via FM 2446, Franklin, TX, USA
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Lee Chapel
100 N Jefferson St, Lexington, VA 24450
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Washington County, C.S.A.
Washington County Courthouse grounds, Brenham, TX, USA
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Franklin Cemetery
804 Owensville St., Franklin, TX, USA
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Rose Hill Cemetery
1071 Riverside Dr, Macon, GA 31201, USA
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First United Methodist Church of Navasota
SW corner of Wood St. and Holland St.; Navasota., Navasota, TX, USA
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Prairie Lea Cemetery
1000 Prairie Lea St., Brenham, TX, USA
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Mayer Cemetery
10100 Mayer Cemetery Road, Burton, TX, USA
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Shiloh Cemetery
10057 Shiloh Cemetery Rd, Franklin, TX 77856, USA
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Snook Cemetery
2 mi. S of SH 60 on FM 2155, Snook, TX, USA
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The Falls Church Marker
115 E Fairfax St, Falls Church, VA 22046
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Rosewell Plantation
Old Rosewell Lane, Rosewell, Virginia, 23184, USA
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Colonel Lewis Given Harman
US 90, Marathon, TX, USA
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Waller Cemetery
3 mi. S of Richards on Fm 1486; 2.1 mi. W on CR 214/212 to CR 210; 1.2 mi. S on CR 210, Richards, TX, USA
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Norwood Cemetery
Peel St., Hearne, TX, USA
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Camptown Cemetery
Mangrum St., Brenham, TX, USA
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Texas Confederate General Lawrence "Sul" Ross
Adminstration Building, Sul Ross College, US 90, Alpine, Alpine, TX, USA
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Fort Stockton, C.S.A.
Nelson and James St., Fort Stockton, TX, USA
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Hughey Chapel Cemetery
CR 307 SW of Stoneham, on private land, Stoneham, TX, USA
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Col. Henry P. Brewster (1816–1884)
Courthouse square, 5th Street, Alpine, TX, USA
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Custis White House Marker
7401 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA
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Nesbitt Cemetery and Beck Prairie Baptist Church
8 mi. south of Bremond on FM 46, then 1 mi. west on CR 127 to cemetery, Bremond, TX, USA
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Wixon Cemetery
FM 2776, 0.6 mi W of SH 21, Bryan, TX, 77808, USA
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Courtney Cemetery
from Navasota take SH 6 S approximately 9 miles to FM 2; then W on FM 2 approximately 1.2 miles to CR 327; then W on CR 327 approximately .3 miles., Navasota, TX, USA
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Old Fort Davis C. S. A.
Courthouse grounds, Fort Davis, TX, USA
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church
403 S Main St, Fort Stockton, TX, USA
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Oak Rest Cemetery & Prospect Church Site
9 mi. N of Brenham on SH 36, then 2.6 mi. E on FM 390, then 0.9 mi. N on CR 58 (Mayfair Ln.)., Brenham, TX, USA
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Fuqua Family Cemetery
highway 149 east four miles turn left on hiway 3090 go 1and 1/2 mile on the left cemetery road, Anderson, TX, USA
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Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
2487 CR 168, Caldwell, TX, USA
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New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
10395 FM 1362, Cooks Point, TX, USA
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Fort McIntosh
1 West End Washington St, Laredo, TX, 78040, USA
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McAlpine Cemetery
from the intersection of FM 362 and CR 305 in White Hall, take CR 305 E approx. .4 miles to White Hall-Fairview Cemetery Rd., then S on cemetery road approx. .2 miles to cemetery., White Hall, TX, USA
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Bolivar Point Lighthouse
419 Everett Ln, Port Bolivar, TX, 77650, USA
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Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip, Buras, LA, 70041, USA
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Zion Cemetery
CR 108, Iola, TX, USA
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Apolonia Cemetery
CR 214, Anderson, TX, USA
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Home Built in 1845 by General Jerome B. Robertson
9155 Lueckemeyer Rd., Independence, TX, USA
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Liberty Community Cemetery
Coles Rd, McCrocklin Rd, Independence, TX, USA
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Heards Prairie Cemetery
FM 2293, Bremond, TX, USA
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Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church
204 Kerr Street, Brenham, TX, USA
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Map of Historic Sites of the American Civil War
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