Civil War Discovery Trail

The Civil War Trust's Civil War Discovery Trail is a heritage tourism program that links more than 600 U.S. Civil War sites in more than 30 states. The program is one of the White House Millennium Council's sixteen flagship National Millennium Trails. Sites on the trail include battlefields, museums, historic sites, forts and cemeteries.

In May 2018, the Civil War Trust, along with the Revolutionary War Trust, changed operational structure to function as land preservation divisions of the American Battlefield Trust.^[1] The places of the formerly named trail are highlighted on the American Battlefield Trust's website as heritage sites.^[2] The following is a list of these sites as of March 2014.

Sites

Alabama

Arkansas

Arkansas Post National Memorial
Battery C Park
Buffalo National River, Tyler Bend Visitors Center
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery
Camp White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery
Chalk Bluff Park
City of Clarendon
Delta Cultural Center
Ditch Bayou Battlefield
Fort Smith Museum of History
Fort Smith National Cemetery
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Fort Southerland Park
Headquarters House Museum
Helena Confederate Cemetery
Helena, Arkansas, Civil War Sites Driving Tour
Historic Washington State Park
Jacksonport State Park
Jenkins' Ferry State Park
Lake Chicot State Park
Little Rock Campaign Driving Tour
Little Rock National Cemetery
MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
Marks' Mills Battlefield State Park
Massard Prairie Battlefield Park
McCollum-Chidester House Museum
Mount Elba Battlefield
Mount Holly Cemetery
Old State House Museum
Pea Ridge National Military Park
Poison Spring State Park
Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park
Reed's Bridge Battlefield
Skirmish at Jonesboro, Arkansas
Southern Memorial Association
St. Charles Museum
White Oak Lake State Park

Florida

Camp Milton Historic Preserve
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Fort Barrancas, Gulf Islands National Seashore
Fort Clinch State Park
Fort East Martello Museum and Gardens
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park
Fort Pickens, Gulf Islands National Seashore
Fort Ward, San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park
Gamble Plantation Historic State Park
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
Knott House Museum
Museum of Florida History
Museum of Science and History
Museum of Southern History
Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park
Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
Segui-Kirby Smith House
St. Marks Lighthouse at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
Wardlaw-Smith-Goza Conference Center
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park

Georgia

Alexander H. Stephens State Historic Park
Andersonville National Historic Site
Atlanta Campaign Pavilion Parks
Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum
Atlanta History Center
Augusta Museum of History
Blue and Gray Museum
Blue and Gray Trail
Bulloch Hall
Cannonball House and Museum
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park / Chickamauga Battlefield
Dalton Confederate Cemetery
Fort James Jackson
Fort McAllister State Historic Park
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Tyler
Georgia State Capitol
Georgia's Stone Mountain Park
Gordon-Lee Mansion
Green-Meldrim House
Griswoldville Battlefield & Monument
Historic Oakland Cemetery
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Magnolia Springs State Park
Male Academy Museum
Marietta National Cemetery
Nash Farm Battlefield
National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus
Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site
Prater's Mill
Resaca Confederate Cemetery
Robert Toombs House Historic Site
Savannah History Museum
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
Sweetwater Creek State Conservation Park
The Old Governor's Mansion
Tunnel Hill Heritage Center and Clisby Austin House
Washington Historical Museum
Western and Atlantic Passenger Depot

Illinois

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Alton Military Prison Site
Bureau County Historical Society Museum
Cairo Public Library
Camp Butler National Cemetery
Customs House
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
David Davis Mansion State Historic Site
General John A. Logan Museum
Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Museum
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery
Mound City National Cemetery
Museum of Funeral Customs
Old State Capitol
Rock Island Arsenal Museum and Rock Island Arsenal
Rosehill Cemetery and Civil War Museum
St. Charles Heritage Center and Camp Kane
Thomas Lincoln Cemetery
U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site

Indiana

Corydon Battlefield
General Lew Wallace Study and Museum
Historic Eleutherian College
John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail
Lincoln Amphitheater and Lincoln State Park
Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial

International

E.D. White Historic Site
La Cite De La Mer
Scottish-American Soldiers Monument
The Globe Hotel and Bermuda National Trust Museum
Wirral Maritime Heritage Trail

Kansas

Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum
Fort Scott National Cemetery
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site
Territorial Capital Museum
U.S. Cavalry Museum

Kentucky

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate
Battle of Richmond
Battle of Sacramento Driving Tour
Behringer-Crawford Museum
Camp Nelson
Camp Wildcat Civil War Battlefield
Cave Hill Cemetery and Arboretum
Civil War Driving Tour of Bowling Green and Warren County
Columbus-Belmont State Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Downtown Paducah Civil War Walking Tour
Farmington Historic Plantation
Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site
Fort Smith
Frankfort Cemetery
General John Hunt Morgan's Brandenburg Raid
Green Hill Cemetery
Hardin County History Museum
Hart County Historical Society Museum
Historic Homes and Landmarks Tour of Lebanon
Hunt-Morgan House
Ivy Mountain Battlefield
Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site
Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site
Kentucky Gateway Museum Center
Kentucky Military History Museum
Kentucky State Capitol
Leslie Morris Park at Fort Hill
Lexington Cemetery
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Middle Creek National Battlefield
Mill Springs Battlefield
Morgan's Raids at Cynthiana
Mountain Homeplace
Munfordville Battlefield
Octagon Hall Museum/Kentucky Confederate Studies Archive
Old Bardstown Village Civil War Museum
Old Fort Harrod State Park
Old Washington
Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association
Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery and Monument
Riverview at Hobson Grove
Shaker Museum at South Union
Simpson County Archives and Museum (old Simpson County Jail And Jailer's Residence)
Spalding Hall
Tebbs Bend - Green River Bridge Battlefield
The Samuel May House Living History Museum
The Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Town of Perryville
Waveland
White Hall State Historic House
Zollicoffer Park

Louisiana

Academy of the Sacred Heart
Baton Rouge Museum
Camp Moore/Confederate Museum and Cemetery
Centenary State Historic Site and Jackson Confederate Cemetery
Chretien Point Plantation
Clinton Confederate State Cemetery
Confederate Museum
Fort DeRussy State Historic Site
Fort Jackson
Fort Pike State Historic Site
Frogmore Cotton Plantation and Gins
Grant's Canal, Byerley House
Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum
Kent Plantation
Louisiana State Museum Capitol Park
Mansfield State Historic Site
Niblett's Bluff Park
Nottoway Plantation
Old Arsenal Museum
Old U.S. Mint
Pentagon Barracks
Port Hudson State Historic Site
Rene Beauregard House—Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Shadows-on-the-Teche
Snyder Museum
The Cabildo
Winter Quarters State Historic Site

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Boston African American National Historic Site
Clara Barton Birthplace

Minnesota

Birch Coulee Battlefield State Historic Site
Fort Ridgely State Historic Site
Historic Fort Snelling

Mississippi

Battery F
Battery Robinett
Beauvoir: The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library
Brice's Crossroads Battlefield Visitor and Interpretive Center
Campaign of 1862- Driving Tour of Corinth Campaign
Confederate Cemetery
Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center
Corinth Contraband Camp
Corinth National Cemetery
Crossroads Museum
Driving Tour of Historic Raymond
Fort Massachusetts on West Ship Island
Fort Pemberton
Friendship Cemetery
Grand Gulf Military Monument Park
Grenada Lake
Longwood
Manship House Museum
Marshall County Historical Museum
Melrose
Mississippi Governor's Mansion
Natchez National Cemetery
Old Capitol Museum of Mississippi History
Old Court House Museum and Eva W. Davis Memorial
Port Gibson Battlefield
Rail Crossing-Trailhead Park
Raymond Battlefield
Raymond Courthouse
Rosemont Plantation/ Home of Jefferson Davis
St. Marks Episcopal Church
The Beauregard Line
The Oaks House Museum
The Verandah-Curlee House
The William Johnson House
Tupelo National Battlefield
Vicksburg Battlefield Museum
Vicksburg National Military Park
Waverley Plantation Mansion
Windsor Ruins

Missouri

Battle of Athens State Historic Site
Battle of Carthage Civil War Museum
Battle of Carthage State Historic Site
Battle of Lexington State Historic Site
Battle of Springfield
Battle Of Westport
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Bushwhacker Museum
Calvary Cemetery
Confederate Memorial State Historic Site
Forest Hill Cemetery
Fort Davidson State Historic Site
Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site
Jefferson Barracks State Historic Site
Missouri History Museum
Missouri State Capitol and State Museum
Newtonia Battlefield
Springfield National Cemetery
Stoddard County Civil War Memorial Cemetery
The Jesse James Bank Museum
The Jesse James Farm and Museum
The Lone Jack Historical Society
The Stars and Stripes Museum and Library
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Wilson's Creek Civil War Museum
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield

New Mexico

Fort Craig National Historic Site
Fort Stanton
Glorieta Battlefield

New York

General Grant National Memorial
Green-Wood Cemetery
Ulysses S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site
Woodlawn National Cemetery

North Carolina

Averasboro Battlefield
Beaufort Historic Site
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design Arts
Bennett Place State Historic Site
Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site
CSS Neuse State Historic Site
Dare County Civil War Heritage Trail
Dr. Josephus W. Hall House
Edenton Bell Battery Cannon
Fort Branch
Fort Fisher State Historic Site
Fort Macon State Park
Greensboro Historical Museum
Historic Carson House
Malcolm Blue Farm
Museum of the Albemarle
Museum of the Cape Fear/Arsenal Park
North Carolina Museum of History
North Carolina State Capitol
Orange County Historical Museum
Port O' Plymouth Museum
Rowan Museum
Salisbury National Cemetery
Smith-McDowell House
Somerset Place State Historic Site
Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace State Historic Site

Ohio

Buffington Island State Memorial
Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Custer Monument State Memorial
John P. Parker Historic Site
Johnson's Island Cemetery
McCook House
Ohio Statehouse
Rankin House
Ripley Museum
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Sherman House Museum
Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum
The Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace State Memorial

Oklahoma

Cabin Creek Battlefield
Confederate Memorial Museum and Cemetery
Fort Gibson Historic Site
Fort Towson Historic Site
Fort Washita Historic Site
George M. Murrell Home
Honey Springs Battlefield
Oklahoma History Center

Pennsylvania

Chambersburg/Franklin County Civil War Driving Tour
Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia
Clarence Clark Park
David Wills House
General Lee's Headquarters
Gettysburg Guided Historic Walking Tours
Gettysburg Heritage Sites Self-Guided Walking Tour
Gettysburg National Military Park
Grand Army of The Republic Civil War Museum and Library
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Jennie Wade House Museum
Lancaster County's Historical Society & President James Buchanan's Wheatland
Laurel Hill Cemetery
LeMoyne House
Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags Collection
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum
The American House of Fritztown & Pappy G's Tavern
The John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion
The Johnson House Historic Site
The National Civil War Museum
The Shriver House Museum
The State Museum of Pennsylvania
The Woodlands Cemetery
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center

Rhode Island

Fort Adams

South Carolina

Battery 5, James Island New Lines
Battery White
Beaufort National Cemetery
Burt-Stark Mansion
Cheraw Civil War Sites
Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn
Drayton Hall
Florence National Cemetery
Fort Howell
Fort Lamar Historic Preserve
Fort Moultrie
Fort Sumter National Monument
Heyward House Historic Center
Rivers Bridge State Historic Site
South Carolina Civil War Museum
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Museum
South Carolina State House
South Carolina State Museum
The H.L. Hunley Project and Submarine Tours

Tennessee

Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Battle of Hartsville Driving Tour
Battle of Nashville Tour Map
Battles for Chattanooga Museum
Belle Meade Plantation
Belmont Mansion
Britton Lane Battlefield
Carnton Plantation
Chattanooga History Center
Chattanooga National Cemetery
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park/ Chattanooga Battlefields
Confederate Memorial Hall (Bleak House)
Confederate Memorial Park at Winstead Hill
Copy of Shiloh Battlefield
Copy of Shiloh Battlefield
Davis Bridge Battlefield
Dickson-Williams Mansion
Dover Hotel (Surrender House), Fort Donelson National Battlefield
East Tennessee History Center
Fort Defiance/Fort Sevier/Fort Bruce
Fort Dickerson
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Granger
Fort Pillow State Historic Park
Fortress Rosecrans, Stones River National Battlefield
From Bridge to Bridge Driving Tour Brochure
Historic Chockley Tavern
Johnsonville State Historic Park
Johnsonville State Historic Park
Knoxville Driving Tour, Siege of Knoxville and Battle of Fort Sanders
Mabry-Hazen House Museum and Bethel Cemetery
McGavock Confederate Cemetery
Memphis National Cemetery
Memphis Pink Palace Museum
Mississippi River Museum at Mud Island
Nashville National Cemetery
Nathan Bedford Forrest Park
Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park
Oaklands Historic House Museum
Old Gray Cemetery
Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Self-Guided Tour
Salem Cemetery Battlefield
Sam Davis Home
Shiloh Battlefield
Shy's Hill
Stones River National Battlefield
Tennessee River Museum
Tennessee State Museum and State Capitol
The Athenaeum Rectory
The Carter House
The Inn at Hunt Phelan
Town of La Grange
Travellers Rest Plantation and Museum
Tullahoma Campaign Civil War Trail
Spring Hill Battlefield

Texas

Camp Ford Historic Site and Park
Confederate Soldiers Monument
Fort Bliss Museum
Fort Brown and Historic Brownsville Museum
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Hill College History Complex
Liendo Plantation
Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building
Palmito Ranch Battlefield
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Sabine Pass State Historical Park
Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site
Texas Governor's Mansion
Texas Historical Commission's Library
Texas State Cemetery
The Rosenberg Library/Galveston and Texas History Center
Treue Der Union Monument

Vermont

St. Albans Historical Museum

Virginia

Alexandria National Cemetery
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Auto Driving Tour of Civil War Lynchburg
Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park
Battle of Front Royal Driving Tour
Belle Boyd Cottage
Belle Grove Plantation
Ben Lomond Historic Site
Berkeley Plantation at Harrison's Landing
Bermuda Hundred Campaign Tour
Blandford Church and Cemetery
Brandy Station Battlefield
Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park
Cedar Creek Battlefield
Cedar Mountain Battlefield
Centre Hill Mansion
Centre Hill Museum
Christ Church
Cold Harbor Battlefield and Visitors Center
Cold Harbor Battlefield Park
Colonial National Historical Park
Colonial Williamsburg
Cross Keys Battlefield
Endview Plantation
Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center
First Day at Chancellorsville Battlefield
Fisher's Hill
Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Fredericksburg Area Museum
Gaines' Mill Battlefield
George Washington's Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm
Glendale Battlefield and Visitors Center
Graffiti House at Brandy Station
Harris Farm Battlefield
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society
Hatcher's Run Battlefield
Historic Kenmore
Hollywood Cemetery
Hupp's Hill Civil War Park
John B. Magruder's Dam No. 1
Laurel Hill, Birthplace Of J.E.B. Stuart
Lee Chapel and Museum
Lee Hall Mansion
Lee's Mill, Rivers Ridge Circle
Malvern Hill Battlefield
Manassas National Battlefield Park
McDowell Battlefield
Mosby Heritage Area, Rector House
Museum of Culpeper History
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum
North Anna Battlefield Park
Old City Cemetery and Pest House Medical Museum
Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
Petersburg National Battlefield
Poplar Grove National Cemetery
Port Republic Battlefield
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park
Sandusky Historic Site and Civil War Museum
Siege Museum
Skiffes Creek Redoubt
Spotsylvania County Museum
Spotsylvania Court House Historic District
Staunton River Battlefield State Park
Stonewall Confederate Cemetery
Stonewall Jackson House
Stonewall Jackson's Grave
Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum
Stratford Hall Plantation
Sully Historic Site
Sutherlin Mansion
The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
The Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe
The Manassas Museum System
The Mariners' Museum
The Museum and White House of the Confederacy
The Valentine Richmond History Center
The Virginia Capitol
Third Winchester Battlefield
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Military Institute Museum
Virginia War Museum
Warren Rifles Confederate Museum
White Oak Civil War Museum
White Oak Road Battlefield
Young's Mill

West Virginia

Belle Boyd House and Civil War Museum and Archives
Bulltown Historic Area
Camp Allegheny
Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park
Cheat Summit Fort
Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park
Grafton National Cemetery
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Jackson's Mill Historic Area
Jenkins Plantation Museum
Lewisburg National Register Historic District/Greenbrier County Visitor Center
Philippi Covered Bridge
Philippi Historic District
Rich Mountain Battlefield Civil War Site
Shepherdstown Historic District
West Virginia Independence Hall Museum

Wisconsin

References

^ "A Short History of the Battlefield Preservation Movement". www.battlefields.org. American Battlefield Trust. May 4, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2020. In May 2018, having concluded its 30th anniversary year, the group [Civil War Trust] unveiled a new organizational structure, in which the Civil War Trust and the Revolutionary War Trust would operate as land preservation divisions under the banner of a broader American Battlefield Trust.
^ "Heritage Sites". www.battlefields.org. American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved August 21, 2020. The places highlighted here — formerly called the Civil War Discovery Trail — are not just any places.