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 ºÚÁÏÉç 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  |  Historic Site

David Wills House

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Part of the National Park Service, the "Lincoln Room" is located in the historic site, where President Lincoln stayed the...
Green woodgrain
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Historic Halifax

Located on the Roanoke River, the town of Halifax developed into a commercial and political center at the time of the ºÚÁÏÉç Revolution. North...
This is a landscape sketch of mountains and valleys.
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Carnton

Franklin, Tennessee | After the Battle of Franklin, this historic site housed hundreds of the more than six thousand Confederate casualties, leaving...