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.

This is a landscape sketch of mountains and valleys.
Civil War  |  Cemetery

Calvary Cemetery

St. Louis, Missouri | Several other prominent Civil War personages are interred here, including Thomas Reynolds and William T. Sherman.
Baylor's Farm
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Baylor's Farm

The skirmish at Baylor’s Farm proved African American soldiers’ willingness and ability to fight, qualities the Union army would rely on throughout...
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Burke's Station

During the Civil War, African American laborers chopped wood and conveyed it to Burke’s Station, a major Federal timber transportation station located...