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Middle Tennessee In the Civil War – Murfreesboro and Area

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Stones River National Battlefield 3501 Old Nashville Highway, Murfreesboro TN 37129 615-893-9501 The battle here Dec. 31, 1862–Jan. 2, 1863, resulted in more than 23,000 total casualties out of about 81,000 soldiers engaged, making this one of the bloodiest battles of the war. Union forces under Gen. William Rosecrans marched toward Murfreesboro Dec. 26, 1862, … Read more

Tidewater Virginia – More Civil War Sites

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Tidewater museums and visitor centers are listed separately here. All of the following are marked with Civil War Trails signs unless noted. Newport News Two USCT Heroes Trails sign at First Baptist Church, 3628 Campbell Road, Newport News VA 23602 Two members of the 36th U.S. Colored troops are buried here. Both Edward Diggs and … Read more

South Carolina – More sites

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Florence A small railroad town at the outbreak of the war, Florence remained out of the way until the fall of 1864 when thousands of Union prisoners were moved to town following the evacuation of the infamous Andersonville prison camp in Georgia. In the few months of its existence (September 1864–February 1865) more than 2,800 … Read more

Central Virginia Civil War – Petersburg Civil War Sites

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After months of fighting in the late spring of 1864, Union forces backed Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army into defensive lines around Petersburg. For more than nine months the city endured a siege. The Petersburg National Battlefield maintains several park units to help tell the story. Information about touring Petersburg’s Civil War sites is available … Read more

Maryland’s Civil War – Frederick, Monocacy and South Mountain

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Northern and Southern armies passed through this interesting and still evocative city on their way to Antietam in 1862; and parts of the Union army went north through here on the way to Gettysburg in 1863. Confederate Gen. Jubal Early demanded (and got) a $200,000 ransom here before fighting near the Monocacy River just south. … Read more

Oklahoma (Indian Territory) Civil War Forts

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Fort Gibson 907 N. Garrison, Fort Gibson OK 74434-0457 918-478-4088 Established in 1824, Fort Gibson became a rather endangered Union outpost in Indian Territory. From here in 1863, Federal troops launched an offensive that resulted in the Battle of Honey Springs. Admission fee. Fort Towson HC 63, Box 1580, Fort Towson OK 74735-9273 580-873-2634 Established … Read more

Western Tennessee – Civil War Memphis

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The Union victory at Shiloh in April 1862 made Confederate control of the Mississippi River in Tennessee impossible. Following a brief gunboat battle below the Memphis bluffs on June 6, 1862, Confederates abandoned the city. Memphis became a vital supply depot and staging area for Union campaigns. Mississippi River Museum at Mud Island River Park … Read more

Northwest Georgia Andrews Raid (The Great Locomotive Chase)

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Early on the rainy morning of April 12, 1862, conductor William Fuller and the “General” chugged out of the Marietta station headed north toward Chattanooga on the single-track Western and Atlantic Railroad (W&A). Aboard the train that day were 20 young men on a special mission. These men, headed by civilian spy James Andrews, planned … Read more