Battlefields

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.

This three-story Victorian mansion is now home to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center headquarters.

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

Explore the cabin where the famed abolitionist once lived and the site where he fought the Battle of Osawatomie.

A neglected spomenik overlooking the beautiful Kopaonik Mountains.

During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, cannons, and more.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.

This ordinary-looking rock may have played an important role in a 16th-century Scottish battle.

This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.

A hill outside of Kasempa is the location of a famous battle between the Kaonde and Lozi tribes.

The door of St. Lawrence’s Church features small scars from a battle that took place nearly 400 years ago.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

This remote Montana battlefield is the site of the Nez Perce Flight of 1877.