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  • USS Constellation
    Last surviving ship of the Civil War.
    www.constellation.org
  • Museum of the Confederacy
    A private, nonprofit institution that maintains the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of military, political and domestic artifacts and art associated with the period of the Confederacy, 1861-1865.
    www.moc.org
  • National Museum of Civil War Medicine
    www.civilwarmed.org
  • Stratford Hall Plantation
    Historical Colonial house and birthplace of Robert E. Lee. Presents biography of the general, family tree, and more.
    www.stratfordhall.org
  • Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center
    Dedicated to telling the story of the war at sea through exhibits, artifacts, and ship recreations.
    www.portcolumbus.org
  • Memorial Hall - Confederate Civil War Museum
    Contains a collection of Confederate Civil War memorabilia.
    www.confederatemuseum.com
  • African American Civil War Memorial@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Museums_and_Memorials/African_American_Civil_War_Memorial
  • Lee Hall Mansion
    Preserving and documenting the agrarian antebellum Southern society and the events leading up to and during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign.
    www.leehall.org
  • Fort Tejon Historical Park
    19th Century fort where Civil War reenactment battles are staged regularly.
    www.forttejon.org
  • Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
    Includes the McLean home where Lee surrendered to Grant and the village of Appomattox Court House as well as the home and burial place of Joel Sweeney, who popularized the modern five-string banjo.
    www.nps.gov/apco
  • Civil War Soldiers Museum
    Provides information on Union and Confederate soldiers and their life during the American Civil War.
    www.cwmuseum.org
  • Fort Pulaski National Monument
    Includes account of the Union attack on the fort in April, 1862, as well as travel basics, and events calendar.
    www.nps.gov/fopu
  • Manassas National Battlefield Park
    Scene of the battles of First and Second Manassas (also known as the First and Second Bull Run). Includes travel information, activities, and events calendar.
    www.nps.gov/mana
  • Stones River National Battlefield
    Includes Stones River National Cemetery, the Hazen Brigade Monument, and portions of Fortress Rosecrans. Includes travel guide and events calendar.
    www.nps.gov/stri
  • Shiloh National Military Park
    Scene of the first major battle in the Western theater of the Civil War. The park also encompasses the Shiloh National Cemetery, established in 1866 and has more than 3,500 Union graves.
    www.nps.gov/shil
  • Drum Barracks Civil War Museum
    Housed in an original building of a Civil War base.
    www.drumbarracks.org
  • Pea Ridge National Military Park
    Site of the successful culmination of a federal effort to secure control of Missouri and the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, protect the arsenal at St. Louis and allow Gen. Grant's Vicksburg campaign to be supplied.
    www.nps.gov/peri
  • Petersburg National Battlefield
    Site of the longest siege in American history -- June, 1864, to April, 1865. Also includes Poplar Grove National Cemetery.
    www.nps.gov/pete
  • Monocacy National Battlefield
    Site of the battle also known as the "Battle that saved Washington." Includes battle overview, events calendar, and travel information.
    www.nps.gov/mono
  • Fort Donelson National Battlefield
    Includes the Fort Donelson National Cemetery, the Dover Hotel (Surrender House), and Fort Donelson and its associated earthen rifle pits and river batteries.
    www.nps.gov/fodo
 


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