Civil War

Antietam Battlefield in Sharpsburg, MD

The Battle of Antietam was the first major Civil War battle to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties. Situated on fields among the Appalachian foothills along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, the Antietam National Battlefield features the Antietam Battlefield site, a visitor center, a national military cemetery and a field hospital museum. Today, over 330,000 people visit the park [...]

American Civil War Museum at Gettysburg

The American Civil War Museum in Gettysburg contains more than 35 scenes and over 300 life-size wax figures, intended to give the visitor an understanding of the causes and consequences of the Civil War, as well as some familiarity with the leading personalities who shaped the conflict. A self-guided tour presents a concise history of the Civil War era and the Battle of Gettysburg with remarkable realism through life-sized dioramas. At the end of the tour visitors experience a re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, followed by an animated Abraham Lincoln’s deliverance of the Gettysburg [...]

Gettysburg National Military Park Museum

The Museum and Visitor Center at the Gettysburg National Military Park has tons of exhibits and information that help orient visitors to the Park and the epic Civil War battle that took place there. The museum reviews the Civil War from beginning to dramatic end, featuring items from their massive collection of Civil War and Gettysburg artifacts. In addition to the museum, the Visitor Center houses the fully restored Gettysburg [...]