Visiting Grand Gulf Military Park
Grand Gulf Military Park is located northwest of Port Gibson, Mississippi, about seven miles west off U.S. Highway 61 on Grand Gulf Road near the Mississippi River. This site, part of the Mississippi state...
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The Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama
Update 3/6/2019: The restored and refurbished Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama is now on exhibit in its new home, The Atlanta History Center at 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW, in the Buckhead area of...
Visiting Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
During the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, Major General William T. Sherman generally preferred to outmaneuver and outflank his Confederate adversaries rather than attack entrenched positions head on. He made an exception at the Battle on...
Visiting Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb in Springfield, Illinois
Located on 12 1/2 acres in the sprawling Oak Ridge Cemetery on the north side of Springfield, Illinois, the Abraham Lincoln Tomb is both the final resting place of, and an impressive memorial to,...
Visiting Monocacy National Battlefield at Frederick, Maryland
In of June 1864 the Union Army of the Potomac had pushed the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia back to the Richmond and Petersburg area after the extremely costly Overland Campaign. As the Federals...
Visiting The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.
In the 24 years that he lived in Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln rose from obscurity to President of the United States. In Lincoln’s hometown today, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is one...
Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln owned just one home in his life, a wooden house on the corner of Eighth and Jackson Streets in Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln lived in the home from 1844 until he departed for...
The Ulysses S. Grant Home in Galena, Illinois
In August 1865, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant returned home to Galena, Illinois following the conclusion of the Civil War. Earlier that summer, several prominent citizens of Galena had pooled their money and purchased a...