Richmond, VA
During the combat, the south used this city as the capital of the Confederate States of America. So as you would expect, the city is home to numerous Civil War sites due to its nearness to the Mason Dixon line and being the Confederacy’s capital.
Many of these areas around the city have been preserved to how they would have looked at the time of the war. But besides the battle sites, make sure to check out the White House of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Museum while visiting as well.
The White House of the Confederacy is where Jefferson Davis lived and worked until the end of the Civil War in 1865 and is open to the public for viewing. The American Civil War Museum also just opened its new location and exhibits.
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Thank you so much for this informative article. We will be travelling through these areas in the next few months. Will bring this list with us for sure.
Surely, Appomattox is a must visit and would bump Palmito from your list of “to seven”. Anyone reading Lincoln’s words that guided General Grant’s terms of surrender will think long and hard on the struggle this nation faced during Reconstruction and the bitter cost of this war.
Mom was born in Keedysville, just a few miles from Antietam. We went there often when visiting uncles, cousins, and other family. Uncle lived in Boonsboro, just a mile or so from the gates of Antietam. One friend’s house is the backdoor to the battlefield and burial site. Across the street from the cemetery is where most of them are buried now.
You can feel and sometimes see the spirits at all the battlefield sites.