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National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 25 battle sites preserved by the United States federal government because of their national importance. The designation applies to "sites where historic battles were fought on American soil during the armed conflicts ...
This category is for national military parks, and similar designations of battlefields in the United States, managed by the National Park Service. As with all historic areas in the National Park System, these battle sites are automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Manassas National Battlefield Park is a unit of the National Park Service located in Prince William County, Virginia, north of Manassas that preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run, also called the Battle of First Manassas, and the Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas.
Battlefields of the wars between the United States and Native Americans (16 P) National battlefields and military parks of the United States (7 C, 34 P) Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places (1 C, 4 P)
Antietam National Battlefield. Antietam National Cemetery; Maryland: 3,287.63 acres (13.3046 km 2) Big Hole National Battlefield: Montana: 969.61 acres (3.9239 km 2) Cowpens National Battlefield: South Carolina: 841.56 acres (3.4057 km 2) Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Fort Donelson National Cemetery; Tennessee, Kentucky: 1,319.25 acres (5 ...
The park was established as Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park on February 14, 1927, and transferred from the War Department August 10, 1933. The lengthy name remains its official designation—75 letters, the longest name of any unit in the national park system.
U.S. Marines invaded Washington County for a public training event that brought modern — for 1924 — battle tactics to Antietam battlefield. 100 years ago, Sharpsburg was invaded again — by ...
The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1-3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Most are located within Gettysburg National Military Park; others are on private land at battle sites in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Together, they represent "one of the largest ...