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National military park

Military Parks of the United States

Military Parks of the United States

|3,228.89 acre |Civil War |Antietam

https://www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm
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[[Image:Big Hole Battlefield.jpg
Montana

| |975.61 acre |Nez Perce War of the Indian Wars |The Big Hole

https://www.nps.gov/biho/index.htm
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[[File:BricesCrossroads2010.jpg
Mississippi

| |1.00 acre |Civil War |Brice's Cross Roads

https://www.nps.gov/brcr/index.htm
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[[File:Cannon Row.jpg
Georgia, Tennessee

| |9,523.48 acre |Civil War |Chickamauga

Chattanooga

https://www.nps.gov/chch/index.htm
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[[File:Cowpens National Battlefield - wilderness road and fence.jpg
South Carolina

| |841.56 acre |Revolutionary War |Cowpens

https://www.nps.gov/cowp/index.htm
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[[File:Fort Donelson river battery (1).jpg
Tennessee, Kentucky

| |1,319.00 acre |Civil War |Fort Donelson

Fort Henry

https://www.nps.gov/fodo/index.htm
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[[File:Fort Necessity 101114.jpg
Pennsylvania

| |902.80 acre |French and Indian War |Fort Necessity

https://www.nps.gov/fone/index.htm
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[[File:Sunken Road Restored 2004 Section in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.jpg
Virginia

| |8,405.46 acre |Civil War |Fredericksburg

Chancellorsville

The Wilderness

Spotsylvania Court House

https://www.nps.gov/frsp/index.htm
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[[File:High Water Mark - Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg Battlefield.jpg
Pennsylvania

| |6,032.07 acre |Civil War |Gettysburg

https://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm
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[[File:Signers Monument Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.JPG
North Carolina

| |253.54 acre |Revolutionary War |Guilford Court House

https://www.nps.gov/guco/index.htm
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[[Image:Battlefield overview, Horseshoe Bend NMP.jpg
Alabama

| |2,040.00 acre |Creek War of the Indian Wars |Horseshoe Bend

https://www.nps.gov/hobe/index.htm
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[[File:Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Cobb County, GA, US (24).jpg
Georgia

| |2,913.63 acre |Civil War |Kennesaw Mountain

https://www.nps.gov/kemo/index.htm
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[[File:Kings Mountain National Military Park, April 2015 - path and obelisk in trees.JPG
South Carolina

| |3,945.29 acre |Revolutionary War |Kings Mountain

https://www.nps.gov/kimo/index.htm
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[[File:Fence at Manassas Battlefield, VA IMG 4330.JPG
Virginia

| |5,073.44 acre |Civil War |First Manassas

Second Manassas

https://www.nps.gov/mana/index.htm
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[[File:BestFarmMonocacy.jpg
Maryland

| |1,646.88 acre |Civil War |Monocacy

https://www.nps.gov/mono/index.htm
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[[File:MOCR earthworks 0948.jpg
North Carolina

| |87.75 acre |Revolutionary War |Moore's Creek Bridge

https://www.nps.gov/mocr/index.htm
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[[File:Pea Ridge Battleground.jpg
Arkansas

| |4,300.35 acre |Civil War |Pea Ridge

https://www.nps.gov/peri/index.htm
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[[File:Restored entrance to mine, Petersburg VA.jpg
Virginia

| |9,368.34 acre |Civil War |Petersburg campaign

https://www.nps.gov/pete/index.htm
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[[File:Malvern Hill, Civil War Battlefield, RIchmond National Battlefield - Stierch.jpg
Virginia

| |8,168.87 acre |Civil War |Peninsula campaign and the Seven Days Battles

Overland Campaign

Petersburg campaign

https://www.nps.gov/rich/index.htm
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[[File:River Raisin National Battlefield Park.jpg
Michigan

| |42.18 acre |War of 1812 |Frenchtown

https://www.nps.gov/rira/index.htm
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[[File:Sunken Road, Shiloh National Military Park.JPG
Tennessee, Mississippi

| |9,323.70 acre |Civil War |Shiloh

https://www.nps.gov/shil/index.htm
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[[File:6-pounder Wiard cannon at Stones River National Battlefield.jpg
Tennessee

| |709.49 acre |Civil War |Stones River

https://www.nps.gov/stri/index.htm
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[[File:Tupelo NBS Monument.jpg
Mississippi

| |1.00 acre |Civil War |Tupelo

https://www.nps.gov/tupe/index.htm
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[[File:Monument to U.S. Grant at Vicksburg National Military Park.jpg
Mississippi, Louisiana

| |2,524.11 acre |Civil War |Vicksburg campaign

https://www.nps.gov/vick/index.htm
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[[File:Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.jpg
Missouri

| |2,407.79 acre |Civil War |Wilson's Creek | https://www.nps.gov/wicr/index.htm |}

Other battlefields in the National Park System

National Memorials

  • Arkansas Post National Memorial preserves the site of battles in 1783 and 1863
  • Fort Caroline National Memorial memorializes the destruction of Fort Caroline
  • Pearl Harbor National Memorial preserves sites related to the Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie

National Monuments

  • Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument preserves the site of the Battle of Attu
  • Canyon de Chelly National Monument preserves the site of the Battle of Canyon de Chelly
  • Castillo de San Marcos National Monument preserves a Spanish fort involved in numerous sieges
  • Fort Frederica National Monument preserves the site of the Battle of Bloody Marsh
  • Fort McHenry National Monument preserves Fort McHenry which played a crucial role in the Battle of Baltimore
  • Fort Pulaski National Monument preserves Fort Pulaski, site of the Siege of Fort Pulaski
  • Fort Stanwix National Monument preserves Fort Stanwix, site of the Siege of Fort Stanwix
  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument preserves the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
  • Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument preserves the site of the Battle of Mill Springs
  • Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument includes Wake Island, site of the Battle of Wake Island
  • Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument includes Midway Atoll, involved in the Battle of Midway

National Historical Parks

  • Appomattox Court House National Historical Park preserves the site of the Battle of Appomattox Court House
  • Boston National Historical Park preserves several sites of the American Revolutionary War, including the Battle of Bunker Hill
  • Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park preserves the site of the Battle of Cedar Creek
  • Colonial National Historical Park preserves the site of the Siege of Yorktown
  • Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park preserves Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, involved in battles including the Battle of Fort Sumter and the Battle of Sullivan's Island
  • George Rogers Clark National Historical Park preserves the site of Fort Sackville, site of the Siege of Fort Sackville
  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park preserves Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, the site of John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry and the Battle of Harpers Ferry
  • Jean Lafitte National Historical Park preserves the Chalmette Battlefield, site of the Battle of New Orleans
  • Minute Man National Historical Park preserves sites related to the Battles of Lexington and Concord
  • Nez Perce National Historical Park preserves sites of various battles of the Nez Perce War
  • Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park preserves the site of the Battle of Palo Alto
  • Pecos National Historical Park preserves the site of the Battle of Glorieta Pass
  • Saratoga National Historical Park preserves the site of the Battles of Saratoga
  • Sitka National Historical Park preserves the site of the Battle of Sitka
  • War in the Pacific National Historical Park preserves sites related to the Battle of Guam (1944)

National Historic Sites

  • Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site preserves the site of the Battle of Fallen Timbers
  • Fort Bowie National Historic Site preserves the site of the Battle of Apache Pass
  • Ninety Six National Historic Site preserves the site of Siege of Savage's Old Fields and Siege of Ninety Six
  • Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site preserves the site of the Sand Creek Massacre
  • Springfield Armory National Historic Site preserves the site of Shays' Rebellion
  • Washita Battlefield National Historic Site preserves the site of the Battle of Washita River

National Seashore

  • Gulf Islands National Seashore includes Fort Pickens and the site of the Battle of Santa Rosa Island

Affiliated areas

The following are affiliated areas of the National Park Services that are battlegrounds

  • Eutaw Springs Battlefield preserves the site of the Battle of Eutaw Springs
  • Kettle Creek Battlefield preserves the site of the Battle of Kettle Creek
  • Parkers Crossroads Battlefield preserves the site of the Battle of Parker's Cross Roads

Notes

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070703200758/http://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/FHPL_AmBtlefieldPrtc.pdf American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996]
  2. "Park Anniversaries".
  3. "National Park Service Acreage Reports".
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