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Civil war battlefield locations4/6/2024 ![]() The progress of the battle can be roughly determined by the area’s roads, the Brotherton Farm, and the dramatic slopes of Horseshoe Ridge. The site’s woods and fields in northern Georgia, not far from Chattanooga, Tennessee, is well preserved by the National Park Service. While the landscape is not necessarily dramatic, you can trace the progress of the fighting across the rolling fields and woods, and see several iconic sights, like the Henry House from the first battle, or the Railroad Cut from the second.īraxton Bragg’s defeat of William Rosecrans in 1863 was one of very few major Confederate victories in the west. It has the site of both the catastrophic Union defeat in the first battle of the war as well as one of Stonewall Jackson’s grandest flank attacks of the war. Manassas National Battlefield Park just outside of Washington, DC, preserves the site of two important Civil War battles. They are ranked according to a few criteria – the importance of the battle, how well the battlefield is preserved, how interesting it is to visit, and how easy it is to understand the battlefield based on its terrain.Ī Reenactment of the First Battle of Bull Run In this post we present out top ten favorite battlefields. Over the past few years, while filming our Battles of the Civil War series, we have visited most of the major battlefields of the American Civil War. ![]()
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