I was asked how many Civil War battlefields and sites I have visited. It took a lot of thought to answer that question, but here goes, in no particular order:
Ball’s Bluff
Gettysburg
Westminster, MD (Corbit’s Charge)
Carlisle (I went to college there–that made it easy)
Hanover
Monterey Pass
Boonsboro
Williamsport
Hunterstown
Fairfield
Sporting Hill
Oyster Point
McConnellsburg
Cunningham’s Crossroads
Greencastle
Hagerstown
Funkstown
Falling Waters
Smithsburg
Aldie
Middleburg
Upperville
First Brandy Station (August 20, 1862)
Second Brandy Station (June 9, 1863)
Third Brandy Station (August 1, 1863)
Fourth Brandy Station (October 11, 1863)
Culpeper (September 13, 1863)
First Rappahannock Station
Second Rappahannock Station
Buckland Mills
Mine Run
First Winchester
Second Winchester
Third Winchester
First Kernstown
Second Kernstown
Orange Court House (August 7, 1862)
Cedar Mountain
Bristoe Station
Thoroughfare Gap
Brawner’s Farm
First Bull Run
Second Bull Run
Chantilly
Harpers Ferry
South Mountain
Antietam
Shepherdstown
Second Ride Around McClellan
Glendale
Malvern Hill
Beaver Dam Creek
Gaine’s Mill
Yorktown
Williamsburg
Jack’s Shop
Raccoon Ford
Fredericksburg
Second Fredericksburg
Hartwood Church
Kelly’s Ford
Chancellorsville
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid
Wilderness
Spotsylvania Court House
Todd’s Tavern
Yellow Tavern
Meadow Bridges
North Anna
Haw’s Shop
Old Church
Totopotomy Creek
Cold Harbor
Trevilian Station
Samaria (St. Mary’s) Church
Staunton River Bridge
First Reams Station
Second Reams Station
Sappony Church
Petersburg
Pamplin Park
White Oak Road
Dinwiddie Court House
Five Forks
Sutherland’s Station
High Bridge
Appomattox Station
Appomattox Court House
Cross Keys
Harrisonburg
New Market
Piedmont
Monocacy
Fort Stevens
Fisher’s Hill
Tom’s Brook
Hupp’s Hill
Cedar Creek
Lewisburg, WV
White Sulphur Springs
Tebbs Bend
Corydon
Buffington Island
Perryville
Mill Springs
McLemore’s Cove
Chickamauga
Wauhatchie
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Shelbyville
Tullahoma Campaign
Fort Donelson
Shiloh
Corinth
Vicksburg
Jackson
Dalton
Tunnel Hill
Pickett’s Mill
Kennesaw Mountain
Pine Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
Peachtree Creek
Jonesboro
Wilson’s Creek
Pea Ridge
Prairie Grove
Westport
Blue River
Hatteras
New Bern
Fort Fisher
Forks Road
Monroe’s Crossroads
Fayetteville
Averasboro
Bentonville
Fort Sumter
Secessionville
Franklin
Hoover’s Gap
Other Civil War Sites:
Bennett Place
Fort Anderson
Fort Holmes (Bald Head Island, NC)
Fort Johnston (Southport, NC)
Fort Caswell (Oak Island, NC)
Fort Zachary Taylor (Key West, FL)
Fort Defiance (Clarksville, TN)
Fortress Monroe
Hampton Roads
Ford’s Theater
Miscellaneous Mosby sites throughout Virginia
Camp Chase (here in Columbus, OH, where I live)
Johnson’s Island
Fort De Russy (Washington, DC)
Fort Couch (Camp Hill, PA)
Camp Curtin (Harrisburg, PA)
Fort Negley (Nashville, TN)
Fort Smith (Oklahoma)
Exchange Hotel (Gordonsville, VA)
Fort Drum (Los Angeles, CA)
The Presidio (San Francisco, CA)
White House of the Confederacy
Tredegar Iron Works
Fayetteville Arsenal
I’m sure there’s more. Those are the ones that come to mind.
What battlefields have you visited?
EDIT, AUGUST 24, 2014:
This past week, I added the surviving portions of Fort Henry and Spring Hill, TN to my list. Scratch off another two….
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Quite an impressive list Eric.
I’ve only been to the following:
Gettysburg
Chattanooga
1st Bull Run
Antietam
And Morgan’s Surrender Monument and the outlying area in Columbiana County.
It just means that you have to get out more, Bob. 🙂
Gettysburg
Antietam
Cedar Creek
Fisher Hill
Tom’s Brook
New Market
Malvern Hill
Fredericksburg
Fort Pulaski
Fort Sumter
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Bentonville
Monroe’s Crossroads
Petersburg
Murfreesboro
Pea Ridge
Wilson Creek
Prairie Grove
First Bull Run
Second Bull Run
Fort Fisher
Averasboro
Not quite as prolific a list, but here’s mine:
Ft. Sumter
Big Bethel
1st Manassas
Blackburn’s Ford
Scary Creek
Barboursville WVA
Carnifex Ferry
Cheat Mountain
Gyandotte
Santa Rosa Island
St. Louis Riot
Boonesboro MO
Carthage
Wilson’s Creek
Lexington, MO
Ball’s Bluff
Hatteras Inlet
Roanoke Island
New Bere
Pensacola Bay
Camp Walton
Yorktown
Dam No. 1
Hampton Roads
Williamsburg
Pea Ridge
Fort Pulaski
Fort Donelson
Shiloh
Memphis
Lone Jack
1st Cynthiana
2nd Cynthiana
Richmond KY
Siege of Cincinnati
Perryville
Harper’s Ferry
South Mountain
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Prarie Grove
Chickasaw Bayou
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Bayou Fourche
Buffington Island
1st Franklin
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Mine Run
New Market
Elkin’s Ferry
Prarie D’Ane
Poison Springs
Camden
Mark’s Mills
Jenkin’s Ferry
Lewisburg
Monocacy
Ft. Stevens
Petersburg
Ream’s Station
Weldon Railroad
Spring Hill
2nd Franklin
Nashville
Big Blue
Westport
Mine Creek
Fort McAllister
Mobile Bay
Averasboro
Bentonville
Hatcher’s Run
White Oak Road
Five Forks
Sutherland Station
Sailor’s Creek
High Bridge
Cumberland Church
Appomattox
Well, not even within shouting distance of that many. In addition to the “usual suspects” (Gettysburg, Antietam, F’burg/C’ville/Spots’v/Wilderness, the Richmond battlefields, and Petersburg) I have been to Glorieta Pass and Valverde. Sadly, it dawned on me that i’ve been to nearly as many NHL arenas.
For me (that I can think of off hand):
Shiloh
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Fort Gaines
Fort Morgan
Fort Pickens
Fort Pike
Vicksburg
Tupelo
Brice’s Cross Roads
Kennesaw Mountain
Blakely
Andersonville
Wow I feel like a slacker after reading that list.
show off.
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Antietam
Appomattox Courthouse
Appomattox Station
Atlanta
Bentonville
Big Black River Bridge
Blackburn’s Ford
Brawner’s Farm
Brice’s Crossroads
Buffington Island
Bull Run, First
Bull Run, Second
Cedar Creek
Cedar Mountain
Champion Hill
Chancellorsville
Charleston Harbor
Chattanooga
Chicamaugua
Chicksaw Bayou
City Point
Cold Harbor
Corinth
Crater, The
Cross Keys
Cumberland Church
Ezra Church
Fallen Timbers
Five Forks
Fort Donaldson
Fort Harrison
Fort Morgan / Mobile Bay
Fort Pulaski
Fort Stedman
Fort Sumter/Fort Moultree
Franklin
Fredericksburg, First
Fredericksburg, Second
Gaines Mill
Gettysburg
Glendale
Glorietta Pass (Inaccessible)
Griswoldville
Harpers Ferry
High Bridge
Hunterstown
Iuka
Jonesborough
Kennesaw Mountain
Lookout Mountain
Malvern Hill
March to the Sea / Savannah
Mechanicsville
Monocacy
Nashville / Fort Negley
New Market
Oak Grove
Pamplin Military Park
Parkers Cross Roads
Petersburg
Perryville
Phillipi
Pickett’s Mill
Port Gibson
Port Republic
Raymond
Richmond
Seven Pines
Sabine Pass
Salem Church
Savages Station
Sayler’s Creek
Shepherdstown
Shiloh
South Mountain
Spotsylvania
Spring Hill
Stones River
Sutherland’s Station
Thoroughfare Gap
Trevilian Station
Tupelo
Vicksburg
White Oak Swamp
Wilderness
Williamsburg
Williamsport
Winchester
Yorktown
Saw 37 that I know of in a 10 day period in 1995. As I gathered local books along the way I realized how many I had missed or actually gone through without knowledge.
Eric, just curious what your top 5 (in random order)favorite battlefields to visit are out of your list. There’s definitely a lot to choose from! Thanks for another fun post.
Eric,
You left Salem Church off your list.
Been at this since I was 19…and I am now deep into middle age….and realize I have no life!
1st & 2nd Deep Bottom
1st & 2nd Franklin
1st & 2nd Manassas
1st, 2nd & 3rd Winchester
Alexandria, LA
Antietam
Appomattox Court House
Appomattox Station
Arkansas Post
Atlanta
Averasboro
Ball’s Bluff
Barboursville WVA
Bayou Fourche
Beaver Dam Creek
Beefsteak Raid
Bentonville
Big Bethel
Big Black River Bridge
Boonesboro MO
Brandy Station
Brice’s Crossroads
Bristoe Station
Buckland Mills
Camp Allegheny
Carlisle
Carnifex Ferry
Carthage
Cedar Creek
Cedar Mountain
Champion Hill
Chancellorsville
Chantilly
Chattanooga
Cheat Mountain
Chester Station
Chicamaugua
Chickamauga
Chicksaw Bayou
City Point
Cold Harbor
Corinth
Cross Keys
Dinwiddie Court House
Drewry’s Bluff
Droop Mountain
Fayetteville
Fisher’s Hill
Five Forks
Fort Donelson
Fort Harrison
Fort McAllister
Fort Pulaski
Fort Smith
Fort Stedman
Fort Stevens
Franklin
Fredericksburg
Gaines Mill
Gettysburg
Glendale
Gyandotte
Hagerstown
Hampton Roads
Hanover
Harper’s Ferry
Harrisonburg
Hartwood Church
Hatcher’s Run
Hatteras
Hatteras Inlet
Haw’s Shop
High Bridge
Honey Springs
Hoover’s Gap
Hunterstown
Hupp’s Hill
Iuka
Jack’s Shop
Jackson
Jenkin’s Ferry
Jonesborough
Kelly’s Ford
Kennesaw Mountain
Kernstown
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid
Lawrence, KS
Lewisburg, WV
Lexington, MO
Lone Jack
Lookout Mountain
Malvern Hill
Mansfield
Marais des Cygnes
Mechanicsville
Memphis
Middleburg
Mill Springs
Mine Creek
Mine Run
Monocacy
Monroe’s Crossroads
Monterey Pass
Namozine Church
Nashville / Fort Negley
New Market
Newtonia
North Anna
Oak Grove
Orange Court House
Pamplin Park
Parkers Cross Roads
Pea Ridge
Peachtree Creek
Perryville
Petersburg
Phillipi
Piedmont
Pine Mountain
Pleasant Hill
Port Gibson
Port Republic
Port Walthall Junction
Prairie Grove
Rappahannock Station
Raymond
Ream’s Station
Reams Station
Richmond
Richmond KY
Ride Around McClellan
Roanoke Island
Round Mountain
Sabine Pass
Saint Albans, VT
Salem Church
Saltville
Sappony Church
Savages Station
Saylor’s Creek
Seven Pines
Shepherdstown
Shiloh
South Mountain
Sporting Hill
Spotsylvania
Spring Hill
Staunton River Bridge
Stones River
Sutherland Station
The Crater
Thoroughfare Gap
Todd’s Tavern
Tom’s Brook
Totopotomy Creek
Trevilian Station
Tullahoma Campaign
Tunnel Hill
Tupelo
Vicksburg
Weldon Railroad
Westminster, MD
Westport
White Oak Road
White Oak Swamp
White Sulphur Springs
Wilderness
Williamsburg
Wilson’s Creek
Wilson-Kautz Raid
Winchester
Yellow Tavern
Yorktown
Some of the best fishing I have ever experienced was in Charleston Harbor just about 50 yards off of Ft. Sumter ? Does that count ??)
How many of you have been to Fort Fizzle? I think I may have you there Eric. You pretty much bested me on all the others.