This is a sketch of cannons on the upper deck of a fort.

Heritage Sites

The places highlighted here — formerly called the Civil War Discovery Trail — are not just any places. They are the celebrated sites and structures that bring the earliest chapters of the American story to life, such as battlefields, historic homes, stations on the Underground Railroad, cemeteries, and parks. Together, they constitute the essential stops on a trail to discovering not only America’s military history, but the political, social and human dimensions of the founding and forging of the United States.

A sketch of a house
Rev War  |  Museum

Pencander Heritage Museum

The Pencander Heritage Museum aims to teach its visitors about the history of Pencander. The museum is sited near Cooch's Bridge Battlefield, the only...
Rev War  |  Museum

House in the Horseshoe

In spring and summer, bright flowers surround this plantation house named for its location on a horseshoe bend in the Deep River. The house (ca. 1770)...
a aerial photo of the house and grounds of Middleton Place
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Middleton Place

Middleton Place is America’s Oldest Landscaped Gardens and home to a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Located along the Ashley River in...
Rev War  |  Historic Site

St. John's Church

St. John's Church is where Virginia delegates met to discuss their actions with the growing state of war that was occurring with Britain. It was here...