Shadows-on-the-Teche
New Iberia, Louisiana | This 1834 plantation home and gardens on the banks of Bayou Teche was home to the Weeks family for four generations before...
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Alcatraz Island)
San Francisco, California | During the Civil War, Alcatraz was responsible for defending the city and became the official U.S. Army prison for the...
Smith-McDowell House
Asheville, North Carolina | This 1840 brick mansion was the home of William Wallace McDowell.
Longwood
Natchez, Mississippi| This historic mansion provides visitors with eloquent testimony to the devastating impact of the Civil War on the cotton economy...
Historic Fort Snelling
West St. Paul, Minnesota | Fort Snelling was headquarters and a supply base for the military Department of Dakota, which extended from the Mississippi...
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
St. Louis, Missouri | This museum's exploration of the personal life of General Grant provides the context for understanding his military leadership...