Historic Battlefields

Tour the American Civil War Center, telling Union, Confederate and black stories all in one place.

Tour the Richmond National Battlefield Parks Tredegar Iron Works Civil War Visitor Center at Brown’s Island.

A SECRET IN DINWIDDIE COUNTY
Talk about a story of life and death. Two brothers, separated four years by war, meet on the field for the first time in a breakthrough battle of the Civil War. By the time they’re laid side-by-side on stretchers, each has wounds that will prove fatal.

The Richmond National Battlefield Park protects more than 2,000 acres of land in its 11 units spread throughout Richmond and the counties of Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico.  Other than a few small parking lots, tour roads and visitors centers, most of that land is essentially green space—protected nature preserve.

Tour Fort Harrison and the surrounding fortifications in eastern Henrico County, part of the 1864 Overland Campaign.

Tour Malvern Hill Battlefield in eastern Henrico County, part of the 1862 Seven Day’s Battles.

The strength of Chesterfield County’s Drewry’s Bluff effectively closed the James River as a route of Union invasion.

Tour Cold Harbor National Battlefield in Hanover County, part of the 1864 Overland Campaign.

Tour Gaines Mill Battlefield & Watt House in Hanover County, part of the 1862 Seven Day’s Battles.

Tour Hanover County’s Cold Harbor Battlefield Park.

Tour Beaver Dam Creek, part of the two-mile Union front that Confederates unsuccessfully attacked.

Tour Chickahominy Bluff in Henrico County, part of the outer Confederate line defending Richmond.

Tour Garthright House in Hanover County, a field hospital during the Battle of Cold Harbor.

Tour Hanover County’s North Anna Battlefield Park, part of the 1864 Overland Campaign.

Tour Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Dinwiddie County.

The 2,659-acre Petersburg National Battlefield Park encompasses landmarks associated with nearly 10 months of fighting for this strategic railroad town.

A SECRET IN CHARLES CITY COUNTY
In the region around the former capital of the Confederacy, tales of the Civil War often come with a Confederate slant. Not at Fort Pocahontas. They help celebrate the efforts of the U.S. Colored Troops.

A SECRET IN HOPEWELL
Napoleon was the French general who famously said, “An army marches on its stomach.” Nowhere would you see that idea illustrated better during the American Civil War than at Hopewell.

A SECRET IN AMELIA COUNTY
Virginia’s network of Civil War Trails can take you here, there and everywhere around the state. The place they take you first is through Amelia County on the path of Lee’s Retreat.

A SECRET IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS
If you’re wondering what’s Colonial about Colonial Heights, Henry Kidd can tell you. Better yet, he can show you.