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National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 25 battle sites preserved by the United States federal government because of their national importance. The designation applies to "sites where historic battles were fought on American soil during the armed conflicts that shaped the growth and development of the United States...."[1]

Vicksburg National Military Park, Illinois Memorial
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

There are eleven National Battlefields (NB), nine National Military Parks (NMP), four National Battlefield Parks (NBP), and one National Battlefield Site (NBS). The National Park Service does not distinguish among the four designations in terms of their preservation or management policies.

Seventeen sites are from the American Civil War, four from the American Revolutionary War, one from the War of 1812, one from the French and Indian War, and two were attacks on Native Americans. Big Hole is the only site in the Western United States.

In 1890, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park was the first such site created by Congress. Originally these sites were maintained by the War Department, but were transferred to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933. The different designations appear to represent Congressional attitudes at the time of authorization of each individual site, although "park" appears to be reserved for the larger sites. Only Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, which is small, still bears that designation; others have since been redesignated. Some battlefields are designated as National Monuments, such as Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument, and ten forts, several of which saw battle; National Historical Parks, such as Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park; or National Historic Sites, such as Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

As with all historic areas in the National Park System, these battle sites are automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

List of areas

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Name Image Location Type Established[2] Area[3] Conflict Battle(s) Website
Antietam   Maryland
39°28′13″N 77°44′17″W / 39.47028°N 77.73806°W / 39.47028; -77.73806 		NB August 30, 1890 3,228.89 acres
(13.1 km2; 5.0 sq mi) 		Civil War Antietam [1]
Big Hole   Montana
45°38′15″N 113°38′37″W / 45.63750°N 113.64361°W / 45.63750; -113.64361 		NB June 23, 1910 975.61 acres
(3.9 km2; 1.5 sq mi) 		Nez Perce War
of the
Indian Wars 		The Big Hole [2]
Brices Cross Roads   Mississippi
34°30′22.0″N 88°43′44.0″W / 34.506111°N 88.728889°W / 34.506111; -88.728889 		NBS February 21, 1929 1.00 acre
(0.0040 km2; 0.00156 sq mi) 		Civil War Brice's Cross Roads [3]
Chickamauga and Chattanooga   Georgia, Tennessee
34°56′24″N 85°15′36″W / 34.94000°N 85.26000°W / 34.94000; -85.26000 		NMP August 19, 1890 9,523.48 acres
(38.5 km2; 14.9 sq mi) 		Civil War Chickamauga

Chattanooga 		[4]
Cowpens   South Carolina
35°08′12″N 81°49′05″W / 35.13667°N 81.81806°W / 35.13667; -81.81806 		NB March 4, 1929 841.56 acres
(3.4 km2; 1.3 sq mi) 		Revolutionary War Cowpens [5]
Fort Donelson   Tennessee, Kentucky
36°29′14″N 87°51′39″W / 36.48722°N 87.86083°W / 36.48722; -87.86083 		NB August 10, 1933 1,319.00 acres
(5.3 km2; 2.1 sq mi) 		Civil War Fort Donelson

Fort Henry 		[6]
Fort Necessity   Pennsylvania
39°48′55″N 79°35′22″W / 39.81528°N 79.58944°W / 39.81528; -79.58944 		NB March 4, 1931 902.80 acres
(3.7 km2; 1.4 sq mi) 		French and Indian War Fort Necessity [7]
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania   Virginia
38°17′35″N 77°28′09″W / 38.29306°N 77.46917°W / 38.29306; -77.46917 		NMP February 14, 1927 8,405.46 acres
(34.0 km2; 13.1 sq mi) 		Civil War Fredericksburg

Chancellorsville

The Wilderness

Spotsylvania Court House 		[8]
Gettysburg   Pennsylvania
39°48′31″N 77°14′12″W / 39.80861°N 77.23667°W / 39.80861; -77.23667 		NMP February 11, 1895 6,032.07 acres
(24.4 km2; 9.4 sq mi) 		Civil War Gettysburg [9]
Guilford Courthouse   North Carolina
36°7′53″N 79°50′47″W / 36.13139°N 79.84639°W / 36.13139; -79.84639 		NMP March 2, 1917 253.54 acres
(1.0 km2; 0.4 sq mi) 		Revolutionary War Guilford Court House [10]
Horseshoe Bend   Alabama
32°58′15″N 85°44′18″W / 32.97083°N 85.73833°W / 32.97083; -85.73833 		NMP July 25, 1956 2,040.00 acres
(8.3 km2; 3.2 sq mi) 		Creek War
of the
Indian Wars 		Horseshoe Bend [11]
Kennesaw Mountain   Georgia
33°58′59″N 84°34′41″W / 33.98306°N 84.57806°W / 33.98306; -84.57806 		NBP February 18, 1917 2,913.63 acres
(11.8 km2; 4.6 sq mi) 		Civil War Kennesaw Mountain [12]
Kings Mountain   South Carolina
35°8′16″N 81°23′22″W / 35.13778°N 81.38944°W / 35.13778; -81.38944 		NMP August 10, 1933 3,945.29 acres
(16.0 km2; 6.2 sq mi) 		Revolutionary War Kings Mountain [13]
Manassas   Virginia
38°48′46″N 77°31′18″W / 38.81278°N 77.52167°W / 38.81278; -77.52167 		NBP November 14, 1936 5,073.44 acres
(20.5 km2; 7.9 sq mi) 		Civil War First Manassas

Second Manassas 		[14]
Monocacy   Maryland
39°22′16″N 77°23′31″W / 39.37115°N 77.39208°W / 39.37115; -77.39208 		NB June 21, 1934 1,646.88 acres
(6.7 km2; 2.6 sq mi) 		Civil War Monocacy [15]
Moores Creek   North Carolina
34°27′29.6″N 78°06′37.1″W / 34.458222°N 78.110306°W / 34.458222; -78.110306 		NB June 2, 1926 87.75 acres
(0.4 km2; 0.1 sq mi) 		Revolutionary War Moore's Creek Bridge [16]
Pea Ridge   Arkansas
36°27′15.″N 94°02′04.9″W / 36.45417°N 94.034694°W / 36.45417; -94.034694 		NMP July 20, 1956 4,300.35 acres
(17.4 km2; 6.7 sq mi) 		Civil War Pea Ridge [17]
Petersburg   Virginia
37°13′10″N 77°21′41″W / 37.21944°N 77.36139°W / 37.21944; -77.36139 		NB July 3, 1926 9,368.34 acres
(37.9 km2; 14.6 sq mi) 		Civil War Petersburg campaign [18]
Richmond   Virginia
37°25′45″N 77°22′25″W / 37.42917°N 77.37361°W / 37.42917; -77.37361 		NBP March 2, 1936 8,168.87 acres
(33.1 km2; 12.8 sq mi) 		Civil War Peninsula campaign
and the
Seven Days Battles

Overland campaign

Petersburg campaign 		[19]
River Raisin   Michigan
41°54′49″N 83°22′42″W / 41.91361°N 83.37833°W / 41.91361; -83.37833 		NBP October 22, 2010 42.18 acres
(0.2 km2; 0.1 sq mi) 		War of 1812 Frenchtown [20]
Shiloh   Tennessee, Mississippi
35°08′12″N 88°20′26″W / 35.13667°N 88.34056°W / 35.13667; -88.34056 		NMP December 27, 1894 9,323.70 acres
(37.7 km2; 14.6 sq mi) 		Civil War Shiloh [21]
Stones River   Tennessee
35°52′34″N 86°25′51″W / 35.87611°N 86.43083°W / 35.87611; -86.43083 		NB March 3, 1927 709.49 acres
(2.9 km2; 1.1 sq mi) 		Civil War Stones River [22]
Tupelo   Mississippi
34°15′20.4″N 88°44′13.2″W / 34.255667°N 88.737000°W / 34.255667; -88.737000 		NB August 11, 1933 1.00 acre
(0.0040 km2; 0.00156 sq mi) 		Civil War Tupelo [23]
Vicksburg   Mississippi, Louisiana
32°21′55″N 90°50′32″W / 32.36528°N 90.84222°W / 32.36528; -90.84222 		NMP February 21, 1899 2,524.11 acres
(10.2 km2; 3.9 sq mi) 		Civil War Vicksburg campaign [24]
Wilson's Creek   Missouri
37°6′56″N 93°25′12″W / 37.11556°N 93.42000°W / 37.11556; -93.42000 		NB April 22, 1960 2,407.79 acres
(9.7 km2; 3.8 sq mi) 		Civil War Wilson's Creek [25]

Other battlefields in the National Park System

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National Memorials

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See also: List of national memorials of the United States

National Monuments

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See also: List of national monuments of the United States

National Historical Parks

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See also: National Historical Park

National Historic Sites

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See also: National Historic Site (United States)

Affiliated areas

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The following are affiliated areas of the National Park Services that are battlegrounds

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996
  • ^ "Park Anniversaries". Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  • ^ "National Park Service Acreage Reports". Retrieved August 13, 2021.
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