Civil War Heritage Trail Sites
Hodgenville,
KY
www.nps.gov/abli
There's Only One....Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
Built at the location of Lincoln's birth the solid marble, neoclassical monument houses the symbolic cabin of Linco...
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Hodgenville,
KY
www.nps.gov/abli/planyourvisit/boyhood-home.htm
Privately owned until November 2001, the Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek is now part of the National Park System as a unit of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National...
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Lexington,
KY
www.henryclay.org
The magnificent 18-room mansion stands in the heart of one of Lexington's most beautiful residential districts, a reminder of the rich heritage left by Henry Clay and his dece...
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Munfordville,
KY
www.battleforthebridge.org
The Battle for the Bridge Historic Preserve protects 219 acres of the Munfordville Battlefield, site of three Civil War battles, including the Sept. 14-17, 1862 Battle and Sie...
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Nicholasville,
KY
www.campnelson.org
US 27, 5 miles south of Nicholasville, Union Army Civil War supply depot & training camp, White House, c 1850, used as the officers' quarters, 10,000 African American m...
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London,
KY
The Battle of Camp Wildcat is recognized as the first Union victory of the Civil War. Follow the walking trail (with interpretive signing) to Hoosiers Knob where the trenches ...
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Winchester,
KY
www.civilwarfortatboonesboro.com
The earthen works fortification believed to be manned at times by African-American Union Soliders, many of whom enlisted at Camp Nelson. It was built to defend the ford and fe...
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Columbus,
KY
www.parks.ky.gov
Museum, gift shop & snack bar are open weekends October through April. The hours are 9:00am - 5:00pm. on Saturday and 10:00am - 6pm on Sunday. They are open daily May - Septem...
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Middlesboro,
KY
www.nps.gov/cuga
There's Only One...Cumberland Gap.
Rich history, spectacular scenery, impressive vistas, unique geologic sandstone formations, underground caverns, and a diverse pla...
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Frankfort,
KY
Gravesite of Daniel and Rebecca Boone. Other notables are artist Paul Sawyier, Joel T. Hart, Theodore O'Hara, Vice President Richard M. Johnson, and seventeen Kentucky Gover...
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Louisville,
KY
www.historichomes.org
Completed in 1816, Farmington was the center of a 550 acre hemp plantation owned by the Speed family and sustained by nearly 60 enslaved African Americans. Abraham Lincoln,...
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Louisville,
KY
www.FrazierMuseum.org
As the exclusive home of the Royal Armouries USA, the Frazier International History Museum is a world-class museum that provides an unforgettable journey through more than ...
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Frankfort,
KY
Features the only monument in the state honoring Kentucky's African American Civil War Soldiers. It is one of only four monuments in the country dedicated to African American ...
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Elizabethtown,
KY
www.hardinkyhistory.org
Hardin County History Museum has been collecting and preserving artifacts, documents and other memorabilia that tells the story of Hardin County from its early Indian inhabita...
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Lexington,
KY
www.bluegrasstrust.org
Tour this fine Federal home built in 1814 by John Wesley Hunt, the first millionaire of the new west. John Hunt Morgan, "the Thunderbolt of the Confederacy," and Nobel Prize-w...
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Fort Wright,
KY
www.fortwright.com
The mission of the James A. Ramage Civil War Museum is to inform visitors about the defense of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati during the Civil War and how the community came...
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Fairview,
KY
parks.ky.gov
There's Only One...Birthplace of Jefferson Davis.
A 351-foot obelisk marks the birth site of Jefferson Davis, June 3, 1808. 19 acres, museum, gift shop, picnic shelt...
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Maysville,
KY
www.kygmc.org
The Kentucky Gateway Museum Center, formerly Mason County Museum, is operated by the Maysville and Mason County Library, Historical and Scientific Association chartered by ...
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Frankfort,
KY
www.historicproperties.ky.gov/hp/capitol
Kentucky's Capitol is the fourth permanent building since statehood in 1792. It was built to replace the earlier 1830 capitol, still standing in downtown Frankfort, w...
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Frankfort,
KY
www.frankfortparksandrec.com
Visitors may walk to the park from downtown Frankfort. The trail begins directly behind the Capital Plaza tower. The trail is a 19th century road virtually unchanged ...
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Lexington,
KY
www.lexingtonhistorymuseum.org
Regional history museum located in the Old Courthouse in downtown Lexington. Changing exhibits with emphasis on Bluegrass history, equine, early African-American life and tech...
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Springfield,
KY
parks.ky.gov
The 18-hole regulation course accents the gentle, rolling hills of this historic setting. The course features a pro-shop with golf merchandise and equipment, rental clubs, dri...
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Hodgenville,
KY
lincolnmuseum-ky.org
The museum's main exhibits include a dozen dioramas of pivotal times in the life of the sixteenth president of the United States. The Lincoln Museum's exhibits are historicall...
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Paducah,
KY
Museum exhibits in the 1852 home of General Lloyd Tilghman, CSA, highlight Western Kentucky's role during the War Between the States. Open April thru November.
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Lexington,
KY
www.mtlhouse.org
In 1977, the girlhood home of Mary Todd Lincoln opened to the public and became the first house museum in America to honor a First Lady Appropriately, it was a First Lady o...
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Prestonsburg,
KY
www.middlecreek.org
The Middle Creek National Battlefield (January 10, 1862) is the site of the largest and most significant Civil War battle in Eastern Kentucky. Union forces were led by Col. Ja...
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Nancy,
KY
www.millsprings.net
The Battle of Mill Springs was the first Union victory in the western theater of the American Civil War. The Battlefield extends from Nancy, KY (historically known as Logan's ...
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Maysville,
KY
www.cityofmaysville.com
The National Underground Railroad Museum (Bierbower House) was founded in the fall of 1994 as the first national museum dedicated to study, chronicle, and celebrate th...
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Bardstown,
KY
www.civil-war-museum.org
Authentic village of ten log cabins 150-200 years old. Hours March 1 - Dececember 17 10am-5pm. Closed part of December and January and February.
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Harrodsburg,
KY
parks.ky.gov
A full-scale replica of the fort, built by James Harrod in 1774, is the centerpiece of this park. Cabins and blockhouses are furnished with handmade utensils, furniture, crude...
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Frankfort,
KY
www.history.ky.gov
This national landmark was Kentucky's seat of government from 1831 - 1910. Greek Revival structure includes a unique, self-supporting staircase held together by precision and ...
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Perryville,
KY
parks.ky.gov
Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site is a 745-acre park, making it the largest preserved Civil War battlefield in the state of Kentucky. The interpretive museum ...
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Bowling Green,
KY
www.bgky.org/riverview
Built by Atwood and Juliet VanMeter Hobson on a hill overlooking the Barren River, Bowling Green's historic landmark has been restored to its original splendor and is liste...
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Harrodsburg,
KY
www.shakervillageky.org
There's Only One..Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill.
The Shakers played an important role in American religious history, developing the longest lasting communal societ...
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Campbellsville,
KY
www.tebbsbend.com
Tebbs Bend - Green River Bridge Civil War Battlefield is located adjacent to Green River Lake (U.S Corps of Engineers entrance) where the Atkinson-Griffon House, Confederate H...
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Lexington,
KY
www.lexcem.org
Historical cemetery with landscaped gardens and grounds.
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Frankfort,
KY
www.history.ky.gov
Find out what it means to say "I am a Kentuckian" in this 167,000 square-foot museum and research facility. Dig in with live performances, interactive exhibits and dyn...
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Lexington,
KY
parks.ky.gov/findparks/histparks/wl/
Antebellum house with three original outbuildings - slave quarters, smokehouse and ice house. Guided tours focus on the everyday lives of family and slaves who lived and wo...
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Richmond,
KY
parks.ky.gov
Home of Cassius Marcellus Clay, fiery emancipationist, publisher and U.S. minister to Russia appointed by Abraham Lincoln. Forty-four-room Italianate mansion. Features loom...
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Bardstown,
KY
www.civil-war-museum.org
The museum portrays women as nurses, spies, soldiers in disguise, and plantation and factory workers. Clothing and artifacts from the era help tell their story.
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