Pilgrim Places

In the final decade of the 19th century, Congress mandated that Civil War battlefields be set aside as military parks to be preserved for the American public. Pilgrim Places offers readers a history of Antietam National Battlefield, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Gettysburg National Military Park, Shiloh National Military Park and Vicksburg National Military Park. Featured topics include monuments and memorials; national cemeteries; veterans' organizations and reunions; the African-American role; and Northern and Southern involvement. Softcover; 32 pages.

This essay, by NPS Historian Richard West Sellars, was originally published in the NPS publication entitled CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship, (Volume 2, Number 1, Winter 2005 edition) and has been republished in a booklet format by Eastern National. Printed in the USA.