Stone Sentinels

Explore 50 Civil War Battlefields

From 1861 to 1865 great armies fought in a terrible Civil War for competing visions of America. Gettysburg, Antietam, The Wilderness and The Crater are all written in blood in our nation’s history. Today the armies are long gone, but their sentinels still guard their memory, messages carved in stone for future generations.

Stone Sentinels is a virtual tour that lets you explore 50 Civil War battlefields and other important locations in the Eastern United States. It is designed for the visitor traveling to the battlefields both in person or digitally. Maps, photos and text from the monuments, historical markers, and battlefield farms tell the stories. Background history and links to related pages provide support.

	The Great Battles Ten of the eleven costliest battles and sieges in the Civil War were in the Eastern Theater. This site visits them all. The Battle of Gettysburg section alone has a thousand pages which explore each of the monuments and markers on the battlefield as well as farms and terrain features.
	Lesser-known Fights and Other Sites In between the great battles were dozens of smaller fights, all life and death struggles for the men involved. This site visits over 40 other battles and significant locations covering everything from skirmishes to major pitched battles that didn’t make it into the Great Battles category.
	Battlefields by Region Many Civil War battles were fought on battlefields that were near by or overlapped. Some even revisited the same ground several times – six battles were fought within a few miles of Winchester, Virginia. The Battlefields by Region map helps you view several of these regions to help plan your trip or better understand a campaign.
	Civil War in the East This companion website provides in-depth information such as biographies, unit histories, and information on West Point graduates who fought in the war. Many pages in the Stone Sentinels website link to this resource.