Take the journey to "where America happened" with National Geographic's Journey Through Hallowed Ground map. This 180-mile-long, 75-mile-wide strip of land stretching from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Monticello, Virginia, represents a remarkable historical and cultural landscape. It features the nation's largest concentration of Civil War battle sites, the homes and birthplaces of nine U.S. presidents, including three of the first five, Native American settlements, thirteen national parks, and more. In addition to Civil War sites, this detailed map includes sites from the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War, as well as points of interest from the history of World War I and II, and the struggle for civil rights.
The back of the printed map includes the American Civil War map, showing the major land campaigns, Union and Confederate troop movements, major Union naval campaigns, roads, railroads, battle results and their impact on the war, dates of capture by Union forces, and more. Two inset maps—Battle for the Capitals and Turning Points of the War—and a battle timeline with map locations, casualties, and battle impact are included. Created with the assistance of the National Park Service, the Civil War Preservation Trust, the American Battlefield Protection Program, the Naval Historical Center, the Virginia War Museum, the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and the U.S. Naval Academy.
