Hodgenville, Kentucky

See where the"Great Emancipator," Abraham Lincoln, was born.

Lexington, Kentucky

This piece of early Kentucky history was the home of the future first lady Mary Todd

Lexington, Kentucky

An eerie final resting place of many of Kentucky's most famous sons and daughters.

London, Kentucky

One of the first Union victories of the war, its location in what is now the heart of the Daniel Boone National Forest is just a bonus.

Nicholasville, Kentucky

Camp Nelson was the site of a major supply and recruiting station for the Union army throughout the Civil War.

Perryville, Kentucky

This was the site of the Bluegrass States' greatest Civil War battle.

Nancy, Kentucky

Mill Springs was the first major Union victory of the war. See where it got its name.

Frankfort, Kentucky

A white marble Confederate Memorial graces the Cemetery, the resting place of Daniel Boone and Theodore O'Hara, whose poem 'Bivouac of the Dead' is a fixture at many National Cemeteries.

Lexington, Kentucky

John Hunt Morgan was one of the premier cavalry commanders of the war, and the idyll of the Southern gentleman. Morgan's house offers a window onto the now-mythologized man.

Perryville, Kentucky

The old house is a witness to the epic battle that raged all around it.

Perryville, Kentucky

The Battle of Perryville opened along Doctor's Creek, when men of the 10th Indiana went for a drink and were met by the 7th Arkansas.

Nancy, Kentucky

Named for Gen. Felix Zollicoffer, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Mill Springs, this park is the site of the fiercest fighting of the day and contains a Confederate cemetery.

Perryville, Kentucky

He fought in battles from Shiloh to Franklin. Find out why he called Perryville his hardest contest