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Feb 8, 2024 · Address: 500 Tredegar Street, Richmond. Phone: (804) 226-5050 Closures: New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day Available Facilities: Sales area, information and park maps are available. *Please note that there is a parking fee for the American Civil War Center at Tredegar Iron Works.
Between 1861 and 1865, Union armies repeatedly set out to capture Richmond, capital of the Confederacy, and end the Civil War. Three of those campaigns came within a few miles of the city. The park commemorates eleven different sites associated with those campaigns including the battlefields at Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, and Cold Harbor.
- 470 Tredegar Street, Richmond, 23219, VA
- (804) 771-2145
470 Tredegar Street. Richmond, VA 23219. (804) 771-2145. About. The Richmond National Battlefield Park commemorates 13 American Civil War sites around Richmond, Virginia, which served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for most of the war.
- 470 Tredegar Street, Richmond, 23219, VA
- (804) 771-2145
The Museum’s flagship site is located at Historic Tredegar on the banks of the James River in Richmond. ACWM also provides tours of the historic White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, where Jefferson Davis and his family resided during the American Civil War.
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There are 2 Attractions here; The American Civil War Museum and Historic Tredegar, part of the National Park Service. We visited the first, the second is closed due to Covid. The ACWM takes you through the timeline of the war from 1861 to 1865. It also personalized the war thru eyewitness accounts.
Sep 1, 2022 · The main visitor center, located in one of the buildings of the famous Tredegar Iron Works on the James River, focuses on the history of the city and the Richmond area during the war. Three floors of exhibits, a film, electronic maps of the battlefields and ranger help are highlights.
