Visiting Battlefields

Sorry to say, none. I know that is just awful. Have a desire to visit Gettysburg some day.

As for Civil War I have been to Gettysburg.

I would encourage anyone and everyone to go there. It is beautiful now, and tremendously interesting, plus the town is great. But the Battlefield… wow! It is eerie at times, and at other time you walk the fields and just think of what happened there. It grieves your soul, but it hardens the pride in your country.

I have been to numerous War of 1812 forts, but not a large number of the battlefields.

For WWII, I’ve been to both Pearl Harbor and Normandy…very nice!  Haven’t visited any other sites though.

I’ve been to several Civil War battlesites, probably the most famous being Gettysburg.  Of the ones I’ve visited, Gettysburg was the best.

Also visited some Revolutionary War battlesites.  For me, Boston is the best having the most history in such a small (walkable - take the freedom trail through the city) area.  Very enjoyable.

Have not visited any 1812 battlesites (I really need to get to Washington DC sometime), but the USS Constitution is located at the end of the freedom trail in Boston.

I’ve also been to the Alamo (Texas independence), but for some reason I was dissapointed.  I was expecting more than was there.

@LHoffman:

I have been to numerous War of 1812 forts, but not a large number of the battlefields.

Let me correct myself… I have been to Washington DC twice. But you don’t generally think of it as having been a battlefield. While you are there you tend to focus on all the monuments and attractions. Anything War of 1812 gets glossed over.

@LHoffman:

@LHoffman:

I have been to numerous War of 1812 forts, but not a large number of the battlefields.

Let me correct myself… I have been to Washington DC twice. But you don’t generally think of it as having been a battlefield. While you are there you tend to focus on all the monuments and attractions. Anything War of 1812 gets glossed over.

BTW, of the soldiers who burned down the White house, were any of them Canadian?

I’ve been to Chalmette, where the Battle of New Orleans was fought in 1815, to Fort Sumter where the Civil War began, and to the site of the Battle of the Cowpens, which was fought in the American Revolutionary War.

@calvinhobbesliker:

@LHoffman:

Let me correct myself… I have been to Washington DC twice. But you don’t generally think of it as having been a battlefield. While you are there you tend to focus on all the monuments and attractions. Anything War of 1812 gets glossed over.

BTW, of the soldiers who burned down the White house, were any of them Canadian?

I don’t know… Why do you ask? I was always under the impression they were British regulars.

@LHoffman:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@LHoffman:

Let me correct myself… I have been to Washington DC twice. But you don’t generally think of it as having been a battlefield. While you are there you tend to focus on all the monuments and attractions. Anything War of 1812 gets glossed over.

BTW, of the soldiers who burned down the White house, were any of them Canadian?

I don’t know… Why do you ask? I was always under the impression they were British regulars.

Well, this girl in my class said that Canadian history textbooks say that Canadians burned down the White House when they were actually British. I said that some of them may have been Canadians, but now I’m curious

@calvinhobbesliker:

@LHoffman:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@LHoffman:

Let me correct myself… I have been to Washington DC twice. But you don’t generally think of it as having been a battlefield. While you are there you tend to focus on all the monuments and attractions. Anything War of 1812 gets glossed over.

BTW, of the soldiers who burned down the White house, were any of them Canadian?

I don’t know… Why do you ask? I was always under the impression they were British regulars.

Well, this girl in my class said that Canadian history textbooks say that Canadians burned down the White House when they were actually British. I said that some of them may have been Canadians, but now I’m curious

Well I have never heard that before. All the American classes I have been in said they were British. I haven’t read up on it though.

My aunt was a US History teacher who lived outside D.C. so

Every Civil war battlefield within driving distance form DC. Multiple times. I can not think of a single Army of Northern Virginia battlefield I have not visited.

Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Chicamauga, Little big Horn, Fetterman Fight, Dade battlefield (2nd Seminole war), Atlanta, Olustee, FL, Yorktown, Franklin, Nashville, the OK Corral  :wink:

The only real big Civil War Battlefields that has elluded me are Shiloh and Stones River TN.

Next year we are taking a trip to the French countryside to see the WW1 battlefields. We will be traveling from Verdun to Ypres and in between.

@LHoffman:

As for Civil War I have been to Gettysburg.

Great battle field, I also like Saratoga, Ticonaroga, Fort Mackinaw, Lexington and Concord, Bunker/Breeds hill, and Fort Sumpter.  I would really love to go to Normandy though.

@spartan:

I would really love to go to Normandy though.

Normandy has to be about Number 1 on everybody’s list. It is mine… sort of like, the epitome of war itself and the massive sacrafice of lives. I would be honored to go.

As much as I would love to say Canadians DID burn down the White House  :lol: :-P, after doing some research I cannot find evidence that we did. I believe it was a bunch of British regulars, along with a contingent of British Marines who had been protecting Canada and were sent down south to fight.