US Civil War

This event unfolded in St. Louis, Missouri, a major city on the western bank of the Mississippi River — exactly where that great central artery meets the Missouri River, at the gateway between the…

This is Harpers Ferry, in present-day West Virginia, United States — a town sitting precisely where the Shenandoah River joins the Potomac River, cutting through the Appalachian Mountains. In October…

Charleston, South Carolina, on the Atlantic coast of the United States, sits on a peninsula where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet the sea — the harbour city whose state assembly hall witnessed the…

This event unfolded in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States — a city built on the Potomac River, roughly midway along the Atlantic seaboard of North America, between the Appalachian…

This battle took place just north of Manassas, in Prince William County, Virginia — roughly thirty miles west-southwest of Washington D.C., in the mid-Atlantic interior of the eastern United States…

Fort Sumter sits in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, on the Atlantic coast of the United States — exactly where the eastern seaboard's tidal lowlands meet a broad sheltered inlet roughly halfway…

Pittsburg Landing sits on the Tennessee River in southwestern Tennessee, in the interior of the United States — exactly where that river winds southward through the mid-continent toward the Gulf of…

This battle took place near Manassas, Virginia, in the United States — on the piedmont foothills where the Blue Ridge Mountains descend eastward toward the Atlantic coastal plain, roughly 25 miles…

This is Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the eastern United States — sitting on the Rappahannock River in the rolling piedmont country between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coast, roughly…

This battle took place near Sharpsburg, Maryland, a small town nestled between the Potomac River and Antietam Creek, on the eastern flank of the Appalachian Mountains in the United States. On…

The Battle of Gettysburg took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in the eastern United States — sitting in the Appalachian foothills roughly midway along North America's Atlantic seaboard, between…

Washington D.C., the capital of the United States, sits on the Atlantic seaboard of North America, wedged between the Appalachian Mountains to the west and the Chesapeake Bay to the east — exactly…

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States, sits on the gentle ridges of the Appalachian foothills along the eastern seaboard — exactly the rolling inland terrain hinted at by the title clue. On…

Battery Wagner stood on Morris Island, guarding the entrance to Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, on the Atlantic coast of the southeastern United States — exactly where a chain of barrier islands…

This is Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the United States — perched on high bluffs above the Mississippi River exactly where the continent's interior lowlands give way to the Gulf coastal plain. In 1863…

This event ended in Savannah, Georgia, USA — a port city where the Savannah River meets the Atlantic coast, at the southeastern edge of North America's coastal plain just below the Appalachian…

This is Atlanta, Georgia, in the southeastern United States — a city sitting at the edge of the Appalachian foothills where the land drops toward the wide coastal plain stretching to the Atlantic. In…

Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, sits on the Potomac River along the eastern seaboard of North America, nestled between the Appalachian Mountains to the west and the Atlantic coast…

Ford's Theatre sits in Washington D.C., the capital of the United States, positioned on the Potomac River at the boundary between the mid-Atlantic coastal plain and the rolling piedmont — exactly the…

Appomattox Court House is a small village in Virginia, in the eastern United States — nestled in the rolling piedmont hills that lie between the Atlantic coastal plain to the east and the Blue Ridge…

Washington D.C., the capital of the United States, sits on the eastern seaboard where the Appalachian Mountains gradually flatten into the Atlantic coastal plain — exactly the region the title clue…

This is Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, situated on the Potomac River between the Appalachian Mountains to the west and the flat Atlantic coastal plain to the east. On March 4…

Washington D.C., the capital of the United States, sits on the Potomac River along the Atlantic seaboard of North America — the eastern edge of a continent stretching from the Arctic to the Gulf of…