National Battlefields and Military Parks of the United States: List of Areas in the United States National Park System, Gettysburg Battlefield

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 172. Not illustrated. Chapters: List of Areas in the United States National Park System, Gettysburg Battlefield, List of the United States National Park System Official Units, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Antietam National Battlefield, Stones River National Battlefield, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Shiloh National Military Park, Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Vicksburg National Military Park, Big Hole National Battlefield, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Fort Stanwix National Monument, Kings Mountain National Military Park, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Monocacy National Battlefield, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, Pea Ridge National Military Park, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Chancellorsville, Virginia, Moores Creek National Battlefield, Petersburg National Battlefield, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, River Raisin National Battlefield Park, Port Hudson National Cemetery, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Henry House Hill, Cowpens National Battlefield, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Tupelo National Battlefield, Cemetery Ridge. Excerpt: The National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. This includes all areas designated National Parks and most National Monuments, as well as several other types of protected areas of the United States. As of 2009, there are 392 units of the National Park System. However, this number is somewhat misleading. For example: Denali National Park and Preserve is counted as two units, whereas Fort Moultrie National Monument is not counted as a unit because it is considered a feature of the Fort Sumter National Monument. In...