The following list is of Civil War battlefields that are open to the public.

Many battlefields are part of the National Park Service (or NPS). Initially, the first battlefields to become national parks in the 1890s were under the direction of the Department of War; the battlefields were intended to be used as "outdoor classrooms" for the use of officers in training. Thus six of the Civil War battlefields now in the NPS are called National Military Parks. In 1933, these battlefields were transferred from the administration of the War Department to the NPS, and the battlefield parks created since then have been deisgnated as "National Battlefield Park", "National Battlefield", or "National Battlefield Site".

Some Civil War battlefields are part of the NPS but as part of another park unit rather than under a battlefield park designation. For example, the site of the Battle of Appomattox Court House is part of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. Other battlefields are owned as part of the state park system.

Alabama

Arkansas

Arizona

  • Picacho Peak State Park
  • District of Columbia

    Florida

    Georgia

    Indiana

    Kansas

    Kentucky

    Louisiana

    Maryland

    Mississippi

    Missouri

    New Mexico

    North Carolina

    Oklahoma

    Pennsylvania

    South Carolina

    Tennessee

    Texas

    West Virginia

    Virginia