Richmond National Battlefield Park--Civil War Visitor Center
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. Established in 1936, the park
protects 763 acres of historic ground, all federal.The Civil War
Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works exhibits artifacts of the
Civil War, especially those relevent to the Richmond area. A 22
minute motion picture depicts the battles which took place near
the city.