Join us at Sailor’s Creek Battlefield State Park on Saturday, March 22nd, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., for an engaging program exploring the pivotal events of the Appomattox Campaign, the final campaign in the eastern theater of the Civil War.

There is an entire world just beyond what can be seen with the naked eye.

Step back in time with us on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Historical State Park for a powerful commemoration of what the South grimly called “Black Thursday," the decisive battle that helped seal the fate of the Confederacy.

Step back into a tumultuous moment in American history with "Their War is Over: Prisoners, Casualties, and Their Unknown Destinations," a lantern-lit self-guided tour at the historic Hillsman House on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Immerse yourself in the raw aftermath of the Civil War as you move through an authentic re-creation of a working field hospital, complete with makeshift cots and the hushed urgency of battlefield medicine.

Completely understanding the myriad complexities of ecology and how our actions affect the environment and the lives of living things therein is impossible.

The Overton/Hillsman family has played a significant role in the history of Sailor's Creek Battlefield.

In recognition of Nurses Week and Mother's Day, Sailor's Creek Battlefield will host a program that highlights the invaluable contributions and sacrifices women have made to achieve their current positions in medicine.

The Visitor Center at Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park offers a museum filled with treasured artifacts discovered over the years where the last major fight of the American Civil War in Virginia occurred on April 6, 1865.

Tours of the Hillsman House, a National Historic Landmark, are available to the public by request.

A Self-Guided Driving Tour of Sailor's Creek Battlefield is available to visitors year-round from sunrise to sunset.

Sailor's Creek Battlefield offers six, self-guided Hiking Trails with historic markers for the public to explore year round during daylight hours (sunrise to sunset).