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Six Days With the Blue & Gray
Itinerary
for Saturday thru Thursday 9-14 June 2007
Enrollment Fee
$950 (Does not include lodging)
Lodging at Holiday Inn Battlefield located
at 10800 Vandor
Lane Manassas,
VA Telephone
(703) 335-0000
Saturday
June 9 Antietam battlefield with Dr. James McPherson.
We’ll start the morning in Frederick
where S.O. 191 was recovered (the Best Farm), cover Jackson’s
siege operations at Harpers Ferry and make a few stops on the South Mountain battlefields. After lunch we’ll tour the Antietam battlefield, with stops at the First Corps battleline, the Cornfield, Bloody Lane, Roulette farm house and
Burnside’s famous bridge and McClellan’s headquarters.
Sunday June 10 Chancellorsville battlefield with Robert K. Krick.
We’ll start at Zoan
Church and then stop at the site of
the last meeting between Lee & Jackon, and then
we’ll follow the route of Jackson’s
famous flank march. Afterward,
we’ll stand in the Mountain
Road where Jackson
sustained his mortal wound and then we’ll follow the route of Jackson’s ambulance to Guinea Station and visit
the Jackson
shrine. We’ll also cover the
action at Salem Church and walk the sunken road behind the
stonewall at Fredericksburg
Monday June 11 Wilderness & Spotsylvania
battlefields. With Ed Bearss We’ll
cover Grant’s 1864 battlefield with stops at Saunders’ Field, Brock Road/Plank Road
intersection and the Widow Tapp field where Lee met
the Texas Brigade. In the afternoon we
will tour the Spotsylvania battlefield with
emphasis on the 10 & 12 May assaults of the Sixth Corps. If time permits,
we’ll visit Ellwoood and the site of
Grant’s headquarters.
Tuesday June 12 . Gettysburg battlefield. with Jeff Wert. We’ll
cover the first days’ fight from the McPherson barn over to
Barlow’s knoll. We’ll also tour the Peach Orchard and Little Round
Top. In the afternoon we’ll
cover the operations at East Cemetery Hill, Culp’s Hill and then finish
with Pickett’s assault. Along with
the usual stops, we’ll visit some sites that the average tourist (and
veteran visitor) overlook or are unaware of. We’ll cover the dramatic action of Bushbeck’s brigade at Kuhn’s brickyard and
follow the route of Longstreet’s flank march on July 2nd. We’ll also walk along the Second
Corps line at the high water mark.
Wednesday June 13 Richmond & Petersburg battlefields We’ll begin at Lee’s
headquarters and follow the course of the Seven Days’ battles from
Mechanicsville to Malvern Hill.
We’ll walk the Union right (which is private property) at
Gaines’ Mill, and stop at Jackson’s
battlefield at White
Oak Swamp. We’ll also cover Cold Harbor, the Battle of the Crater and Fort Stedman. Again, if we have time, we’ll make a
stop or two in order to interpret Butler’s
Bermuda Hundred Campaign..
Thursday June14 First & Second Manassas battlefields with John Hennessy We’ll start the morning at the famous Stone Bridge
spanning Bull Run, climb Matthews Hill and
walk the ground at Henry House Hill.
The afternoon will be devoted to the Second Battle of Bull Run.
Join us today for this
memorable tour of the some of the Civil War’s greatest battlefields!!
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