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Six Days with the Blue &
Gray
Itinerary
for Sunday thru Friday 13 - 18 June 2010
Enrollment Fee
$1,100 (Does not include lodging) This tour includes
breakfast and lunch each day and supper Sunday thru Thursday.
Lodging at Hampton Inn located
at 7295 Williamson Blvd. Manassas,
VA
Telephone
(703) 369-1100
Lodging rate is $109/night double occupancy Group Reservation Code
Sunday
June 13 Chancellorsville battlefield with Robert K. Krick.
We’ll start at Zoan Church
and then stop at the site of the last meeting between Lee & Jackson, 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 14 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 Ellwood and the site of Grant’s
headquarters.
Tuesday June 15 Richmond
& Petersburg
battlefields With
Ed Bearss
We’ll begin at the Cold
harbor Visitor’s Center and
follow the course of the Seven Days’ battles to Malvern Hill. We’ll cover Gaines’ Mill, and
stop at Jackson’s
battlefield at White Oak Swamp.
We’ll also interpret Cold Harbor,
the Battle of
the Crater and Fort
Stedman. We’ll finish the day with a visit to Pamplin
Park. Lunch will be at
Grant’s headquarters at City Point.
Wednesday June 16 . 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.
Thursday
June 17 Antietam battlefield with Dennis Frye.
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
battle line, the famous Cornfield, Bloody
Lane, Roulette farm house and Burnside’s
bridge along with McClellan’s headquarters
Friday June18 First Manassas battlefield 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. We’ll also walk in the footsteps of Jackson and follow the
Stonewall Brigade to the battlefield.
Join us today for this
memorable tour of the some of the Civil War’s greatest battlefields!!
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