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Six Days with the Blue &
Gray
Sunday thru Friday 10 - 15 June 2012
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 CWJ
Sunday June 10 Chancellorsville battlefield with Edwin C. Bearss 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 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
Ellwood and the site of Grant’s headquarters.
Tuesday June 12 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 13 . Gettysburg battlefield. with James McPherson. Our
first stop will be the Visitor’s Center where we’ll view the Cyclorama. 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 14 Antietam battlefield with 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 battle line, the famous Cornfield,
Bloody Lane, Roulette farm house and Burnside’s bridge along with McClellan’s
headquarters.
Friday June 15 First Manassas battlefield with Robert K. Krick 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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