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On to Richmond! Peninsula Campaign and Seven Days’ Battles Saturday & Sunday May 19-20 Enrollment fee is $300 (Does not include lodging) Includes breakfast and lunch each day. Telephone (804) 226-1888 $72/night double occupancy Reservation Code CWT We’ll start the program Friday evening at 8PM with two lectures
highlighting various aspects of the Seven Days’ Battles. Robert K. Krick will discuss the Army of
Northern Virginia while Robert E. L. Krick will deliver a lecture on “Lee’s
Longest Day: The Battle of Gaines’ Mill.”
On Saturday we’ll follow the dean of Civil War guides Ed Bearss as he takes you to the battlefields
of McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign. We’ll start the day with the Battle of Dam
No. 1 on the Warwick River and the battle of Lee’s Mill. From there, we’ll also cover the Battle of
Williamsburg, where Hancock became known as “Hancock the Superb,” and Eltham’s Landing, where John Bell Hood began his rise to
prominence. Finally, we’ll end the day covering the Battle of Fair Oaks or
Seven Pines. Lunch we’ll be at the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News where we’ll
also have an opportunity to view the turret of the most famous naval vessel –
the U.S.S. Monitor. Sunday morning, with Ed Bearss, we’ll start with the Battle of Beaver Dam
Creek and finish the morning at Gaines’ Mill. Box lunch at the Cold Harbor
Battlefield Visitor’s Center. In the afternoon, we’ll visit Savage’s Station,
White Oak Swamp, Glendale and we’ll finish the weekend walking the ground at
Malvern Hill. |
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