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Sheridan in the Shenandoah : 1864 Valley Campaign
June 19-20 2010
The enrollment fee for this tour is $300 (Lodging not included) Lodging at Holiday Inn located at 333 Front Royal Pike Winchester, VA
22602 Telephone (540)
667-3300 $89/night Reservation Code CWT or
Civil War Tours
This tour includes lunch each day.
This tour features the incomparable
Ed
Bearss, regarded as
the dean of Civil War battlefield tour guides and Jeff Wert author of the
definitive book on the 1864 Valley Campaign From
Winchester to Cedar Creek.
We’ll start Friday evening at
8 PM with lectures by Jeff Wert and Dennis Frye.
Saturday morning we’ll depart
at 8 AM for a day-long tour of the battlefields of Fisher’s Hill and
Cedar Creek – scene of Sheridan’s
famous ride from Winchester.
We’ll start at Fisher’s Hill with a walk to the Confederate
position held by Ramseur’s division and from that point we’ll
enjoy a commanding view of the battlefield.
From Fisher’s Hill, we’ll then conduct an extensive tour
of the battlefield of Cedar Creek which will include a walk along the
earthworks held by Crook’s XIX Corps.
On Sunday, we’ll cover in
detail the the battlefield of 3rd Winchester. We’ll
not only walk the ground owned and maintained by the Civil War Preservation
Trust, but we’ll also lead the group over the 225 acres of the
battlefield recently purchased by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefield
Foundation. (All proceeds from this tour will be donated to the SVBF). This is your opportunity to visit parts of
the 3rd Winchester
battlefield which until recently were privately owned and inaccessible to the
public. Join us for the most extensive tour ever conducted of these three
battlefields!
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