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Eisenhower’s
Enterprise The
D-Day Invasion at Normandy Saturday
through Sunday 6 – 14 July 2013
The enrollment fee for this tour is $300 (Lodging not included) Lodging at Days Inn located at 865 York Road (U S Route 30) in
Gettysburg, PA 17325 Telephone (717)
345-0030 $85/night Reservation Code CG0735 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 third day of the Battle of Gettysburg as
well as Mr. Lincoln’s Army of the
Potomac. Also, Dr. Richard A. Sauers,
author of Meade the Victor of
Gettysburg will deliver lectures Friday evening in the Meade Room at the
Days Inn. Saturday morning we’ll depart at 8 AM for a day-long tour following the
First and Eleventh Corps to the battlefield. Our first stop will be in
Frederick, Maryland at Prospect Hall where Meade assumed command of the Army
of the Potomac. From there, we’ll follow the Third Corps, commanded by Dan
Sickles, through Bridgeport over to Emmitsburg,
Maryland where we’ll pick up the Left Wing of the Army of the Potomac under
John Reynolds. We’ll finish the morning tracing John Buford’s cavalry line
west of Gettysburg. In the afternoon we’ll examine the Pipe Creek Line in Westminster, Maryland
and follow Jeb Stuart and Judson Kilpatrick’s cavalry to Hanover where we’ll
cover the cavalry engagement. On Sunday we’ll devote the entire day to the important actions of the
first day of the Battle of Gettysburg. We’ll go into battle with the Iron
Brigade, stand with John Buford, walk along the Railroad Cut, and cover the
infantry engagement in Forney’s field. In the afternoon we’ll cover the
Eleventh Corps stand at Barlow’s Knoll, visit Kuhn’s brickyard and consider
the missed opportunity by Richard Ewell which
determined the course of the battle for the Confederates. |
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