The Ultimate Gettysburg Tour

 
Monday thru Friday July 26th – 30th


 

Enrollment fee $800  (Does not include lodging)    Breakfast and buffet lunch is included each day with this tour.

Lodging at the Days Inn  Gettysburg, PA 17325  Tele  (717) 334-0030                    Reservation Code  CG0430      Lodging is $85/night double occupancy   This tour includes a continental breakfast each morning and lunch each day.            

 

Join Ed Bearss, Jeff Wert, Mark Snell & Ted Alexander for this unique tour of the Battle of Gettysburg.

We’ll begin the program Sunday night July 27thth at 8 PM with lectures by Dr. Richard A. Sauers and  Jeff Wert.  Rick Sauers, a noted authority on Gettysburg, will discuss the “Meade – Sickles Controversy,” while Jeff Wert will give an overview of the Union high command on the eve of the Gettysburg campaign.

On Monday morning we’ll start at the Cashtown Inn and cover the sites, such as the railroad cut, Herbst Woods – where the Iron Brigade was destroyed – Oak Hill, Coster Avenue and Barlow’s Knoll with the one and only Ed Bearss. On Tuesday, again with Ed Bearss as our guide, we’ll follow Longstreet’s flank march, walk the Devil’s Den, stand on Little Round Top, explore the Wheatfield, cover the action at Culp’s Hill and charge with the 1st Minnesota.

Wednesday’s agenda will be devoted to following the Lincoln trail at Gettysburg.  With guide

 Ed Bearss along with local historian  Dean Schulz “The Dean of Gettysburg,” we’ll follow Lincoln from the train station in Hanover Junction to the train station in Gettysburg where the President arrived in town for the dedication of the National Cemetery. From there we’ll tour the home of David Wills, where Lincoln lodged while in town and in the afternoon we’ll have a walking tour of the National Cemetery where Lincoln delivered one of his most famous orations The Gettysburg Address.

On Thursday Mark Snell will take you on a tour of sites in and around Gettysburg. We’ll visit Prospect Hall where George Meade was given command of the Army of the Potomac, follow the I and XI Corps roads to Gettysburg, Neill Avenue – where the right flank of the Army of the Potomac can be found, along with other sites such as the “First Shot Marker.”

Friday will be devoted to the third and climatic day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Noted historian Jeff Wert will take us to East Cavalry field and Culp’s Hill and lead the group from the Virginia Memorial to the Confederate high water mark on Cemetery Ridge.

A buffet style lunch is included each day with this five-day tour. In addition, each participant will receive a detailed, tactical map packet along with a variety of brochures and handouts to support the interpretation presented by the guides.

 

 

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