Civil War Tours offers 3 trips/accommodations
The Early YearsNational Geographic Tour of a Lifetime 2010/2011 
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The Early Years
Airport near Gettysburg, PA, United States
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5 Days • from $874* per person
Provider: Civil War Tours As the United States begins a four-year commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, legions of travelers will visit the battlefields. Assemble in Gettysburg with historians and interpreters who will guide you through the places and events in the mid-Atlantic that led up to the hostilities, most notably abolitionist John Brown’s infamous raid at Harper’s Ferry. Learn about the war’s early campaigns, including the Battle of Antietam, which had more than 23,000 casualties, distinguishing it as the bloodiest… more |
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Civil War In 1862 Virginia Tour
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Civil War In 1862 Virginia Tour
Newport News Marriott at City Center, Town Center Drive, Newport News, VA, United States
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4 Days • from $1,186* per person
Provider: Civil War Tours One day in August of 1861, a cantankerous man from New York wrote a long letter to the President. He was John Ericsson, a brilliant inventor. The “writer,” the letter said, offered to construct a vessel for the destruction of the Rebel fleet at Norfolk. He wanted no pay.The letter went unanswered and Ericsson fumed. He had heard rumors that the Confederates were converting a fifty gun frigate the Merrimac, into an Ironclad of revolutionary design.However, it took Cornelius Bushnell,… more |
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Jackson'S Greatest Victory, South Mountain, Antietam
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Jackson'S Greatest Victory, South Mountain, Antietam
Frederick Airport Park, Frederick, Maryland, United States
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5 Days • from $897* per person
Provider: Civil War Tours On September 4, 1862, Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia splashedacross the Potomac River into Maryland at White's Ford. During the next fewdays, Lee's veteran Confederates settled in around the town of Frederick. Thefirst invasion of the North had begun.With his invasion, Lee expected some 14,000 Federal troops garrisoning Harpers Ferryand Martinsburg to withdraw northward. In fact, Lee's plans depended upon it – theConfederates needed the Shenandoah Valley as their line of supply and communicationwhile they campaigned north of… more |
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