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...Package Includes:
3 Nights Lodging
Tours of all of the above
sites
Personally escorted by Clint
Johnson, Civil War novelist
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Clint Johnson has written five Civil War travel tour books and two other books about the war. He has rediscovered many forgotten Civil War sites in the two Carolinas, Virginia and West Virginia. A lifelong Civil War buff, he has been a Civil War reenactor for the past seventeen years. He lives in Winston-Salem, NC. For more information about Clint on this site, visit our "About Us" page. |
*Excellent lunch and dinner recommendations
*Reservations must be made in advance and are subject to availability
*1 Complimentary package per 15 paying participants
*2 Complimentary packages per 30 paying participants
Additional days and attractions can be arranged.
Day One:
Stratford Hall-This birthplace
of Robert E. Lee was once the largest home in the colonies and it still is one
of the most elegant appearing. Lee lived here until four years old, but he always
wanted to own it.
Fredericksburg National Battlefield-Lee,
Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet stopped Union General Ambrose Burnside
here in December 1862. Tour includes stops along Mayre's Heights and Jackson
's trench line and Lee's battlefield headquarters where he was almost killed.
Chancellorsville-Scene of Lee's
greatest triumph and Jackson 's mortal wounding. Stops would include the spot
where Lee and Jackson last met, a short walk down the same road where Jackson's
28,000-man corps left for his famous flanking movement, and the spot where Jackson
was wounded.
Day Two:
Manassas, Virginia-Jackson
was pivotal in both battles here, First Manassas in July 1861 and Second Manassas
in August 1862. Stops include the spot where Jackson won his famous nickname,
and the spots where Jackson won both battles.
Brandy Station-Scene of the
largest cavalry battle ever on the American continent. Pass by where more than
20,000 Confederates and Federals fought from horses and where the Gettysburg
campaign began.
Cedar Mountain-See the site
of the battle Jackson almost lost and where he had to personally rally his troops
by waving a sword and a flag in each hand. This Confederate victory led to a
Union mistake that almost cost them the war.
Day Three:
Lexington, Virginia-Here are
two museums (Virginia Military Institute and Washington & Lee), plus the
final resting spots of both Lee and Jackson. Take a walking tour of downtown
Lexington and see the same buildings Lee and Jackson would have seen during
their years here from 1851-1870.
For more information call
Jean Wells at:
336 725-1624 (Fax: 336 724-5852)
OR email:
jean@jeanwellstravel.com