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Fort Fisher - Fort Anderson - Fort Macon - Bentonville
Battlefield - Averasboro Battlefield - Bennett Place - Wilmington
Waterfront - New Bern
Package includes:
3 Night's Lodging
Tours of: Forts Fisher and Fort Anderson, Fort Macon, Bentonville
and Averasboro Battlefields
North Carolina Museum of History Civil War Exhibit
Cape Fear Museum
Bennett Place
Wilmington Waterfront
New Bern
Personally escorted by Clint Johnson, author of four Civil War travel
books
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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.
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* 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
Fort Fisher
Fort Fisher was once the most important fort in the Confederacy as
it protected Wilmington's blockade-runners entering and leaving the
Cape Fear River. Built of sand, Fort Fisher repulsed a December 1864
attack before falling in January 1865. Now a state park, Fort Fisher
is home to the ghost of a defending general and stories of how important
the capture of this fort was to the Union.
Cape Fear Museum
This modern museum features many Civil War exhibits, including a fascinating
diorama of the final Battle of Fort Fisher.
Wilmington's Waterfront
Quiet now, Wilmington's waterfront was once bustling with sleek, fast,
blockade-runners smuggling in everything from
gunpowder to ladies' lace. Your guide will describe the ships and
the adventure of blockade running.
Fort Anderson
Now a state park and one of the best-preserved dirt forts in the nation,
Fort Anderson surrendered after Fort Fisher fell. However, it fell
so quickly that the Union army occupied it before the Union navy knew
no Confederates were left. The Union army had to run up a white flag
so the Union navy would stop shelling the fort.
Day Two
Averasboro Battlefield
In March 1865, 8,000 Confederate soldiers faced off against 30,000
Union soldiers in these flat fields in order to set up an ambush at
Bentonville. A small museum is on site.
Bentonville
Battlefield
Now a state park with an original house once used as a hospital, this
battlefield was North Carolina's largest baffle. Its loss sealed the
fate of the state and opened the way for Union General William T.
Sherman to start planning North Carolina's surrender.
North Carolina's
Museum of History's Civil War Exhibit
This museum has one of the finest exhibits of Civil War artifacts
and photographs ever-assembled in one place. The entire
exhibit focuses on North Carolina soldiers at home and on distant
battlefields.
Bennett Place
It was at this state park built around the Bennett Fann where Confederate
General Joseph Johnson surrendered to Union General William T. Sherman,
effectively ending the Civil War in the eastern theater.
Day Three
Fort Macon in Morehead City
This state park fort fell in just one day of fighting, but not before
it's sickly commander had his chance to prove his and his men's bravery
to the Union soldiers.
New
Bern
New Bern Academy - Set up as a Civil War hospital, this museum shows
how ghastly Civil War medicine was. Enjoy a walking tour of some of
the houses occupied by Union officers during the War.
For more information
call Jean Wells at:
336 725-1624 (Fax: 336 724-5852)
OR email:
jean@jeanwellstravel.com
