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On The Trail of the Blue & Grey - The Bloody Battlefields of the Civil War

The American Civil War raged across the States, join us as we look at some of the bloodiest battles of the conflict seeing the hallowed ground where thousands died at Chickamauga and the killing fields of Shiloh. We travel across Georgia to Atlanta and Savannah following General Sherman’s so-called ‘March To The Sea’.

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8 nights’ accommodation sharing a twin room with 8 continental breakfasts and 2 evening meals
Fully escorted in the USA by a Specialist Historical Guide
Excursions, visits and entrances as described
Return scheduled flights from London to Atlanta
Airport transfers in the USA
Air-conditioned coach travel

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Fly to Atlanta where you will be met and transferred to Chattanooga hotel for a three-night stay.

We begin with a look at the Battlefield of Chickamauga, one of the bloodiest of the whole American Civil War, which resulted in a major defeat for the Union Army and cost more than 34,000 casualties in two days. We visit the site of the fighting, seeing the traces of battle and the many memorials. In the evening enjoy the Buttonwillow Civil War Dinner Theatre. The War comes to life on a magnificent 19th-century set in the beautifully reproduced Victorian dining and performance hall. The story of a Union soldier meeting his Confederate sister on the battlefield is based on hundreds of diaries and memoirs. This production immerses the audiences in the 1860s, with titbits of history, and authentic recipes from the cook book of Varina Davis, wife of Confederate President Davis.

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We spend the day in Chattanooga starting at the National Cemetery with the graves of over 2,000 Union soldiers, before taking the Incline Railway up the side of Lookout Mountain. Later we visit the Battles for Chattanooga Museum which has a huge 480-square foot battle map. In the afternoon we visit the unique Medal of Honour Museum and travel out on the Tennessee Valley Railroad to Missionary Ridge where bitter fighting took place in November 1863.

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We drive to Corinth, Mississippi, described as ‘the Vertebrae of the Confederacy’, so called because it was the most strategic transportation (rail) hub of the Civil War. We visit the Crossroads Museum and the Civil War Interpretive Centre and look at the Battle of Corinth. Overnight in Corinth.

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In the morning we visit and explore the Battlefield of Shiloh, which saw heavy fighting in April 1862. We go out onto the battlefield seeing the memorials, battlefield mass graves, Bloody Pond where men from both sides drank and the Shiloh Church. After lunch we depart for Atlanta for a two-night stay.

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We visit the battlefields close to Atlanta. First we see Pickett’s Mill Battlefield, where on 27 May 1864, the new commander of the Union Army, General William Sherman’s advance was halted. Almost 25,000 men fought the terrain, the heat, the fear and each other in an area that became forever known as ‘the hell hole’. We will tour the major Confederate defensive works on Kennesaw Mountain. The Union victory here set the stage for the Battle of Atlanta in July 1864. After, we tour the Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History at Kennesaw.

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This morning we visit the large and impressive Cyclorama painting, a sweeping colour panorama depicting the Battle of Atlanta in July1864. Then we will visit the Atlanta-History Centre before departing for Savannah for a two-night stay

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First we visit the Savannah History Museum housed in an antebellum train depot where Confederate troops would depart to the battlefields of North Virginia. Next, we see the Roundhouse Railroad Museum that houses displays about the railway’s importance in shaping Savannah’s position as a Confederate power player. Tonight’s farewell and entertainment will be at Fort Jackson complete with a cannon firing demonstration, period music and buffet dinner with staff dressed in Confederate uniforms. During this period, Fort Jackson served as the H.Q. for defences along the Savannah River. Union General Sherman led an army of 65,000 troops from the West on his famous ‘March to the Sea’. On December 20, 1864, the Confederate garrison was forced to abandon Fort Jackson and the next day Federal troops from the 29th Ohio and 28th Pennsylvania entered Fort Jackson and raised the Stars and Stripes.

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Includes Dinner

After free time in Savannah depart for Atlanta airport and your return flight to the U.K.

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Arrive in the U.K.

Prices are per person, based on two sharing.

Extras: optional excursions; entrance fees to museum and places of interest; gratuities; single room supplement £495; travel insurance from £70.

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