The Civil War: This Hallowed Ground Tour features a panorama of the major events that began and ended the Civil War, the defining event in American history. You will start with the First Bull Run/Manassas and continue through Gettysburg to the finality of Confederate surrender at Appomattox.
Along the way, you will learn why and how they fought, study the military campaigns and rival strategies that made the conflict so deadly, and view the battlefields where 750,000 Americans lost their lives, including volunteers, immigrants, ex-slaves and draftees.
What motivated these men and the families who sent them off to fight? How did Confederate armies in the East win battles so often in the first two years of the war, even with fewer resources? How did the tide turn in favor of Federal forces after Gettysburg? And why did the Confederates finally surrender?
As you trace the steps of the two armies, you will find inspiration in the skills, courage, and endurance displayed by the entire generation that lived through the Civil War and enhance your understanding of the bloody conflict that would forever change the direction of American history.
