The Civil War: Mississippi River Campaign Tour visits the sites and battlefields fought along the Mississippi River, including Memphis, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Port Hudson and New Orleans.
This tour was inspired by Stephen Ambrose’s books, Upton and the Army and A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie, as well as Struggle for Vicksburg, a short battlefield guide that Ambrose boasted sold more copies than any of his bestsellers.
Ambrose revered the Mississippi River as the great artery of national commerce. He also recognized the primary significance of the rail lines as the links that tied the Confederacy together from east to west.
Connecting the Gulf of Mexico to Kentucky, the rails were the sinews of the rebellion—and the cords of Union that Federal armies must control to win the war. In addition to studying the tactics of battle, the logistics of war and the clash of opposing forces, this tour is also designed to reveal something of the great American way of life that thrives below the Mason Dixon line.
