55 U S A ( To l l - f r e e ) 1- 877- 381- 2 9 14 E m a i l inf o@the culturalexperience.com The Victorian Era the historic ironclad is being preserved. En- route to our march to Richmond we stop at Yorktown, the Warwick Line, Dam #1, and Williamsburg. Day 6 - Richmond and its Battles. Starting at the James River Falls, from where we gain a classic view of Richmond, we drive along the city’s scenic Monument Avenue to the Civil War museum at the old Tredegar Iron Works and the Richmond National Park Visitor Centre. Thence to the Museum of the Confederacy and its ‘White House’. This afternoon we explore the Seven Days Campaign with visits or drive pasts to Chickahominy Heights, Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines' Mill, Grapevine Bridge, Trent House Headquarters, Savages Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale and Malvern Hill. Day 7 - S iege of Petersburg. At City Point we walk out to Grant’s headquarters and the ‘Dictator’ siege mortar, see the eastern front restored fortifications, and visit Fort Stedman, the famous Crater and, time permitting, the Blandford Church with its memorial stained glass windows. Our day ends at Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War soldier, one of the finest museums of its kind. Day 8 - R etreat to Appomattox. At the remote Five Forks museum, we handle some of the wonderful collection of reproduction weaponry and munitions and explore the battlefield. Like Lee, we then travel west to Sailor’s Creek State Park to explore the battlefield, museum and the Hillsman House. This afternoon is spent at Appomattox museum and battlefield park where we view the surrender movie, explore the village, visit the McLean House and the ‘Surrender Triangle’ where the laying down of arms took place. Continue to Lynchburg, Virginia for an overnight stay. Day 9 - L exington and the Shenandoah Valley. Drive to Lexington via the Blue Ridge Mountains and the James Valley (both in early autumn colours), where we visit the Lee Chapel and family tomb and visit the grounds of the Virginia Military Institute to view the old barracks, the commandants house, cadet chapel and museum. We continue along the magnificent Shenandoah Valley to New Market with its VMI ‘Hall of Valor’ and ‘Field of lost shoes’. Weather permitting, we’ll return to the Blue Ridge Mountains, take the famous ‘Skyline Drive’ and admire the wonderful vistas from selected ‘overlook’ stops - we may even be rewarded with a glorious sunset. Thence to Winchester for one night. Day 10- Winchester and Harpers Ferry. We start at Middletown with an introduction to the battle of Cedar Creek and then return to Winchester to visit Stonewall Jackson’s headquarters which contains many of his personal possessions. This afternoon we visit Harpers Ferry, situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers and explore this historic town, perhaps climbing uptoJeffersonRock.ContinuetoGettysburg, Pennsylvania and check in for three nights. Day 11 - The Maryland Campaign of 1862 and Antietam. At Monocacy we visit the battlefield museum and discuss the lost Special Orders 191 and then drive through the South Mountain passes, stopping at Crampton’s Gap and ‘War Correspondent’s Arch’ to Sharpsburg, Maryland. At the Pry House Farm we gain an appreciation of the Battle of Antietam from the Union perspective and at the Visitors’ Centre we watch the orientation film. We follow the Union approach to the Sunken Lane: amongst our many stops here will be Dunker Church, Miller’s and Otto’s Cornfield, the Sunken Lane and Burnside’s Bridge. Day 12 – G ettysburg. The greatest battle of the American Civil War and for many, the single most important event of that war. We devote our last full day to exploring this site. We will tour many of the great sites associated with the battle: Oak Hill, Cemetery Hill, Little Round Top, and the famous Bloody Angle. A highlight of all our classic Eastern Civil War tours is the opportunity to walk the route of the climactic attack: Pickett’s Charge. In the afternoon we will visit the brilliantly restored Cyclorama of Gettysburg, set within one of the finest military museums in the world. Our farewell dinner will be at a historic Gettysburg Tavern. Day 13 - F inal Thoughts. We visit the Shriver House, a museum in the 19th-century home of a Civil War soldier's family, exploring the civilian experience of the war. Thence to the Gettysburg National Cemetery, where we pay our respects on this final stop of our tour. We then depart for Washington and our evening flight. Day 14 - Arrive London. National Cemetary Fredericksburg