59 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 LAND afternoon we travel to Stone Mountain with its huge carvings of southern heroes Jefferson fferson ff Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson. A cable-car ride up to the top of the monolith will provide magnificent views of hundreds of miles of Georgia countryside. Day 7 – M argaret Mitchell and Martin Luther King Jr. We start the day at the apartment where Margaret Mitchell commenced her famous novel ‘Gone with the Wind’, today a museum dedicated to the influence of both the novel and the film. Whilst the remainder of Atlanta battlefields are victims of modern development, we enjoy a series of vignettes at the remaining markers found at Peachtree Creek and Ezra Church. At Oakland Cemetery we find the Lion of Atlanta and the spot used by Hood for observation of the battle of July 22. Finally we pay our respects to one of the great leaders of the civil rights movement at the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site with its visitor centre, monument, home and tomb. Day 8 – A ndersonville and Ocmulgee. We leave Atlanta behind and visit the Confederate Cemetery at Jonesboro, the final battle for Atlanta. Thence to the infamous and haunting Andersonville Prisoner of War camp with its museum and National Cemetery. Just outside Macon we visit the Native Indian site of Ocmulgee, which possibly pre-dates Stonehenge, and explore its Earth Lodge and Great Temple, the oldest extant buildings in North America. Check in to our hotel in Macon for one night. Day 9 – M arch to the Sea. As we follow Sherman’s right wing to Savannah we visit the site of the small action at Griswoldville and then visit Milledgeville, the old Georgian capital. We explore the defences, shelters and museum at Fort McAlister. Check in to our hotel in the heart of Savannah for two nights. Day 10 – C ivil War Savannah. We take a walk through Civil War Savannah, the perfect southern city with its Spanish moss covered trees and lovely residential squares. This afternoon we visit lovely Tybee Island and explore Fort Pulaski, complete with extant civil war damage, casements, revetments and moat. Day11–Savannah.Alatemorningdeparture to allow time for a quiet walk along the Savanah waterfront before we drive through the low country of South Carolina, stopping en-route at a typical Southern Plantation, to Charleston where we check in to our hotel for two nights. Day 12 – C harleston - t he Cradle of the Confederacy. We take a morning walk amidst this wonderful antebellum city, in particular along the ‘Battery’, Charleston’s landmark defensive seawall and promenade with its grand houses. We take a boat trip to Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began, and this afternoon we visit the conservation site of H L Hunley, the first submarine to successfully sink an enemy vessel and possibly the most fantastic artefact from the war. Day 13 – March Through The Carolinas. We rejoin Sherman’s route through the Carolinas to Bentonville, North Carolina, the last major battle of the war. Set amidst cotton fields, we explore the battlefield, its museum and the Harper House hospital. Thence to Raleigh for our final night of the tour. Day 14 – Surrender. At the Bennett Place we visit the cabin where Generals Johnson and Sherman met to negotiate the surrender of the Confederate army. Continue to Charlotte for return flights to London. Day 15 - Arrive London. Lookout Mountain Jonesboro Confederate Cemetery