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A curated adventure across the Civil War Mainstage. Starting in Richmond and ending in Washington, DC. Includes Cold Harbor, Appomattox, Fredericksburg, Harpers Ferry, and Gettysburg.

Days
9
Destinations
7
Created
May 2024

Destinations

Richmond, VA
SITES + TOURS
Sites + Tours
Theater
Eastern
Type
Region
Days
3
Sites
27
Fredericksburg, VA
SITES + TOURS
Sites + Tours
Theater
Eastern
Type
City
Days
1
Sites
7
Harpers Ferry, WV
SITES + TOURS
Sites + Tours
Theater
Eastern
Type
Region
Days
1
Sites
10
Gettysburg, PA
SITES + TOURS
Sites + Tours
Theater
Eastern
Type
Town
Days
1
Sites
1
Dorchester County, MD
SITES + TOURS
Sites + Tours
Theater
Eastern
Type
County
Days
0.5
Sites
5
Talbot County, MD
SITES + TOURS
Sites + Tours
Theater
Eastern
Type
County
Days
0.5
Sites
7
Washington, DC
SITES + TOURS
Sites + Tours
Theater
Eastern
Type
City
Days
1
Sites
3

Vendors

Gettysburg Heritage Museum
Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry

Travel Sources

American Battlefield Trust
Camp Hill and Appalachian Trail
Frederick Douglass in Talbot County
Harpers Ferry Black Heritage Walking Tour
Harpers Ferry Lower Town
Harriet Tubman Byway
Jefferson Co. African American Heritage Trail
John Brown's Trail
Richmond Slave Trail

Knowledge Sources

A Slave No More
David W. Blight
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
American Ulysses
Ronald C. White, Jr.
Battle Cry of Freedom
James M. McPherson
CWMaps.com
Hal Jespersen
Frederick Douglass
David W. Blight
Gateway to Freedom
Eric Foner
Grant (book)
Ron Chernow
HIST 119
David W. Blight
Harriet Tubman
Catherine Clinton
John Brown; The Cost of Freedom
Louis A. DeCaro, Jr.
Midnight Rising
Tony Horowitz
Race and Reunion
David W. Blight
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy
Elizabeth R. Varon
Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Agitators
Dorothy Wickenden
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Rich & Tracy
The Fiery Trial
Eric Foner
The Man Who Saved the Union
H. W. Brands
The Myth of the Lost Cause
Edward H. Bonekemper III
The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes
Francis Trevelyan Miller
The Reconstruction Amendments' Debates
Alfred Avins (ed.)
The War Before the War
Andrew Delbanco
The Zealot and the Emancipator
H. W. Brands

Creative Depictions

Cold Mountain
Anthony Minghella
Grant (miniseries)
Malcolm Venville
Harriet
Kasi Lemmons
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg
Manhunt
Carl Franklin, John Dahl, Eva Sørhaug
The Conspirator
Robert Redford
The Good Lord Bird (book)
James McBride
The Good Lord Bird (miniseries)
Albert Hughes, Kevin Hooks, Darnell Martin, Haifaa al-Mansour, Kate Woods, Michael Nankin
The Peacemakers
George P.A. Healy
The Underground Railroad
Barry Jenkins
You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant
Brad Neely