This one's for the hipsters. A Collection of mini-adventures through the civil war's b-sides. with a 'before they were cool' theme, this itinerary covers main characters' biographical sites, bleeding kansas, and the kick off in Missouri. Includes Chicago, Galena, Springfield, Saint Louis, and Kansas City.

Days
8
Destinations
5
Created
Jul 2024

Destinations

Chicago, IL
Theater
Midwestern
Type
City
Days
1
Sites
5
Galena, IL
Theater
Midwestern
Type
Town
Days
1
Sites
3
Springfield, IL
Theater
Midwestern
Type
Town
Days
1
Sites
6
St. Louis, MO
Theater
Midwestern
Type
City
Days
3
Sites
12
Kansas City, KS/MO
Theater
Midwestern
Type
Region
Days
3
Sites
16

Vendors

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Travel Sources

The Civil War Muse

Knowledge Sources

A Self-Made Man
Sidney Blumenthal
A. Lincoln
Ronald C. White, Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
American Carnage
Jeff Stein, Rowley Amato
American Ulysses
Ronald C. White, Jr.
Disunion
Ted Widmer - editor
Fierce Patriot
Robert L. O'Connell
Grant (book)
Ron Chernow
Grant (miniseries)
Malcolm Venville
Grant and Sherman
Charles Bracelen Flood
HIST 119
David W. Blight
John Brown; The Cost of Freedom
Louis A. DeCaro, Jr.
Lincoln on the Verge
Ted Widmer
Midnight Rising
Tony Horowitz
The Fiery Trial
Eric Foner
The Man Who Saved the Union
H. W. Brands
The Scourge of War
Brian Holden Reid
The War Before the War
Andrew Delbanco
The Zealot and the Emancipator
H. W. Brands
William Tecumseh Sherman
James Lee McDonough

Creative Depictions

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
John Cromwell
Abraham Lincoln; Vampire Hunter
Timur Bekmambetov
Emperor
Mark Amin
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
You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant
Brad Neely
Young Mr. Lincoln
John Ford