capitalregionusa.org GREAT DRIVES WITH
history will revel in the
Antietam
number of sites that
Battlefi eld
capture the drama of the
developing war.
Civil War Trails across
Virginia and Maryland
– highlighted by eye-
catching signs – bring
those dramatic days from
1861 to 1865 back to
life.
Manassas National
Battlefi eld Park in
Virginia was recently
Barboursville Vineyards, Virginia
Virginia, 50 miles
named one of the top
from Washington,
fi ve up-and-coming
which produces 350 diff erent wines DC, commemorates the site of the fi rst major battle of the war and
wine destinations in
from 36 wineries and vineyards across the Stonewall Jackson Monument remembers the role he played in the
the world by Travel +
seven regions. Confederate victory.
Leisure magazine.
Following the six wineries on the In Maryland, the bloodiest battle of the war was fought at Antietam
Frederick Wine Trail (frederickwinetrail. Battlefi eld, where almost 40,000 soldiers lost their lives.
com) takes you through beautiful rolling farmland, along historic byways And in Washington, DC’s Ford’s T_h eatre, tours highlight John Wilkes
and into charming Frederick, while the Mason-Dixon Wine Trail Booth’s assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln. Booth’s escape
(masondixonwinetrail.com), which straddles the Maryland-Pennsylvania route is part of the self-guided Maryland and Virginia Civil War Trails.
border, includes the state’s oldest family-run winery, Boordy Vineyards Every year, famous engagements are re-enacted and, with the 150th
in Hydes. anniversary of the start of the war in
1861 due in 2011, there will be even
Check out other
FOLLOW THE CIVIL WAR TRAILS more focus on the momentous events
great Trip Ideas at
T_h ere were more major Civil War battles fought in the Capital Region that led to the ‘Birth of a Nation’
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than anywhere else in the States and any visitor keen to delve into the (civilwartrails.org).
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