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HEARTFELT STORIES OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY


★ Civil War Trails across Virginia and Maryland lead visitors to more than 600 sites that tell the epic and heartfelt stories of both the civilians and soldiers who experienced triumph and tragedy during the war.


★ Each site is easily accessible, explains exactly what happened there, and encourages you to explore the diverse settings where America’s destiny was being forged. Walking tours, costumed interpreters, re- enactments and recreational adventures in the historic and scenic countryside await you.


Guidance from a soldier on the Civil War Trails


★ Let the stories you’ve discovered ignite your imagination as you envision how now-peaceful landscapes were once the scenes of some of the deadliest battles known to man.


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A country haze on the Civil War Trails


GREAT DRIVES WITH


David Herold. Mary Surratt, who ran a boarding house in DC at the time, was hanged for her supposed role in the plot. Stop there for a guided tour that highlights life in the 19th-century tavern. T e trail leads to Dr Samuel Mudd Road, named after the doctor who, not knowing about the assassination, set Booth’s leg and let him rest in his house. Mudd was later arrested and imprisoned. T e museum and gift shop are open to the public.


After a brief stay in the home of Colonel Samuel Cox – a


Southern sympathiser – in Rich Hill, Booth and Herold spent several days in the area hidden in a pine thicket, waiting to cross the Potomac River into Virginia.


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