ANTIETAM
Hear stories of courage and medical breakthroughs at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Maryland, near the site of the war’s costliest single day
GETTYSBURG
Step back in time in this little Pennsylvania town, site of American history’s most
famous battle and the “high water mark” of the Confederacy in July, 1863
CHARLOTTESVILLE Explore the realities of slavery and
plantation life on visits to James Madison’s Montpelier and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello outside Charlottesville
raged here on July 1-3, 1863, vividly to life. Then drive with a Gettysburg expert through some of the battlefields – eerily peaceful today – viewing pivotal sites and hearing their stories, such as Col. Joshua Chamberlain’s defense of Little Round Top, and the courage and futility of Pickett’s Charge. Meals BLD
5. JACOB WEIKERT FARM/HARPERS FERRY More than 50,000 men on both sides were killed, wounded or missing at Gettysburg; about 6,000 lie in the national cemetery here, which Lincoln dedicated with his famous address later that year. Many of the thousands of wounded were attended to at makeshift field hospitals like the one at the Jacob Weikert Farm, today a private home. On your Tauck Exclusive visit, you’ll meet the current owners, hear their stories and see the scars of battle that remain in the home nearly 150 years later. Traveling to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, a Ken Burns vignette sets up your visit to the site of John Brown’s failed 1859 raid on the town’s federal arsenal, where the abolitionist was captured and most of his 21-man “army” were killed. Ride the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park; overnight at Big Meadows Lodge. Meals BLD
6. MONTPELIER/THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, the majority of them in the South; foraging armies swept across American farms and burned American towns, and homes became headquarters and hospitals. A look at life at one of those homes in the prewar South begins at Montpelier, the former estate of President James Madison and his wife Dolley, nestled in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Discover the home’s early history and way of life in the years between the Revolution and the Civil War; see archaeological work being done on the estate. After a filmed vignette by Ken Burns en route, arrive in Charlottesville and visit the University of Virginia’s landmark Rotunda and Grounds, described by its
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designer Thomas Jefferson as an “academical village.” Tonight is alive with inspirational sounds at another Tauck Exclusive: a private performance of authentic gospel and spiritual music by the choir of Charlottesville’s Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church. Meals BD
7. JEFFERSON’S MONTICELLO/CHARLOTTESVILLE You’ll feel the presence of author, statesman, scientist and third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson throughout your guided visit to Monticello, the hilltop house he designed on the principles of Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. As you explore the house, plantation and grounds, you’ll observe that the realities of plantation life did not always fit comfortably with the founding father’s principles of equality and liberty. After lunch featuring colonial fare and servers in 18th-century period attire at the historic Michie Tavern, enjoy a Tauck Exclusive: a lively private presentation on “Slavery, the Plantation and the Civil War” by Dr. Leni Sorensen, scholar, living history interpreter, and African American Research Historian for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello. Meals BL
8. APPOMATTOX AND ON TO RICHMOND Journey this morning from Charlottesville to Appomattox Court House. Town resident Wilmer McLean had moved to this quiet village to escape the tumult of war after the First Battle of Bull Run had raged across his property in 1861. But on the afternoon of April 9, 1865, he was reluctantly thrust into history when Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met in his parlor and agreed to terms which would lead to the reunification of the nation – so in another of the war’s great ironies, it could be said that the conflict began in McLean’s backyard and ended in his parlor four years later! Relive the moment on a visit to McLean’s reconstructed house with a local guide, and gain insights from a Ken Burns vignette en route to Richmond and a three-night stay at The Jefferson Hotel, the city’s finest since 1895. Meals BLD
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