2023 tours (get on the mailing list for updates)
MAY 16-20, 2023 • Walk the Trails: Wilderness and Spotsylvania, with Gordon Rhea
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Gordon will lead the group on foot over every mile of trail (or nearly so) on the Wilderness and Spotsylvania battlefields (two days for each battlefield). We'll view this hallowed ground from the perspective of the soldiers who fought there. Walks include the Wilderness Crossing Trail (1.5 miles), Gordon Flank Attack Trail (2.1 miles), Vermont Monument Trail (0.4 miles), Widow Tapp Farm Trail (1 mile), Federal Line Trail (7.2 miles); Bloody Angle Trail (1.1 miles), Spotsylvania History Trail (5.7 miles).
JULY 19–23, 2023 • Jeb Stuart—from Brandy Station to Gettysburg (Gettysburg 160th), with LBG Chris Army |
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Over 5 days, we'll follow the route of J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry from the Battle of Brandy Station, to the fighting at Gettysburg's East Cavalry Field. Chris is a tremendous guide who will lead us to many spots that are difficult to find on one's own. We'll cap off this unique roadtrip with a tour of the Gettysburg battlefield.
AUGUST • The Modoc War of 1873 (150th anniversary)
Based in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the tour will spend two days on the Modoc War of 1873, culminating in the fighting at Captain Jack's Stronghold and Thomas-Wright Battlefield in today's Lava Beds National Monument (California). The Modoc War was among the costliest wars in U.S. history, and the only time during the Indian Wars that a general officer in the U.S. army was killed. Besides the battlefield, Lava Beds NM preserves an array of geologic wonders, including lava flows and lava tubes.
SEPTEMBER 28 to October 1, 2023 • Little Bighorn Symposium and Tours
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Over four fall days at the DoubleTree Hotel in Billings, Montana, we are bringing together many of the foremost scholars, authors, historians, and guides working on the Battle of the Little Bighorn today. The event will include a full schedule of presentations in the hotel ballroom, book sales and signings, and screenings of select films. During the weekend, a number of guided tours (via motor coach from Billings) will be conducted at the Little Bighorn and Rosebud battlefields.
OCTOBER • Bad to the Bone: Outlaws & Gunslingers of the Southwest,
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Beginning and ending in El Paso, retired National Park Service historian Neil Mangum will lead us on an adventure in the tracks of John Wesley Hardin, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Elfego Baca, Pancho Villa, and the legends of Tombstone.
NOVEMBER 2–5, 2023 • The Campaign for Vicksburg (160th), with Terry Winschel
Over three days, longtime Vicksburg National Military Park historian Terry Winschel will tell the tale of Ulysses S. Grant's efforts to capture the Confederate citadel. We'll follow Grant's troops as they crossed the river below Vicksburg and fought a series of battles including Port Gibson, Raymond, Champion Hill, and the Big Black River. Special attention will be given to the May assaults against the formidable Vicksburg defenses. A visit to the salvaged remains of the gunboat, U.S.S. Cairo, completes the tour.
