2019 Civil War Travelogue

Welcome to my 2019 travelogue page! (Since these reports tend to be lengthy, they are often in separate HTML pages. Use the links just below to see all the finished reports.)

Here is a reminder about the reason I write these pages the way I do. They record my experiences and impressions of Civil War trips primarily for my future use. Thus, they sometimes make assumptions about things I already know and focus on insights that I receive. They are not general-purpose descriptions for people unfamiliar with the Civil War, although I do link to various Wikipedia articles throughout. Apologies about the quality of interior photographs—I don't take fancy cameras with big flashes to these events. If you would like to be notified of new travelogues, connect to me via Facebook.

Here are reports about my completed trips:

• BGES: Sherman’s Infamous March to the Sea and a Tour of Confederate Georgia with Stephen Wise, January 17–21
• SVBF National Conference: Sheridan’s 1864 Shenandoah Campaign, Front Royal, April 10–13
• Stephen Ambrose's 75th Anniversary of D-Day and Patton's Third Army, May 30–June 13. (Obviously not a Civil War tour, but one that has consumed much of my annual travel budget. My father landed in Normandy and of course Patton had Civil War ancestors.)
• BGES: Maryland Campaign Part 3: The Battle of Antietam with Tom Clemons and Scott Hartwig, October 25–27

And here are interesting ones that I considered but will/could not attend:

• Chambersburg: National Ed Bearss Symposium, American Military History and Combat, May 1–5
• Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, June 14–19
• Chambersburg: Antietam: The Bloodiest Day, July 23–28
• Emerging Civil War Symposium, Fredericksburg, August 2–4
• BGES: A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg with Wilson Greene, September 25–28
• Mosby Conference "To the Gates of Washington, Jubal Early's Maryland Raid", Middleburg, October 4–6
• BGES: Vicksburg Campaign Part 6: Grant Fails to Take Vicksburg, October 16–20
• West Coast Civil War Roundtable Conference, Sacramento, November 8–10

If you are aware of an interesting opportunity, please email me, using the link at the left.