2020 Civil War Travelogue

Welcome to my 2020 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 sometimes 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 my completed trips:

• January 23-26: Blue and Gray Education Society symposium in Amelia Island, Florida

Here are events I have committed to attending in 2020:

• None at the moment! This coronavirus thing has really nuked my travel schedule.

And here are interesting ones that I am considering (or did consider and canceled):

• April 16-18: Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation National Conference: “Our Hour Had Come”: New Market, Piedmont, and the Fall of Staunton -- this one was postponed until 2021
• June 12-17: Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College (I canceled this because of coronavirus concerns, and then the entire conference was postponed until 2021)
• June 17-21: Blue and Gray Education Society: Any Victory Not Bathed in Blood” — The Tullahoma Campaign with Jim Ogden (I canceled this because of coronavirus concerns, and once again this was postponed until next year)
• October 1-4: Mosby Heritage Area Association Annual Conference
• Oct 26–Nov 1: Blue and Gray Education Society: The Ultimate Overland Campaign Part 1, The Wilderness and Spotsylvania with Gordon Rhea (postponed until May 2021)
• November 18-21: Blue and Gray Education Society: Unvexed to the Sea, the Mississippi River is Reopened (Baton Rouge and Port Hudson) with Parker Hills

If you are aware of an interesting opportunity, please email me, using the link in the top menu.