After Yorktown: The Continental Army in the Hudson Valley, George Washington and the Newburgh Conspiracy Sept 30, 2023

Saturday, September 30 (8:00am-6:00pm)

Led by: Lt. Col Michael McGurty (ret.)

Tour Starts/Ends at: NY State Thruway Park n Ride

Tour Registration: $150.00 (Check or Credit Card)

After the American-French victory at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, George Washington moved the Continental Army back to upstate New York because British forces under Sir Henry Clinton still occupied New York City. Washington’s army encamped near Newburgh, New York where the general established his headquarters. [Read more…]

Grant Faces Lee in Virginia: Part III: The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor and Much More

Tuesday, May 9 (7:00pm EST) – Saturday, May 13, 2023 (10:00am EST)

Led by: A. Wilson “Will” Greene

HQ: Fredericksburg, VA

**All Hotel Accommodations & All Meals are Included in the Cost of This Tour**

Tour Registration: $1759.00 (Check or Credit Card)

Battle of Spotsylvaninia facsimile print by L. Prang & Co.

We hope you can join us for the third installment of our Campaigning with Grant series!  This year, Grant arrives in Virginia with the new rank of lieutenant general and the title of general-in-chief. Grant decides to make his headquarters with George Meade’s Army of the Potomac and plans a campaign to move against Richmond and an inevitable clash with Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.  Confederate logistics preclude going on the operational offensive, but the Army of Northern Virginia still possesses power as a counter-puncher.The Union army’s progress toward Richmond is a bloody one. In forty days, the armies meet numerous times in a series of drawn battles. After each engagement, Grant and Meade sidle to their left, southeast, in an attempt to outflank the Rebels, and each time Lee’s veterans are there to block them.  Eventually, the Federals run out of flanking room north of Richmond, leading to Grant’s bold decision to execute a crossing of the James and an attack against Petersburg. [Read more…]

Grant Moves South, Part II: Vicksburg to Chattanooga and More – October 2-7, 2022

Sunday, October 2 (1:30pm CST) – Friday, October 7, 2022 (10:00am CST)

Led by: A. Wilson “Will” Greene HQ: Birmingham, AL

**All Hotel Accommodations & All Meals are Included in the Cost of This Tour**

Tour Registration: $2095.00 (Cash, Check or Credit Card)

Ron Chernow’s award-winning biography, Grant, focused renewed literary attention on the man most responsible for leading Union forces to victory during the American Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant rose from obscurity in 1861 to become a national hero by 1865 and three years later, president of the United States. America’s History, LLC is proud to announce the second of a projected four-year study of this pivotal figure, the armies he commanded, and the brave men he opposed: Grant Takes Command, Cairo to Corinth.

As our tour historian, Will Greene has said, “I am very excited to be working with Bruce and Lynne Venter and America’s History, LLC on this program. This year’s tour will follow Vicksburg and Chattanooga Campaigns, all with an eye on Grant’s role in these critical engagements as well as an analysis of the Southern generals who opposed him. I hope you will join me on this year’s trip and look forward to sharing five days of fellowship, good food, and fascinating history with you.” The twelve months between November 1862 and November 1863 marked a critical period in the military history of Ulysses S. Grant. That year witnessed his rise from army commander first to department commander and then overall commander in the Civil War’s western theater. During that time, Grant conducted two of his most famous operations: The Vicksburg Campaign and the Battles for Chattanooga. The second of our four-part series exploring Grant’s Civil War career will examine these two complex campaigns that laid the groundwork for Grant’s eventual promotion to general-in-chief of all United States armies.

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Sally Gets to Run around Hatcher’s Run Battlefield

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Sally Seddon

We had a rare opportunity on Saturday to see the newly acquired land purchased by the Civil War Trust at Hatcher’s Run. This special Sesquicentennial event was made possible by Will Greene and the Pamplin Historical Park staff. The land at Hatcher’s Run is not yet open to the public, but PHP members were invited to walk the lines with Ed Alexander, a ranger historian at PHP. Of course, our beagle, Sally Seddon was anxious to experience another battle walk and add Hatcher’s Run to the long list of battlefields and forts she has visited—her list stands at 58.

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