Friday, October 22 – Sunday, October 24, 2021
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Registration Fee: Conference Only $250.00 – Conference + Bus Tour $350.00
The Road to Bennington: New Insights on Stark’s Victory – September 24, 2021
November 14, 2020 by
Friday, September 24, 2021 (8 AM to 5 PM)
Led by: Michael Gabriel and Robert Selig with Bruce Venter
Departure: Fort Ticonderoga, NY
Tour Registration: $125.00
America’s History is proud to continue its partnership with Fort Ticonderoga by again offering a one-day tour during the Fort’s American Revolution Seminar weekend. Led by Mike Gabriel and Robert “Bob” Selig with Bruce Venter, we will visit many sites important to the Bennington battlefield on the Walloomsac River.
During the summer and fall of 1777, one of the great military campaigns of world history was fought in the dense forests and rolling fields of upstate New York. Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne led a combined force of some 9,000 British Redcoats, German hirelings, Loyalists and Native Allies.
Burgoyne’s invasion was part of a three-pronged strategic plan to break the back of the rebellion. His army marched directly south through a near-impenetrable wilderness, attempting to reach its final objective: Albany. But American fortunes changed decisively on the west bank of the Hudson River near Saratoga. The surrender of Burgoyne’s army in October 1777 was more important to the Patriot cause than any other single event during the American Revolution; this “turning point” arguably led to Yorktown four years later. The battle of Bennington may have also been a “turning point” in the campaign itself.
Wilderness Warfare: The French & Indian War from Lake George to Crown Point – September 15-18, 2021
November 14, 2020 by
Wednesday, September 15 (7 PM) to Saturday, September 18 (5 PM)
Led by: David Preston
HQ: Lake George, NY
Tour Registration: $495.00
America’s History’s last two French & Indian War era tours concentrated on the conflict in western Pennsylvania: Braddock’s Defeat and Pontiac’s Rebellion. Now we are moving to the crucible of wilderness warfare: the Lake George/Lake Champlain corridor to Canada. Our tour guide for this expedition is the premier historian of the Seven Years’ War, Dr. David Preston. Even if you have visited these sites in the past, this tour provides an exciting interpretation of the strategy, tactics and logistics for the years 1755 to 1759 in northern New York.
We’ll begin our tour in Old Saratoga at the Schuyler House to set the stage for events in 1755 by discussing the military situation at the end of King George’s War. We’ll follow the British advance to Fort Edward and Rogers Island which has an excellent museum dedicated to Rogers Rangers. We’ll follow Maj. Gen. William Johnson’s army as he builds a military road in 1755 to the southern shore of Lake George. Next we’ll cover each part of the three-phased battle of Lake George. We will visit the sites of Bloody Morning Scout, the main battlefield at Lake George and the little seen Bloody Pond site. In the afternoon we will visit the reconstructed Fort William Henry to discuss Rigaud de Vaudreuil’s raid in March 1757, Marquis de Montcalm’s siege of August 1757 and the subsequent massacre after the surrender of the fort. [Read more…]
Grant Takes Command, Part I: Cairo, Paducah, Corinth, Shiloh and More – September 6-11, 2021
November 14, 2020 by
Monday, September 6 (3:00pm CST) – Saturday, September 11, 2021 (10:00am CST)
Led by: A. Wilson “Will” Greene
HQ: Nashville, TN
Tour Registration: $1995.00
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 first 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.
Our tour will journey to the places that between the fall of 1861 and the following autumn elevated Grant from his position as a lowly district commander to the leadership of one of the nation’s premier armies. After our rendezvous near the Nashville Airport, we will start in Cairo, Illinois where Grant made his headquarters in the late summer of 1861, with a stop at the iconic confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and a visit to the historic Cairo Customs House Museum, a treasure trove of Cairo memorabilia. [Read more…]