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EARLY YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR 2012 Tour:
A Tribute to the 150th Commemoration

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Civil War in 1862 Virginia Tour

One day in August of 1861, a cantankerous man from New York wrote a long letter to the President. He was John Ericsson, a brilliant inventor. The “writer,” the letter said, offered to construct a vessel for the destruction of the Rebel fleet at Norfolk. He wanted no pay.

The letter went unanswered and Ericsson fumed. He had heard rumors that the Confederates were converting a fifty gun frigate the Merrimac, into an Ironclad of revolutionary design.

However, it took Cornelius Bushnell, a Connecticut manufactures’ interest to make the union’s own Ironclad, the Monitor a reality……and none too soon! The Merrimac on her first attack burned one ship, sank another and drove one aground. March 9 1862 the day following the Merrimac attack, the Monitor met the Merrimac for their battle at Hampton Roads. This day changed Navy battles forever.

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One call to Civil War Tours.net will make it possible for you and/or your group to walk on Hallowed Ground where young men gave their all for a cause they believed in!  Through our historians, you will journey into the past to a place where tradition and gentility were of the utmost importance.  You will hear the thoughts, understand the beliefs, take in the ideas and ponder over the dreams for the future of a generation past.

Don't just visit a battlefield! Take the opportunity to experience what both soldiers and civilians faced during those tumultuous years.  You'll go home understanding more than any book could ever teach you!

We are the ONLY tour company endorsed and supported by Civil War Trails.  We have spent over 20 years interviewing and choosing only the very best historian guides who can take you back in time!!

For ideas, take some time to browse our website..... then call us at 717-201-4381.

Civil War Tours.net is proud to announce that our 5-day "The Early Years" tour of Harpers Ferry, Manassas, Antietam, and Gettysburg has won the National Geographic Travelers - Tours of a Lifetime - 2011 Award!!! Click on the logo to the left to check it out and book your tour today!

As the United States begins a four-year commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, legions of travelers will visit the battlefields. Assemble in Gettysburg with historians and interpreters who will guide you through the places and events in the mid-Atlantic that led up to the hostilities, most notably abolitionist John Brown’s infamous raid at Harper’s Ferry. Learn about the war’s early campaigns, including the Battle of Antietam, which had more than 23,000 casualties, distinguishing it as the bloodiest one-day battle in American history.

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