January 17, 2010

Richmond to Appomattox


Sometimes I get emails asking for Civil War Tour information. Today someone wanted to find a guided tour that includes Richmond and Appomattox. Unfortunately, I don't know of one coming up. I gave him some alternate ideas:
You can book a tourist-type tour of Richmond and then easily see Appomattox on your own. For Richmond tours, read this article . Also, there are many sites near Richmond which you can visit. Personally I find Cold Harbor Battlefield to be easy to tour via car and quite moving.

Appomattox is very easy to visit without a guide. It's a small place and well-staffed by the National Park Service.

Near Richmond, I highly recommend City Point (another small site, easy to tour by walking) and Petersburg Battlefield (National Park Service - pick up a map from the visitors center), also nearby Pamplin Historical Park, which is not publicly owned but is wonderful - plan to spend a day there if possible. On the way to Appomattox, stop at Sailor's Creek Battlefield, now a Virginia State Historical Park. If you have time and feel like walking, visit High Bridge near Farmville too, and stroll out to the historic bridge.

CWPT has a wealth of resources on Civil War sites, see their Civil War Discovery pages.

See my photos on this blog from the NVCC tour in spring 2009:

May (scroll down) and June (again, scroll).
See also Civil War Field Trips website

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