Pamplin Historical Park
I’m not sure what to make of Pamplin Historical Park (PHP) in Petersburg, VA. It has excellent ratings online, with people saying they spent hours there. Though I’m starting to get a wee bit done …
Category: Civil War
Posts related to the U.S. Civil War.
Drayton Hall
Drayton Hall is a Palladian mansion situated along the Ashley River outside of Charleston, South Carolina. It is the only plantation home along the river to survive the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. It is suspected …
Fort Sumter National Historic Park
I’m not gonna lie, I’m a bit over historic forts. They all seem to be a pile of stone near water with some cannons in them, and not much else. One is the same as …
The H. L. Hunley Submarine
I nearly told Doug to just visit the H.L. Hunley on his own, as I couldn’t have had much less interest at looking inside another submarine. I was glad I didn’t do that, as you …
Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site
I finally found a Confederate site that Doug wouldn’t object to visiting: the site that marks where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured on May 10, 1865, at the end of the Civil War. Located …
Andersonville National Historic Site
In 1996, the powerful docudrama Andersonville aired on television. I remember being horrified/fascinated by it, and reading a book about it soon thereafter. Ever since I’ve wanted to visit the camp, and we were finally …
Lookout Mountain Incline Railway and Point Park
Doug loves funiculars, so of course we had to ride the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway in Chattanooga, Tenn. Marketed as “America’s Most Amazing Mile”, it mostly involved waiting in a long line at the bottom, …
Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy
We first heard of Belle while touring Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters in Winchester, Va., so we took the opportunity while in Front Royal, Va., to visit the Belle Boyd Cottage. It’s a small museum, but free …
Scenes from around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The David Wills House is where President Abraham Lincoln finished up his iconic Gettysburg Address in 1863. He spent the night in the home, then headed over the next day to the Soldiers’ National Cemetery …
Gettysburg National Military Park
Doug grew up near Gettysburg and still has family there; in spite of many visits over the years, I still hadn’t managed to do a proper tour of the battlefield at Gettysburg National Military Park. …