Following a COVID-impacted 2020 that saw Civil War tours cancelled by the score, it is refreshing to learn the Blue & Gray Education Society is ready to pick up with a full season of offerings that also include a sprinkling of Revolutionary War programs. For those longing to get back out on the trails, BGES has announced the following:
April 8-11: Shiloh with Greg Mertz from Pickwick Landing, Tennessee (caravan tour)
April 21-25: Atlanta:Dalton and Resaca w/ Bob Jenkins from Dalton, GA (two 2 day tours, caravan)
June 2-6: Saratoga with Scott Patchan from Lake George, NY
June 11-13: Civil War 101, Gettysburg with Dave Collins from Gettysburg (special opportunity)
June 20-29: Custer to the Little Big Horn from Bismarck, ND with Neil Mangum
June 25-27: Streight’s Raid from Gadsden, AL with Brian Steel Wills and Norm Dasinger Jr.
July 9-11: Reflections on Gettysburg Day 1 with Scott Hartwig from Gettysburg
July 11-15: Retreat from Gettysburg with Parker Hills from Gettysburg
July 16-18: Civil War 101: Manassas with Rick Britton from Manassas, VA (special opportunity)
July 31-August 1: Days of History with Dennis, John Brown and Stonewall Jackson with Dennis Frye out of Hagerstown, MD
August 11-14: Grierson’s Raid with Tim Smith from Jackson, MS (Debut offering)
August 17-20: The Tullahoma Campaign with Jim Ogden from Murfresboro, TN
August 26-29: The Civil War in Northern Kentucky with Darryl Smith from Cincinnati, OH
September 7-11: Sheridan Recovers the Valley with Scott Patchan and Gary Ecelebarger from Winchester, VA
September 17-25: Central Plains Indian Wars with Neil Mangum from Kansas City, MO
October 1-3: Revolutionary War 101, Boston, Lexington and Concord with Len Riedel from Concord, MA
October 9-13: To the Bitter End, The Civil War in North Carolina 1865 with Wade Sokolosky from Fayetteville, NC
October 13-17: Washington’s Desperate Gamble, Trenton and Princeton with Gary Ecelbarger and Scott Patchan from Princeton, NJ
October 18-23: The Overland Campaign–Pt 1 Wilderness and Spotsylvania with Gordon Rhea from Fredericksburg, VA
October 28-31: The Seven Days with Paul Severance and Len Riedel from Richmond, VA
November 3-7: two 2 day programs: The Hell Hole and Kennesaw Mountain with Bob Jenkins from Kennesaw, GA
November 12-15: The Battles for New Orleans with Len Riedel from Slidell, LA
November 16-20: Vicksburg the Grand Assaults with Tim Smith from Vicksburg, MS
December 3-5: Hood’s Tennessee Campaign, Pt 3: nashville and the Retreat with Lee White from Franklin, TN
December 10-12: The Battles for Fredericksburg December 1862 and May 1863 plus Salem Church with Paul Severance and Greg Mertz from Fredericksburg, VA
January 26-30, 2022: Sherman’s March to the Sea with John Derden from Atlanta, GA
February 17-20, 2022: Vicksburg Campaign Pt. 8, Port Hudson, Baton Rouge and the Lafouche Campaign with Parker Hills from Baton Rouge, LA
BGES tours are by design small usually (but not always) between 8 and 18 people conducted in vans to inprove access to inacessable sites. Active members of BGES enjoy a discounted rate for tours.
The conduct of any given tour will be in strict accordance with the health guidance of the state and programs may be rescheduled or cancelled on short notice. Currently BGES is adhering to a 2 month lead time so our decisions on June programs will take place around April 1. BGES asks your forebearance as it flexes to those dictates and the guidance of its insurance company and team of physicians and nurses. BGES will always opt on the side of public safety and health.
For more, navigate to: www.blueandgrayeducation.org.
