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Georgia Civil War Tour Guide

Tour the Chattanooga National Military Park. This park is where the battle of Chickamauga took place. See markers, guns and monuments to those men that fought in this battle. Take a self-guided tour using the site's audio tape. The battle of Chickamauga lasted 3 days.

Tour Kennesaw National Battlefield Park. See a film of the battle at the visitor center. Hike the grounds. Have a picnic.

See Stone Mountain near Atlanta. This is a granite carving of the Confederate generals and leaders. There is a lazor show.

At the Atlanta Georgia History Center, see an exhibition that is a permanent display of civil war artifacts, photos and historic documents.

In Atlanta, tour the Cyclorama at Grant Park. See the largest painting ever of the Battle of Atlanta.

Near Dallas, see Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site, another Civil War battlefield.

At Port Columbus National Civil War Naval Museum, see two Confederate Navy ships. Climb aboard an ironclad ship and experience a Civil War ironclad combat simulator.

Visit Fort Pulaski National Monument on Cockspur Island.

See earthwork fortifications at Fort McAllister State Park in Richmond Hill Georgia. Then, tour the Brown House in Sandersville where General Sherman stayed on his March to the Sea.

Near Americus GA, tour the infamous Andersonville Civil War Prison. Some say the site is haunted.

Drive 75 miles on the Chickamauga Campaign Heritage trail. Follow the route of the Confederate and Federal troops to the battle of Chickamauga. Cities along this route are: Chickamauga, Ringgold and Lafayette.

The Blue and the Gray trail is a self guided tour of 60 Civil War battlefields, national parks and museums. The trail is 140-150 miles long. Cities along this route are: Lookout Mountain and Whitesburg.

Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail follows the routes traveled by Confederate and Federal troops in 1863-64. The trail is 250 miles longs. cities along this route are: Trenton and Jonesboro.

The March to the Sea Heritage Trail follows the route of William Sherman's army on their March to the Sea through Georgia. It is over 350 miles long. Cities along this trail are: Stone Mountain to Richmond Hill.

Tour the city of Savannah. Sherman spared the city. See antebellum mansions.

In Augusta, see the Confederate Powder works Chimney, remnants of the Civil War gunpowder Factory. Augusta Arsenal was the arsenal of both the Confederate and Union army.

Jefferson Davis was captured May 1865 in Irwinville. In Crawfordville,
see the Confederate Museum and Liberty Hall which was the home of Confederate President A.H. Stephens.

Georgia Plantations & Ante-Bellum Mansions

In Georgia, visit the Chennault Plantation - Gold disappeared from a Confederate wagon here

Callaway Plantation in Washington
Jarrrell Plantation Historic Site in Juliette Hay House in Macon - 1850s
Cannonball House in Macon - 1853 - Civil War artifacts
Sidney Lanier Cottage in Macon - 1840
Lapham Patterson House Historic Site - Thomasville
Melhana, the Grand Plantation - 1820 - Thomasville
Barrington Hall - Roswell Smith Plantation - 1845 - tours -
Roswell Bulloch Hall - house, slave quarters, gardens - Roswell
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation - 1850s - tours -
Brunswick Reynolds Plantation -


Sapelo Island Blackshear Civil War Prison Camp - Blackshear on the Georgia Coast.

The Battle of Atlanta a Decisive Victory

The election of 1864 was between McClellan and Lincoln. McClellan wanted peace. He had been the top general in the beginning of the Civil War and had been replaced. Lincoln did not want peace. The north was tired of the horrendous numbers of men killed in battles. General Grant was called a butcher. The union victory of the Battle of Atlanta changed the outcome of the war and ensured Lincoln's successful election.