Vicksburg MS
Started on May 18, 1863, this was the final major battle of the Civil War. The Union kept firing on Vicksburg until July 4, 1863. The Union had won the battle and took over Vicksburg. In the movie The Blue and the Grey John goes and sees his sister in Vicksburg while the battle is going on.
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter had their battle on this day 155 years ago. The battle lasted 2 days and then the Union finally surrendered Fort Sumter to the Confederate States. President Buchanan tried to send a merchant boat full of supplies for them 4 months before the battle but it was destroyed by land cannons. A...
Richmond VA
Richmond was the capital of the Confederate States of America. If the Union would have taken it over they would have won the war hands down. Yes, they still won the war, but they would have taken that the war would have been over a lot sooner. In the movie The Blue and the Grey Sargent O'Toole tells...
Fredricksburg
This was a huge battle but not the biggest over 176,500 troops fought in this battle. After the battle about 18,000 casualties were recorded. The Confederate States won the battle. The land is known to have ghosts haunting the grounds. In the movie John sees his brother Mark wounded on the ground an...
The Historic Ford's Theater
This theatre during the Civil War was used for plays and public speeches, but that's not why it's so historical. It's historical because the 16th President of the United States was murdered there. That's right Abraham Lincoln murdered on April 14, 1865 by the one and only John Wilkes Booth. The date...
Hi Ho off to Harpers Ferry we go!
Harpers Ferry known to be the place where John Brown started a raid to free slaves. Also an important thing is that when Virginia seceded the Union destroyed most of the equipment in the gun making shop which some was later recovered and taken to Richmond to save what little was left. In the movie T...
Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg
This is one of the spots of a battle in the Civil War. It is the first major battle on Union soil. This battle was also by Antietam Creek hence calling it the battle of Antietam to the Union and to the Confederate States it was the battle of Sharpsburg. In the movie John was having nightmares about...
Onto Gettysburg
Now I'm in Gettysburg Pennsylvania where the largest and one of the major battles of the Civil War. There 165,000 soldiers fighting in the battle. 51,000 were casualties (killed, captured, missing, or wounded). In the movie The Blue and the Grey, John went to Gettysburg to get a job with his uncle.
First Stop. Cincinnati.
The first stop is Cincinnati and I'm visiting the National Underground Railroad center right by The Great American Ballpark. On the tour it shows where the Underground Railroad stretched across the U.S. The Underground Railroad is a trail of safe houses to get to the North and be free. It also show...