America's Civil War
Presented by Georgia's Historic High Country Travel Association

Lock, 1855 Springfield Rifle

Georgia's Blue and Gray Trail takes visitors to Chickamauga, site of the greatest Confederate victory, then follows a route from Chattanooga to Atlanta, similar to the one that General William Tecumseh Sherman took as he danced a "Red Clay Minuet" with Confederate Commander Joseph E. Johnston and, later, John Bell Hood.

The Blue and Gray Trail, however, does not only deal with Georgia. Beginning from before the signing of our Constitution, we trace the causes of the Civil War, the battles and campaigns, people and politics, and the bitter pill of Reconstruction in the Civil War by year and Today in the Civil War

New on the Blue and Gray Trail

Today in the Civil War August 1

Tennessee votes to adopt the Constitution of the Confederate States of America 1861 Federal forces begin a prolonged bombardment of entrenchments around Charleston Harbor 1863 David Porter assumes command of federal Navy forces on the Mississippi River. 1863 Phil Sheridan [US] is named commander, Army of the Shenandoah 1864

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William Tecumseh Sherman
Lew Wallace at Shiloh
William Hardee
The Great Locomotive Chase