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

Close-up of breach in Fort Pulaski

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

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Today in the Civil War May 25

Battle of Winchester, Stonewall Jackson [CS] defeats Nathaniel Banks [US] 1862 Halleck arrives outside of Corinth. It has taken him 26 days to march 20 miles, virtually unopposed 1862 Clement Vallandigham is banished to the Confederacy for his "pro-Confederate remarks." The exchange ... 1863 Major General Dick Ewell's returns to the Army of Northern Virginia following the amputation of his ... 1863 Battle of New Hope Church ... 1864

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