Shores of History Aboard the 130-Guest Yorktown

October 28 – November 7, 2013

For this custom-designed itinerary, we have selected some of the finest antebellum homes and gardens in America: Westover Plantation, a Georgian mansion in Virginia shaded by tall, leafy tulip poplars that are more than 150 years old; Charleston’s Heyward-Washington House, filled with some of the finest furnishings ever made in 18th-century America; Airlie Gardens, boasting 67 acres of formal, woodland gardens and a majestic Airle oak that dates from 1545; and the magnificently restored gardens of Tryon Palace in North Carolina.

Study Leader Information

Garry E. Adelman is the author, co-author or editor of more than thirty books and articles concerning the Civil War; Fred W. Kiger has taught classes on the American Civil War for over 25 years at the University of North Carolina

Tour Itinerary

October 28
USA |ALEXANDRIA, Virginia | EMBARK

October 29
ALEXANDRIA | MOUNT VERNON | ALEXANDRIA

October 30
COLONIAL BEACH | FREDERICKSBURG

October 31
YORKTOWN | COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG | YORKTOWN

November 1
RICHMOND | BERKELEY and WESTOVER PLANTATIONS or PETERSBURG | RICHMOND

November 2
CRUISING THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY

November 3
NEW BERN, North Carolina

November 4
MOREHEAD CITY

November 5
WILMINGTON or FORT FISHER

November 6
CHARLESTON, South Carolina

November 7
CHARLESTON | DISEMBARK | RETURN HOME | DISEMBARK

Reservations

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Questions?

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