Civil War Bucket List

[dlavin]

Was musing over so many great threads here and started to put down on paper, places I'd like to visit, sort of a Bucket List for Civil War. I tried searching threads in case an idea like this was already being discussed, but found nothing.

First on my list would have to be Shiloh
Second, Vicksburg
Third - Spotsylvania
Fourth - Appomattox
Fifth - Monocacy (I used to commute out to western MD for a job and stopped once at Monocacy, but snow on the ground + wearing a suit didn't equal me staying long.

And of course, I could always go back to Gettysburg, Antietam.

What are yours?

 

[brass napoleon]

I've been to almost all the major battlefields in the Eastern theater, but only a few in the Western theater. Shiloh and Vicksburg are definitely at the top of my bucket too!

 

[Greg Taylor]

I've seen all the primary battlefields in the Eastern theater. In the West I have seen Shiloh and Chattanooga. That leaves Vicksburg at the top of my "Bucket List."

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

Pea Ridge - many times planned and... er... as many times put off. And how to get the Army to let me look at Monroe's Crossroads? That last must be a prime "big 'un that so far got away".

 

[JerseyBart]

1. The Overland Campaign
2. Vicksburg
3. Chancellorsville
4. Fredericksburg
5. Cover all the corps movements into Gettysburg and the retreat from Gettysburg

 

[Buckeye Bill]

(Wish List : Visiting in July)

* Parker's Crossroads
* Memphis Sites
* Fort Pillow

(Wish List)

* Honey Springs
* Mine Creek
* Port Hudson
* Mansfield
* Mobile Bay
* Malvern Hill
* Drewry's Bluff
* Cedar Mountain
* Brandy Station
* Kelly's Ford
* Five Forks
* Appomattox Campaign Sites

 

[nitrofd]

South Mountain and Harper's Ferry.then I would like to see Vicksburg.

 

[sflickinger]

I'm going to Stones river this summer for obvious reasons (Read signature line). I've been to Gettysburg and Antietam, but I would like to go again, as my kids were young. I would like to see Chickahominy. Nashville would be interesting too.

 

[Robin Evans]

(Wish List : Visiting in July)

* Parker's Crossroads
* Memphis Sites
* Fort Pillow

Be aware that West TN is all kinds of humid in July. Take ice water. I used to fish on the bank at Ft. Pillow. There were cotton mouth everywhere and snapping turtle. Couldn't use a stringer or you'd lose your fish to a snake or turtle every time. But if you stay away from the water's edge, you'll likely be OK. The Shiloh/Parker's Crossroads area is much more open. Are you staying in Jackson? If so, I recommend that you swing by Casey Jones Museum and the Old Country Store. They have a nice ice cream parlor and their fried green tomatoes are very good! They recently moved an Antebellum mansion onto the site as well.
http://www.caseyjones.com/OldCountryStore/index.html

 

[LittleGuy1864]

Stones River
Shiloh
Vicksburg

I only wished I was interested in the ACW when I lived down in the Panhandle of Florida, as I could have taken care of some of the more southern battlefields. Oh well, in the meantime, I'll knock out most of the Eastern theater battlefields while living where I am now.

Rebecca

 

[Jamieva]

Shiloh, Vicksburg, Franklin

 

[ole]

Shiloh, Vicksburg, Franklin

Shiloh will take at least two days. Make another full day for each of the other two.

 

[Lt.Drake]

1) Yellow Tavern
2) Blair's Landing
3) Antietam
4)Lookout Mountain
5)Probably back to Gettysburg for the 6th time.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Be aware that West TN is all kinds of humid in July. Take ice water. I used to fish on the bank at Ft. Pillow. There were cotton mouth everywhere and snapping turtle. Couldn't use a stringer or you'd lose your fish to a snake or turtle every time. But if you stay away from the water's edge, you'll likely be OK. The Shiloh/Parker's Crossroads area is much more open. Are you staying in Jackson? If so, I recommend that you swing by Casey Jones Museum and the Old Country Store. They have a nice ice cream parlor and their fried green tomatoes are very good! They recently moved an Antebellum mansion onto the site as well.
http://www.caseyjones.com/OldCountryStore/index.html

Thank you for the advice!

I live in the Ohio Valley of Southwest Ohio. We are very familiar with thick humidity.

We will be staying in Memphis near the grave site of Lt. General and Mrs. Nathan B. Forrest, CSA.

Bill

 

[bankerpapaw]

I took a too quick tour of Gettysburg. I would love to have three or four days with a knowledgeable guide to show me around.

 

[sflickinger]

Thank you for the advice!

I live in the Ohio Valley of Southwest Ohio. We are very familiar with thick humidity.

We will be staying in Memphis near the grave site of Lt. General and Mrs. Nathan B. Forrest, CSA.

Bill

I live near you and humidity is a way of life here. Although, when I went in the military, I found that the south has a humidity you can cut with a knife. I thought I was good, but man, that's some thick, hot, air. At least we're semi-acclimated.

 

[civilwarincolor]

OK, so #1 on my CW bucket list would have to be:

The Lincoln Bedroom. Don't care if it was not a bedroom at the time, don't care if Lincoln didn't actually stayed there. It was his office at the time (see here). It also has an original handwritten copy of the Gettysburg address, can't get much more Civil War than that!

Sure there are some battlefields I would like to visit, but a night in the Lincoln Bedroom would be so great!

 

[Buckeye Bill]

I live near you and humidity is a way of life here. Although, when I went in the military, I found that the south has a humidity you can cut with a knife. I thought I was good, but man, that's some thick, hot, air. At least we're semi-acclimated.

lolololol

 

[Jamieva]

1) Yellow Tavern
2) Blair's Landing
3) Antietam
4)Lookout Mountain
5)Probably back to Gettysburg for the 6th time.

Yellow Tavern i hate to burst your bubble but it's basically just a roadside marker. The actual battlefield is mostly private property (residential)

 

[civilwarincolor]

I live near you and humidity is a way of life here. Although, when I went in the military, I found that the south has a humidity you can cut with a knife. I thought I was good, but man, that's some thick, hot, air. At least we're semi-acclimated.

When I was in High School my Dad was stationed in Atlanta (Air Force) and I got used to the humidity. For the last 15 years though I have been living a block from the ocean in a part of California that rarely sees temps about 70-75 even at the height of summer.

Last year I was on a business trip and had the chance to go to the Petersburg battlefield. At the end of my visit I stopped at the visitor center to get directions. I got out of the car walked 100 yards over to a display of a redoubt and then walked to the visitors center to ask my question. I guess when I walked in I was pouring sweat (it was about 95 with 90+% humidity). When I started to ask my question (how to get to Centerpoint) two of the rangers asked if I was OK and offered to get me a chair. I was not feeling exerted in anyway, just dying from the humidity. I think they thought I was about to have a heart attack.

Don't know how I ever got used to that when I was a kid.