Trip advice !

[KianGaf]

Already planning my next trip to the states in 2020 and could do with some advice for places of interest particularly CW of course. I'm going to start off in Atlanta, GA to see my friend then going through Alabama stopping in Birmingham perhaps ? , then into Mississippi possibly Tupelo , then to Memphis, TN. Then back into Mississippi down
Vicksburg way on to New Orleans, LA. Any advice much appreciated.

 

[UCVRelics]

How much time will you be spending. Also, when you come thru Birmingham let me know and @redbob and I will by you a cold Sam Adams.

 

[redbob]

How much time will you be spending. Also, when you come thru Birmingham let me know and @redbob and I will by you a cold Sam Adams.

Or a glass of Southern Table Wine- cold iced sweet tea w/lemon and a big plate of Bar B Que. And even though Tupelo is most famous for Elvis, there was Civil War action around there.

 

[jackt62]

If you are in Alabama, I recommend a visit to Montgomery, which has a number of important CW sites including the original White House of the Confederacy, and the state house chambers where the Confederate Congress first met.

 

[dlofting]

If you're in Mississippi I'd suggest going to Natchez...largest number of antebellum houses. If you're there during pilgrimage.... spring or fall, so much the better.

 

[archieclement]

If have time at the end, I always liked the stretch from NO to mobile. Ship Island, Beauvoir, Spanish Fort, Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan. Also beachfront casinos and excellent golf courses in Biloxi, and fresh gulf seafood along most the stretch

 

[KianGaf]

Doing a bit more homework, definitely going to go to Shiloh since I will be in it's vicinity.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

If you'll be in Memphis, don't miss the Mississippi River museum on "Mud Island" (which is actually a peninsula, but that's what it's called). In addition to that, there is the "Riverwalk," a scale model of the lower Mississippi in concrete with water running through it.

https://www.memphistravel.com/mississippi-river-museum-mud-island-park

 

[gjpratt]

Approximately 1 hour north of Birmingham is the site of the first encounter/battle between Abel Streight and Nathan Bedford Forrest in the latter's pursuit through northern Alabama -- Day's Gap. This was the most organized battle of the pursuit when both sides were at maximum strength. The landscape is largely unchanged and the battle can be followed easily. But what makes this detour worthwhile is the private Crooked Creek Museum just down the road from the battlefield. It is located on the very ground occupied by Forrest facing the rearguard action of Streight on the high ground of the opposite shore of the creek after the action at Day's Gap. Interestingly, the site of this engagement was erroneously located about a km to the west. It was not definitively located until the owner and proprietor of the museum bought the land and discovered pits and battle debris. The entire story of Forrest's pursuit of Streight is facinating if you have time to study it in detail.

 

[Seduzal]

May I suggest looking up most states have these! Just google Alabama Civil War Trails.

 

[Pollaco]

Its been years since I've been