High value, professionally guided, full day, targeted and focused tour de force!

TRT’s Civil War – Carolinas Campaign Tour take you on a “real” battlefield experience. You will learn, see and experience the day to day life of a soldier on this tour. Become a part of a “day in the life” of a Civil Was soldier. Your guide, a veteran of the military and professional war tourism guide for over 18 years is RET Lt. Colonel Fred Burt. Fred possesses the unique blend of military experience as well as a Civil War re-enactor. He also brings along authentic uniforms, munitions, rifles & weaponry to ensure that your experience is as “real” as it gets. Fred is also a Captain in the 26^th North Carolina Regiment (NCT). The 26^th was the largest regiment in General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia during the Gettysburg Campaign. Visit www.26NC.org to learn more.

Preparation for the Carolinas Campaign – Battle of Bentonville Tour:
After making his famous “March to the Sea” to Savannah, Ga., in late 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman cast his eyes northward toward the Carolinas and a possible link-up with Gen. U.S. Grant, who then was tightening his noose around Gen. Robert E. Lee at Petersburg, Va.

Sherman’s army of 60,000 entered South Carolina in February 1865 and moved quickly north, burning the capital at Columbia and destroying and looting countless civilian farms and plantations.

Entering North Carolina the first week in March, Sherman marched toward Goldsboro, an important railroad junction sitting on what had been “Lee’s Lifeline.” Union forces quickly captured Fayetteville and burned the arsenal there. Confederate resistance at Averasboro was swept aside.

Confederate commander Gen. Joseph Johnston managed to assemble a force large enough to put up a fight at Bentonville March 19–21, but the weight of Sherman’s advance eventually overwhelmed him.

Johnston withdrew, his army ending up west of Raleigh. After more than a week of negotiation near Durham, Johnston surrendered his troops April 26, 1865.

This tour is on-demand. A minimum enrollment of 10 guests and a maximum of 13 guests per tour please.  Tickets must be purchased in advance. For larger groups, private VIP and charter tours, please contact Tobacco Road Tours directly at (919) 371.2653 or TRTservice@tobaccoroadtours.com

Please note gratuity is not included in the ticket price. Our guides appreciate gratuities or TIPS where earned. Please also note that this is a 7 plus hour tour and our guide brings along Civil War weaponry, uniforms and paraphanalia

Please Contact us for private VIP, group rates or corporate services.

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