The Civil War’s Generals: The Best of the Blue and Gray

Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 10:00 AM

Historian Edward Bonekemper examines his selections of the best Union and Confederate generals of the Civil War—looking at their strategies, tactics, audacity, and impacts on the war's outcome and discusses the campaigns and battles of each.

The Civil War Siege of Petersburg
All-Day Tour

Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 7:30 AM

Guided by Civil War historian Ed Bearss, participants on this tour stop first at the Petersburg National Battlefield visitors center. Bearss then leads a walk of the Battery 5 area, the strongest fortification on the original Confederate line.

The Civil War North of the James River
Full-Day Tour

Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 7:30 AM

Led by Civil War historian Ed Bearss, this tour visits Richmond’s Monument Avenue and Hollywood Cemetery, and ventures out to sites along the James River just east of the city where a number of significant Civil War actions took place in 1862 and 1864.