2012 - 62nd Tour
“THE CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN ”

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Note: Tour scheduled for May 2 - May 6, 2012.

WEDNESDAY, May 2, 2012
Arrive in Chattanooga, Tennessee … Fly in from Chicago.
Base Hotel: Doubletree Hotel, Chattanooga, 407 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402, 423-756-5150
We will be at this hotel every night.
For details & directions: www.chattanooga.doubletree.com

*Shuttle/Taxis are available from the hotel. CWRT shuttle buses scheduled.
*Dinner Wednesday night and all breakfasts are “on your own.”
Ed Bearss is our Chief Guide in Bus #1 and Jim Ogden is Bus #2 Guide.

THURSDAY, May 3, 2012 - Buses load at 7:30AM & depart at 8:00AM
Visit the opening of the campaign, with stops at Stevenson, Bridgeport, Battle Creek, McLemore's Cove and then on to the Chickamauga.  Around the park we will stop at Crawfish Spring, Lee & Gordon's Mill, Alexander's Bridge and Reed's Bridge.
Lunch at the Widow Davis House at McLemore's Cove.

Dinner at Base Hotel, cash bar.

FRIDAY, May 4, 2012 - Buses load at 7:30AM & depart at 8:00AM
We return to Chickamauga, and visit the Visitor's Center, Jay's Mill, Winfrey Field, Viniard Field, Union left, Longstreet's attack, Snodgrass Hill. Lunch at Park Place.

Dinner at Base Hotel, cash bar

SATURDAY, May 5, 2012 - Buses load at 7:30AM & depart at 8:00AM
We follow the Siege and Battle of Chattanooga with stops at Lookout Mountain, Point Park, Wauhatchie Valley, Brown's Ferry, Orchard Knob and Tunnel Hill. Lunch cruise to Brown's Ferry on the Southern Belle, with a Dinner Cruise and Fun Night on the Southern Belle. Cash bar.

SUNDAY, May 6, 2012 - Buses load at 7:30AM & depart at 8:00AM
Chattanooga Campaign with a tour of Missionary Ridge, and the National Cemetery.
“End-of-Tour” Box-Lunch at Base Hotel, no sooner than 1:00PM. (Eat-in/Take-with.)

* Do not plan your return flight before 3:00PM.

*This tour itinerary is subject to change.
*Cost of tour: to be announced. Advance subscription to guarantee a place on the tour is strongly recommended. You can secure your place on the tour for a $100 deposit.

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Our past and future Battlefield Tour destinations:

1951: Nashville, Franklin, Chickamauga & Cumberland
         Gap
1952: Antietam, Gettysburg & Harpers Ferry
1953: Peninsular Campaign, Richmond & Williamsburg
1954: Shiloh & Vicksburg
1955: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness
         & Spotsylvania
1956: Chattanooga & Atlanta Campaigns
1957: Shenandoah Valley
1958: Fort Donelson, Nashville, Franklin & Stone's
         River
1959: Charleston & Savannah
1960: Richmond & Manassas
1961: Vicksburg
1962: Gettysburg, Antietam & Harpers Ferry
1963: Richmond
1964: New Orleans
1965: Chattanooga & Cumberland Gap
1966: Washington, D.C.
1967: Missouri & Arkansas
1968: Fredericksburg
1969: Shiloh & Northern Mississippi
1970: Charleston
1971: Shenandoah Valley
1972: Vicksburg
1973: Gettysburg
1974: Chattanooga & Chickamauga
1975: Richmond & Petersburg
1976: Manassas & Antietam
1977: Middle Tennessee
1978: Fredericksburg
1979: Shiloh & Northern Mississippi
1980: Shenandoah Valley
1981: Vicksburg
1982: Gettysburg
1983: Chattanooga & Chickamauga
1984: Washington, D.C. & Northern Virginia
1985: Petersburg & Appomattox
1986: 1962 Peninsular Campaign
1987: Trans-Mississippi
1988: Chancellorsville
1989: Atlanta Campaign
1990: 1862 Maryland Campaign, with a focus on
         Antietam
1991: Shiloh
1992: Gettysburg
1993: Vicksburg
1994: Shenandoah Valley -- Spring; Kentucky -- Fall
1995: Charleston, South Carolina
1996: Chickamauga & Chattanooga
1997: 1862 Richmond Campaign
1998: North Carolina
1999: Fredericksburg
2000: Middle Tennessee
2001: Antietam, Maryland
2002: Trans-Mississippi
2003: Gettysburg                                       Photos
2004: Atlanta Campaign
2005: Vicksburg Campaign                            Photos
2006: Manassas & Mosby                             Photos
2007: Washington, D.C. & Booth Trail             Photos
2008: Shiloh & Corinth                                 Photos
2009: Kentucky & Lincoln                             Photos
2010: Richmond 1864, Overland Campaign       Photos
2011: Petersburg & Appomattox                    Photos
2012: Chickamauga & Chattanooga               Register
2013: Antietam
2014: Gettysburg
2015: Middle Tennessee

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