Robert E. Lee, William T. Sherman, Spies, Soldiers, Africans, Irish, Blockade Runners, Cotton Merchants, Civil War Ghosts, and a diversity of Civil War Savannah civilians combine in one of the most unique commemorative Civil War tour events in the country. Panoramic walking tours of war, intrigue, love, and desperate days on the Civil War Savannah home front. King Cotton and the money trail, secret slave schools and auction sites, Savannah’s Civil War Women, Cotton factor buildings, naval battle sites, Sherman’s headquarters, Hardee’s Confederate headquarters and more. Live Period Civil War music provided for special events.
N. Central Tour departs Johnson Square at 10 am
1.5 hours. Adults — $30. Ages 10 to 15 — $20
S. Central Tour departs Madison Square at 2 pm
1.5 hours. Adults – $35. Ages 10-15 — $25
(Includes admission to Andrew Low House.)
Take Both Tours. Receive $5.00 off per person.
Looking for a Ghosts of Civil War Savannah Walking Tour? We have added it to our Savannah Ghosts Walks! Call 912-508-1234.
CIVIL WAR SAVANNAH PUBLICATIONS
Civil War Savannah : Volume One
First volume in preservationist-historian, Barry Sheehy’s Civil War Savannah Series. Striking photographs and resident descriptions of over 400 Savannah antebellum homes and buildings. From home front to the killing fields and the race
against rampant development of Savannah’s surrounding battlefields and defense works. With Vaughnette-Goode Walker. 100% of book sales support Historic Savannah Foundation preservation efforts.
Civil War Savannah : Volume Two
Brokers, Bankers, and Bay Lane:
Inside the Slave Trade
The Beehive Foundation/Beehive Press
Historian-Preservationist leader Mills B. Lane’s award-winning books on Georgia history include high-caliber publications of Savannah Civil War era topics. Unforgettable.
A Present for Mr. Lincoln: The Story of Savannah from Secession to Sherman by Savannah Historian, Judge Alexander Lawrence
Civil War Savannah by Derek Smith
For Savannahians, Georgia history buffs, and all who relish tales of the Civil War, this work provides a glimpse into the lives of the women and men who forever will be associated with Savannah. Beginning with secession fever in 1860, the author leads us through Robert E. Lee’s sojourn in Savannah, the building of the ironclads, the fall of Fort Pulaski and Fort McAllister, Sherman’s march to the sea, and the death of the Confederacy in 1865.
Savannah in the Old South by Walter J. Fraser Jr. one of Georgia’s finest historians. A Classic in the field and an invaluable Civil War Savannah resource.
Saving Savannah by Jacqueline Jones
A comprehensive thesis on Civil War Savannah
PARTNER TOURS
Footprints of Savannah Walking Tours
Follow the Footprints of Savannah with historian-preservationist, Vaughnette Goode-Walker while exploring the city’s tragic business of slavery, CW Savannah era history, and Savannah preservation. Site visits include the City Market, Factor’s Walk, Bay Lane, and the Freedman’s School. Not to be missed!
Saving Savannah by Jacqueline Jones
A comprehensive thesis on Civil War Savannah
PARTNER TOURS
Footprints of Savannah Walking Tours
Follow the Footprints of Savannah with historian-preservationist, Vaughnette Goode-Walker while exploring the city’s tragic business of slavery, CW Savannah era history, and Savannah preservation. Site visits include the City Market, Factor’s Walk, Bay Lane, and the Freedman’s School. Not to be missed!