Pennsylvania - Gettysburg - Colonel Henry Ryerson Civil War Round Table SPRING TOUR – 2019
Saturday, April 13 trip to Gettysburg Colonel Henry Ryerson Civil War Round Table SPRING TOUR – 2019 Lee’s Retreat and Meade’s Pursuit Our Spring Tour this year will take place on Saturday, April 13, starting at 9 A.M. Mark your calendars! Make your room reservations now! Defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee was left with the difficult task of having to withdraw his battered army back across the Potomac and to the relative safety of Virginia. In the ten days between July 4 th and the 14 th , 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia made its way out of Pennsylvania and across Maryland, pursued by the Army of the Potomac. Several brisk skirmishes occurred as the Union Army sought to cut off the retreating rebels. Although Lee ultimately slipped away, it was not without further losses to his army and his supply train. Join us as we follow in the path of Lee’s retreat after Gettysburg...