Gustavus alumni, parents, and friends are experiencing Antietam, Gettysburg and Washington D.C. with Gustavus Alumnus and Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War Historian Dr. James McPherson from October 20 to 26, 2013. This 7-day Gustavus study tour combines learning, exploring, leisure, lecture, and food with special touches, all led by a distinguished alum.
This seven day experience begins in our nation’s capital, Washington D.C. From there, the group will travel to some of the most famous and most infamous battlefields and inns of the Civil War including Shepherdstown, Harper’s Ferry, Antietam, and Gettysburg, where President Lincoln gave his famous Address. From Gettysburg the group loops back to Washington D.C.