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Civil War Movie Tour Information
Visit authentic Civil War locations actually used or portrayed in television and film, including Cold Mountain, NBC's mini-series Gore Vidal's Lincoln and TNT's The Day Lincoln was Shot. Hear fascinating behind-the-scenes stories about the making of classic Civil War movies, Sommersby and God's and General both filmed throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Visit three of Virginia's premiere Civil War Parks, including: The Richmond National Battlefield Park Civil War Visitor's Center at Tredegar Iron Works, Petersburg National Battlefield and Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of the Civil War Soldier.
"There are now confined upon Belle Isle 10,500 Yankee prisoners, while nearly every factory and store-house in the lower part of the city is filled with them to the utmost capacity, and accessions are daily being made to their number, far exceeding those sent North by flag of truce boats."
Richmond Sentinel, 10/23/1863
The Richmond National Battlefield Park Civil War Visitor's Center at Tredegar Iron Works
Learn about the notorious Union prisoner of war camp. Visit the restored iron works factory that produced over 1100 cannon for the Confederate forces and 90 percent of the South's artillery ammunition. Explore three floors of exhibits of Civil War artifacts. Take photos of the beautiful life-size bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and his son, Tad, that commemorates the historic, but little known, visit that the 16th president made to Richmond on April 4, 1865.
"Riding down to Port Warwick from Richmond, the train begins to pick up speed on the outskirts of the city, past the tobacco factories with their ever-present haze of acrid, sweetish dust and past the rows of uniformly brown clapboard houses which stretch down the hilly street for miles. . ."
-- Lie Down In Darkness
William Styron
Historic Church Hill: View the oldest intact neighborhood in Richmond that contains the most antebellum structures in the city where many historic homes where used in the movies.
"Atlanta has Coca-Cola and 'Gone With the Wind.' Seattle has the Space Needle. Houston has oil. Richmond has Monument Avenue."
Monument Avenue: Enjoy a drive down beautiful Monument Avenue, known for its magnificent homes and Civil War monuments, including: General Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall Jackson, President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis and Major General J.E.B. Stuart among others. Considered one of America's most beautiful tree-lined boulevards, it has the honor of being the only street in the United States that is a National Historic Landmark.
"Crook, do you know I believe there are men who want to take my life? And I have no doubt they will do it. . . I know no one could do it and escape alive. But if it is to be done, it is impossible to prevent it."
-Abraham Lincoln to bodyguard, William H. Crook, on April 14, 1865
Historic Empire Theatre: See the historical theatre, host to theatrical luminaries Mary Pickford, Kit Carson and others, that was transformed into Ford's Theatre.
"Whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, the
people, if well informed, may be relied on to set them to rights."
--Thomas Jefferson to Richard Price, 1789.
Virginia State Capitol: Visit the stately Virginia State Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson, which stood for more than two hundred years as the active seat of Virginia's government. View the George Washington Equestrian monument, where President Lincoln gave an impromptu speech at the close of the Civil War, during his visit to Richmond, plus much more.
"The key to taking Richmond is Petersburg."
- General Ulysses S. Grant
Petersburg National Battlefield: Learn the emotionally moving incredible true story of the Battle of the Crater as portrayed in Cold Mountain.
It is well war is so terrible - lest we should grow fond of it."
- General Robert E. Lee
Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of the Civil War Solider: Enjoy an included lunch and the rest of your afternoon at Pamplin Historical Park. Considered America's premier Civil War Park, it offers the perfect combination of high-tech museums and hands-on Civil War experiences. Test your knowledge of the Civil War through interactive computer games. Pay a visit to a wartime plantation, reflecting both civilian tastes and those of a wartime occupant. Explore a recreated military encampment and watch troops go through a rifle drill or demonstrate the firing of a Civil War cannon. Explore a critical battlefield to discover picket posts, house sites and original Confederate fortifications.
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