ACW tourism: Nashville to Atlanta

[ChrisBBB]

Last month I had the pleasure of five days touring six battlefields between Nashville and Atlanta. These will be familiar to many readers of this forum but not to all. I've done a blog post, not as a comprehensive travelogue/guidebook, but as a taster to encourage others to explore this tract of territory that is so rich in Civil War History, hence I hope a light read and not too long:
https://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2024/12/acw-battlefields-between-nashville-and.html

[FierceKitty]

ACW tourists - remember that marching is mandatory while in Georgia.

[ChrisBBB]

ACW tourists - remember that marching is mandatory while in Georgia.

That's true - it's a bloody long walk through the Atlanta airport terminal.

[CapnJim]

Nice blog.  I've been to Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and Stones River. 

Kennesaw Mountain and Resaca may be in the cards this spring, when my brother and I will be knocking around central(ish) Georgia...

[ChrisBBB]

Thanks, CapnJim. I hope your Georgia expedition happens and you have a great time. If you do go to Kennesaw Mountain and Resaca, be prepared to do some walking and climbing.

[Hitman]

One thing you did not mention seeing was the Andersonville Prison, cemetery and nearby POW National Museum located in Andersonville, Georgia about 100 miles south of Atlanta. Andersonville also has a small ACW museum wirh donation as an entry fee. My wife and I visited all of these 2 years ago in Early December. It was a very slobbering experience. The little museum had a 1/72 (maybe a bit smaller) small scale diorama as well as artifacts from the prison and the war itself. We watched an episode on America's Prisons just a couple of weeks ago on the History Channel and it was all about Anersonville Prison.

[ChrisBBB]

Thanks for the tip, Hitman. Andersonville wasn't on our route this time, but clearly worth a visit.

[CapnJim]

Hmm.  Andersonville might have to make our list...

[Lascaris]

Thanks much for the travel blog! I thought I knew all the big battles of the ACW but somehow Resaca slipped right by me. Now it's on the bucket list to visit.

[ChrisBBB]

You're welcome, Lascaris. Yes, Resaca is surprisingly invisible!