WHITE STAR BATTLEFIELD TOURS
WHITE STAR BATTLEFIELD TOURS
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Our
Mission Statement
White Star Battlefield
Tours offers guide service through the Chickamauga - Chattanooga National
Military Park as well as Civil War battlefields south to Atlanta. Americans
have always been interested in the Civil War, and this interest has been
growing over the years stimulated, in part, by such productions as Ken Burns'
PBS Civil War series and the movie Gettysburg. Last year 1.1 million people
visited the Chickamauga - Chattanooga National Military Park. Despite the
increasing interest in our history, my experience as a historian and museum
director tells me that there is not a corresponding knowledge of our history.
Many people visit our nation’s historical sites, especially battlefields,
and come away with little sense of what occurred. With the numerous monuments,
markers, and cannons seemingly pointed in every direction, it is a daunting
task at best. Here is where White Star Tours can help.
White Star is owned and
operated by myself, Richard L. Manion, MA. I earned a Masters degree in
American history from Bowling Green State University and have managed military
history museums in Michigan and Tennessee for the past ten years. I have also
taught college-level American history and political science courses. My
academic interest is in mid-nineteenth America with emphasis on the Civil War
and have several publications in that area.
History is best remembered
if it can somehow become personal. Along with explaining the strategy and
tactics of battle, I bring home to the listener the human drama with stories
of the common soldier. Battles are not fought by generals but by ordinary
people doing extraordinary things. One hundred and thirty-five years ago most
of us would not be presidents or high-ranking military officers, but privates,
non- commissioned officers, and junior grade officers - the ones charged with
doing the fighting. If a visitor gets a sense of what those lives were like,
the lives they would probably be living if they were there, the historical
site or battlefield will have a greater impact on them. Providing that sense
is what White Star Battlefield Tours does best. Please
call on me if you are planning a trip to Chattanooga and your plans include
visiting the National Military Parks. I
will be happy to assist you. Tour
arrangements can be made through this web site or by calling 888.828.1864. |
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Chickamauga - - "...A mad irregular battle, very much resembling guerilla
warfare
on a vast scale, in which one army was bushwhacking the other..."
--- Brigadier General John Basil Turchin, USV, commander, 3rd Brigade, 4th
Division, XIV Army Corps
Army of the Cumberland, USA, at the battle of Chickamauga
Visit White Star
Battlefield Tours @ www.battlefieldguide.com
or @ www.whitestarbattlefieldtours.com
