Battlefield Tour Series
American Civil War | World War I & World War II
TRT offers a series of different Battlefield Tours for historical and educational purposes
Tours are available for group sales
Check the calendar for scheduled Battlefield Tour trips for individual sign up
Travel planning isn’t always an easy task for groups. There’s a lot to consider such transportation, hotels, site entries, meals, and more, and it all has to fall in line for the trip to work for everyone’s enjoyment. If you’re not up for that task, we would like to take that on that task for your group and save you time and frustration trying to do the planning on your own. A Traveler’s Rest representative will assist you through the whole process from planning to returning safely home with your group.
School class trips – Band trips – Scouting groups – Theater groups – Church groups – Bank groups – Reunion groups – Military groups – Park district groups – Scholar groups – Senior groups
Freedom isn’t free, many served, and some gave all!
TRT celebrates freedom and honors those who served and those who gave all by making sure these histories are remembered regardless of the conflict
A Traveler’s Rest rep will assist you through the entire process
- Any Battlefield Tour can be customized for your own group for your own travel date and includes the battlefields, historical sites, and programs of your choice.
- Battlefield monuments, military units, or sites of events relative to your group can be highlighted.
- Wreath-laying ceremonies can be arranged.
- Contact TRT to discuss the possibilities for your group!
- Veterans – Military – Reenactors – Associations – Clubs – Schools.
- Our Battlefield Tours are led by qualified and knowledgeable tour guides with knowledge of the represented battlefields.
- TRT also utilizes National Park Service, local and regional expert guides as needed to make sure that your Battlefield Tour is the best experience possible.
“War is Hell” – General William T. Sherman
Cost of Tours
There’s a number of factors that influence the cost of experience tours; gas prices, entry fees, program costs, food prices, etc. We want your business, so we work to give you the experience tour that you would expect, but also to keep our prices low and competitive.
Typically Included in the price:
- Deluxe motor coach transportation
- On board tour guide on arrival
- Hotel/hot breakfast
- All site/activity entry fees
- Travel insurance
- Lunch/dinner options
List of Battlefield Tours
American Civil War:
- Grant’s Tennessee
Ft. Donelson – Shiloh – Corinth National Battlefield – Ft. Pillow State Park - Battles for Nashville
Ft. Pillow State Park – Ft. Negley Historic Site – Stone’s River National Battlefield – Battle of Franklin Trust – Belmont Plantation – Travel’s Rest Plantation - Chattanooga & Chickamauga
Battle for Lookout Mountain – Missionary Ridge National Battlefield – Chickamauga National Battlefield – National Medal of Honor Museum - Sherman Battles for Atlanta
Stone Mountain State Park – Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield - Sherman’s March to the Sea
Stone Mountain State Park – Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefields – Battle of Jonesboro – The March Historical Markers – Savannah – Andersonville Prison
National Park - Missouri Battlefields
Pilot Knob State Park – Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield – Pea Ridge National Battlefield – Battle of Westport Driving Tour – Lone Jack – National WW I Museum - Grierson’s Mississippi Raid
Memphis – Raider Route – Natchez Antebellum Homes – Vicksburg National Battlefield – Brice’s Road’s Crossroads Battlefield - The Civil War Ends
Petersburg National Battlefields – Richmond National Battlefields – Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park - Lee’s Northern Invasion
Antietam – Harper’s Ferry – Gettysburg - Bloody Battlefields of Virginia
Manassas – Fredericksburg – Chancellorsville – Spotsylvania Courthouse
Britain and Europe
World War I
- Americans and the Ardennes
Paris – Reims - Battle for France
Paris – Reims – Verdun – Luxembourg
World War II
- London Blitzkrieg
All London - London Blitzkrieg and Normandy Landings
London – Calais – Normandy – Caen - Paris Liberation and Landing Beaches
Paris – Caen – Normandy - Blitzkrieg and Liberation
London – Paris – Normandy – Caen - Heart of the Third Reich
Munich – Berchtesgaden – Salzburg – Mauthausen - Battle of the Bulge
Luxembourg – Bastogne – Brussels - The Fall of the Third Reich
All Berlin - VE Day
Arnhem – Amsterdam - WW II Masterpiece
London – Paris – Normandy – Luxembourg – Munich – Salzburg