Parker Hills

Why take a tour?

It's one thing to read a book, it's another to watch a film. It's an entirely different experience to visit the hallowed ground where history occurred. We take you to that hallowed ground and bring its meaning alive.
We emphasize the historical context and highlight the campaign strategies to allow you to get to the why of any battle rather than merely learning the what.
We cover topics like "the face of secession" as we travel the South Carolina Low Country, Grant's Road to Destiny in Vicksburg, the Fugitive Slave Law and the impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the world psyche, and a serious study of leadership in the Gettysburg Campaign. See our Civil War Tour Schedule.

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Looking at the river from the fortifications near Trophy Point above the river.

Looking at the river from the fortifications near Trophy Point. Only by looking from both directions was the superiority and critical nature of the plains at West Point obvious.

Join us to experience the history of the United States as you can in no other way, touring the locations where the events happened, led by experts who share their detailed knowledge of what occurred, why it mattered then and why it matters now.

Since 1994, the Blue and Gray Education Society has been America’s Leading Nonprofit, Civil War Educational Organization. Now, entering Our 19th Year we’ve put together a schedule that focuses on the American Civil War, with tours covering Grant in Vicksburg, Stonewall Jackson in Winchester, Virginia, the battles of Bull Run, Stones River and the Kentucky Campaign.

Grant's 1963 Bayou Campaign

BGES goes and takes clients where no one else dares go--here we are in the back roads of Mississippi following Grant's 1863 Bayou Expeditions.

This year is the bicentennial of the War of 1812, and we are offering a program covering it, The War of 1812, Washington in Flames. We also continue to broaden our offerings with tours covering “America’s First Civil War”, the American Revolution featuring The Yorktown Campaign and the US Army after the Civil War, featuring Custer’s Last Stand.

See our 2012 Schedule of American Civil War Tours.