Itinerary 2: Overland Campaign

Day 1

American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar — Explore the war from three essential perspectives -- Union, Confederate and African-American. Allow 1 hour.
Richmond National Battlefield Park Civil War Visitor Center — Stroll next door where a Park Ranger will orient you to the Region’s surrounding battlefields and introduce the story of Richmond during the Civil War. Allow 90 minutes.

Follow our Civil War Trails markers to the following sites. Allow 2 hours.

North Anna Battlefield Park — Offers an interpreted walking trail among some nicely preserved Confederate earthworks on the south side of the river. Located on Route 684 west of US Route 1. Tour information available at the Fredericksburg and Richmond national parks and at the Ashland Visitor Center.
Cold Harbor — A visitor center is open at this site, famous for the bloody dawn Union attack on June 3, 1864. A mile-long walking trail winds its way through both the Union and Confederate lines, scene of trench warfare during early June 1864. The electronic map is excellent.

Museum and White House of the Confederacy — Explore the most comprehensive collection of military, political and domestic artifacts from the Confederacy. Then take a guided tour of the White House, the Civil War residence of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Allow 1 hour for the museum, 1 hour for the White House.
Chimborazo Medical Museum — Chimborazo Hospital was the Civil War's largest medical facility. Hear the vivid stories of the doctors, nurses and more than 75,000 Confederate soldiers who received treatment here. Allow 45 minutes.

Follow our Civil War Trails markers to the following sites. Allow 2 hours.

Trevilian Station and Louisa Court House — Two large forces clashed on June 11–12, 1864, near Trevilian Station on the Virginia Central Railroad near Louisa Court House.