Personal Itineraries

Go beyond the names and legends of the Region’s battle sites. Our museums and historical sites also tell the personal stories of the men and women who lived through America’s most dire conflict.

Itinerary 1: Prisoners and Spies

Stand on Belle Isle in the James River where the Belle Isle Prison incarcerated nearly 100,000 enlisted men. Visit the site of Libby Prison and the former home of Elizabeth Van Lew, famous Union Spy.
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Reconciliation Statue

Itinerary 2: From Slavery to Freedom

Visits the sites that tell the stories of enslaved Africans who were bought and sold on the river. The Richmond Slave Trail beings on the south side of the James River at Ancarrow’s Landing and ends a little more than three miles later at the First African Baptist Church near Main and 15th streets.

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Itinerary 3: Confederate Commanders (Lee & Davis)

Visit the sites that tell the stories of two leaders of the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee and President Jefferson Davis. Travel down Richmond’s beautiful Monument Avenue to view the statues that memorialize these leaders.
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