Wednesday
|
12:30-5:30 P.M. |
Travel to hotel, Vicksburg, MS |
5:30-6:30 |
Ice breaker social |
6:30-7:30 |
Supper |
7:30-7:45 |
Introductions/seminar goals |
7:45-9:00 |
Slide presentation - "The Vicksburg Campaign" |
Thursday
|
6:30-7:30 A.M. |
Breakfast at hotel |
7:30-8:50 |
Travel historic routs of Tracy's and Baldwyn's Confederate
brigades to Hankinson's Ferry; travel to Grand Gulf |
8:50-9:30 |
Bowen's frustrations and victory at Grand Gulf; Grant's
flexibility at Grand Gulf |
9:30-9:50 |
Travel to ruins of Windsor, vicinity of Bruinsburg |
9:50-10:10 |
Grant at Bruinsburg |
10:10-10:20 |
Travel to Bethel Church |
10:20-10:40 |
Grant at Bethel Church |
10:40-11:00 |
Travel to historic Debbie's Restaurant, Port Gibson |
11:00-12:00 P.M. |
Lunch |
12:00-12:20 |
Drive to Shaifer House, Port Gibson battlefield |
12:20-12:50 |
Battle of Port Gibson; Grant and McClernand |
12:50-1:05 |
Drive to Willow Creek |
1:05-1:25 |
Battle of Port Gibson; Bowen's innovations |
1:25-1:40 |
Drive to Plantation Road |
1:40-1:55 |
Walk Confederate right flank |
1:55-2:20 |
Destruction of the Botetourt Artillery; Obenchain's
leadership |
2:20-2:35 |
Travel to Wintergreen Cemetery |
2:35-2:55 |
Wintergreen Cemetery; The Cost of Combat |
2:55-3:15 |
Travel to Grindstone Ford |
3:15-3:45 |
Walk to Grindstone Ford; Grant flanks Bowen |
3:45-4:05 |
Drive to Willow Springs |
4:05-4:15 |
Grant at Willow Springs |
4:15-4:25 |
Drive to Hankinson's Ferry |
4:25-4:40 |
Grant at Hankinson's Ferry; The Move Inland |
4:40-5:30 |
Drive to hotel, Vicksburg |
5:30-6:30 |
Social, free time |
6:30-7:30 |
Supper |
7:30-8:00 |
Civil War music |
Friday
|
6:30-7:30 A.M. |
Breakfast |
7:30-8:30 |
Lessons learned, group discussion |
8:30-8:45 |
Break |
8:45-9:30 |
Leadership styles, group discussion |
9:30-9:45 |
Break |
9:45-10:45 |
Ten Principles of Leadership |
10:45-12:00 |
Break; Discussion |
12:00- |
Lunch and travel |