Learn of Wilmington's Storied Past and historic architecture with our

"Civil War Wilmington Walking Tours"

Phone 910.619.4619

(Tours begin at the foot of Market St on the Cape Fear River)

John Bernhard Thuersam, historian

Author:

"Key West's Civil War:

Rather Unsafe for a Southern Man to Live Here"

and

"Plymouth's Civil War:

The Destruction of a North Carolina Town, 1864"

(Both available from Amazon.com)

Call or email to schedule your 1.5 hour tour. Tours are $250

for up to 3 persons age 14-up; each additional is $40.

Custom individualized tours are available upon request.

Learn of Wilmingtonian's viewpoints during the

secession crisis of 1860-1861, local centers

of secession spirit like Louis Erambert's pharmacy;

Unionist spirit and sentiment; seizures of local

forts by militia in 1861, the fortification of Wilmington

after war began, Wilmington's defenses, site of Rose

Greenhow's funeral, Cape Fear District headquarters,

ironclad construction and launch sites,

and the battle for Wilmington in 1865.

We utilize visual aids to include historic images and original

sketches of historic buildings to show

Wilmington "as it was" before and after the War.

We pass various stylistic interpretations include Greek, Gothic,

and Italianate Revivals, plus hybrids of Classical Revivals and

early skyscrapers detailed with their classical base, shafts and

entablatures &vrichly adorned with classical frieze treatments.

Custom Fort Fisher tours are also available, call for pricing.

This unique tour is perfect for those wishing an

in-depth and scholarly view of Wilmington history of

this era, and who seek more than a supericial walk through

Wilmington's Historic District. We stroll past the 18th, 19th and

early 20th century buildings which exemplify Wilmington's

very rich architectural history.

Private, personalized, in-depth tours available

on request, also step-on services, please call for pricing.