Following is the event release from the tour planners...


Murder at the Galt House!

General killed by another General and will not be charged!

Five Thousand Louisville Residents Witnesses Hanging of Prisoner!


Louisville During the Civil War Bus Tour

On Saturday, October 10th, the Louisville Historical League will be sponsoring a motor coach tour entitled “Louisville and the Civil War”. Noted Civil War historian Bryan Bush, author of the book “Louisville and the Civil War” as well as an Louisville Historical League Board member, will be the tour guide for this fascinating journey back through time to Louisville between 1861 to 1865.

The tour will start at 8 am and last till about 2 pm and will include a talk at the National Cemetery in Cave Hill Cemetery.

Other locations will include:

Louisville’s infamous and secretive military prison which housed men, women, and children.

Louisville’s Crittenden hospital, which housed thousand of Union soldiers.

The site of the Galt House where Generals William Sherman and U. S. Grant planned the campaign that would end the war and the location of the murder of Union General William "Bull" Nelson.

The site were the Union army hanged the infamous guerilla Sue Mundy, which was witnessed by five thousand Louisville citizens.

The Jefferson County Courthouse which became Kentucky’s state capitol in 1862 and secretly housed five thousand weapons for the Union army.

The cost is $25. Snacks will be provided. To RSVP, send a check for $25 payable to the “Louisville Historical League” to P O Box 6061, Louisville, Kentucky 40206. For more information, email the League at LouHist@Hotmail.com. This tour will fill up quickly, so RSVP today!

Steve Magruder — LouHI Administrator and web programmer


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I have just created a Facebook event for this bus tour. If you plan on going, and you want a good way to tell all your friends about it, please RSVP at this Facebook event, and then invite your friends.

Note: RSVPs won't secure the reservation. The only way to do that is by sending $25 for each attendee to the address in the first post above.

Also meant to mention that at this event, Bryan will be selling/signing his book Louisville and the Civil War: A History & Guide.

Parking and Starting Point information just got added to the Facebook event:

The parking will be at the old Mercy High School several blocks down from Cave Hill Cemetery. The tour will begin at Cave Hill at 8 am and then we board the bus at 9:30 am for the driving part of the tour.

stevemagruder wrote:

Parking and Starting Point information just got added to the Facebook event: The parking will be at the old Mercy High School several blocks down from Cave Hill Cemetery. The tour will begin at Cave Hill at 8 am and then we board the bus at 9:30 am for the driving part of the tour.

The parking and starting point information has been changed in the Facebook event. It now reads as follows:

The parking will be at the Concordia Lutheran Church parking lot at Broadway and Barrett. Participants can also park in the lot behind the old Mercy school but we could not secure permission to use the school's parking lot.

The tour will begin at Cave Hill at 8 am and then we go to Concordia Lutheran Church to board the bus at 9:45 am for the driving part of the tour.

I was just informed by Bryan Bush that the deadline for RSVPing for the event (including sending a check or money order to address above) is October 1, 2009.

Bryan Bush, who is leading the Louisville During the Civil War Bus Tour, just told me the bus is half full — which means we have another half to fill!

Here's more from Bryan himself:

"The clock is ticking down and the tour will soon be here. I am real excited about the tour and thankful for the cooperation the sites we will be visiting have given me. Remember that there are only 55 spots on the bus, so send in your reservation check as soon as possible. Also, even though I will have snacks on the bus, you may want to bring a lunch with you on the bus, since we will be going non-stop from 8 am until 2 PM."

To RSVP, send a check for $25 payable to the “Louisville Historical League” to P O Box 6061, Louisville, Kentucky 40206. For more information, email the League at LouHist@Hotmail.com.

The RSVP deadline is October 1.

Hope to see you all there, and a full bus!

Looks now like i could go, but not sure I'd want to park that far away from the cemetery.

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Bedford wrote:

Looks now like i could go, but not sure I'd want to park that far away from the cemetery.

Well, I would say you can park anywhere it's legal to park. The parking the tour has set up is for everyone's convenience so that they don't have to go around hunting for a spot.

The Courier-Journal released an article about the tour today: "Historical League to hold Civil War tour"