Georgia
When Lee surrendered at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, no one in Georgia knew it yet. For another month, Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson's cavalry stormed across the state, and the last major battles of the Civil War were fought here — days after the war was, on paper, already over. This driving trail follows the collapse from the last fort to fall, through the last major land battle east of the Mississippi, to the dissolution of the Confederate government and the capture of Jefferson Davis himself.
Wilson's Raid & the Fall of the Confederacy is a self-guided driving tour of Columbus / Macon / Irwinville, built around its civilwar side.
The walk covers 6 stops over about 390.0 miles and roughly 9 hours, entirely at your own pace. Each stop's story unlocks on your phone the moment you arrive — GPS-triggered, hands-free, no guide and no tour group to keep up with.