Try Jack Thomson's Civil War Walking Tour
What better way to spend a couple hours on a summer day than with a walking tour. This isn't just any tour with a tour guide who speaks in a monotone voice from repeating the same thing over many times during the day. This tour comes with the tour guide who is recognized as a Civil War authority and who has studied the Civil War past of Charleston. Jack Thomson doesn't just tell you about the Civil War and Charleston, he describes it in such a way, that he takes you to Charleston during the Civil War.
This tour takes you to the time when the city of Charleston had been heavily shelled for 18 months by the Union forces. With the personalized tour, you will almost hear the shells and smell the smoke. The pictures you see, will put you in the same place and time of the actual event. History has never been described and experienced in such detail as through this tour.
You'll see events of the Civil War through the eyes of a young Confederate soldier who stood as a look out in the steeple of St. Michael's Church. The port city was virtually devastated when the Union and Confederate armies descended on the town. Thomson's personal collection of photographs will make this anything but an ordinary tour. Take the time to experience a bit of history that you wouldn't see on any other tour.
If you are a history buff or someone on your excursion is, this venue will delight and entertain, and even if you aren't big on history, you will enjoy the exhibits and the presentation of a year and a half of shelling during the Civil War. Make sure Jack Thomson's Walking Tour is a must see on your next visit to Charleston.
