On The Road:
2006 Book Tour

The Isbell family hit the road this summer to promote the release of the companion books, Vicksburg: Sentinels of Stone and Gettysburg: Sentinels of Stone throughout Tennessee, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Below is a summary of our progress. Links take you to photos taken at each stage.

Wednesday, June 28: Visit to the Chickamauga Battlefield.

Thursday, June 29: On Thursday (to the right), the family visited the D Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. It is an impressive monument to the "Greatest Generation" of American warriors on one of the most critical days of warfare.

Friday, June 30: Book signing at Charlottesville, Va., Barnes and Noble.

Saturday, July 1: Tim visited with Civil War author Jeff Shaara. The sign board at the American Civil War Museum on Steinwehr shows that Tim signed his books on Tuesday, July 4. Below that, Jeff reacts to the heft of the two Sentinels photo books. The photo below that shows Jeff graciously signing a copy of Gone for Soldiers for Tim.

Sunday, July 2: Tim signed at Farnsworth House Inn Bookshop in Gettysburg, Pa., with the help of his son, Patrick.

Monday, July 3: Tim signed books at Rupp House for the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg on Baltimore Pike.

Tuesday, July 4: Tim signed books at the American Civil War Museum and Gift Center on Steinwehr Avenue.

Wednesday, July 5: The Isbell family left Gettysburg for the first day's ride home. The photo at the top of the page shows one of our encounters along the back roads in Natural Bridge, Va., when we saw "Foamhenge." Yes, that's right.. Stonehenge rendered at actual size in foam. We had to stop for photos.

Thursday, July 6: The Isbells traveled from Wytheville, Va., to Columbia, Tenn., and visited Stone's River Battlefield.

Friday, July 7: The Isbell family drove from Columbia, Tenn., to Corinth, Miss., taking in the battlefield of Shiloh in Tennessee.