Civil War Era Walking Tour

Take a trip through the most historic district in New York City! Visit a city torn apart by ethnic, economic and political differences, a city on the verge of its own civil war.

Hear about NYC's changing role in the Civil War, from opposition to President Lincoln's policies to supporting and financing the war effort.

We'll discuss the abolitionist publisher of the NY Tribune, Horace Greeley; Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, the pastor who displayed John Brown's chains to his congregation at the Broadway Tabernacle; Daniel Sickles, the first to claim temporary insanity as a defense of murder, and many more..

Some of the sites we'll visit: Delmonico's Restaurant, Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel, Tweed Courthouse, City Hall, NY Stock Exchange, Federal Hall National Monument, Merchant's Exchange , and India House

Patriot Tours, Inc. specializes in daily historic tours that focus on specific eras of New York City's past. We have been conducting tours since Spring, 2005. Meticulous research is done for all of our tours. Every event is true and every person is real. Stories are taken from newspaper and eyewitness accounts, as well as historic texts. Our research is ongoing so that we may continue to refine and improve our tours.