Be sure to fasten those seat belts. It will take a good hunk of the day, if you do it all. The Tour will give you an outline of the full tour with all 20 stops in sequence. You'll be taking the route used by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia after it was flushed from the Petersburg and Richmond defenses in early April 1865. Stops 1-18 are sequential and constitute a trail.
Large signs mark each stop.
Each is emblazoned with a map of the entire project and a sentence or two of information about the site. The project relies on short-range radio signals to convey the majority of information. You must stop at the pullovers to listen to the taped radio message. You'll be out of range and miss most of the message if you fly by. Before you head out, stop at one of the battlefield parks and pick up a specially packaged Lee's Retreat kit .