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Savannah True History Tours

We provide walking tours of beautiful historic Savannah. Voted Savannah's Best in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, & 2026.

There are three kinds of tours in Savannah: Trolley tours, ghost tours, and the truth. Savannah is full of amazing history - There's no need to make it up! Our guide spent well over a year researching and writing our Historic Savannah Walking Tour. We take history seriously, and we guarantee you'll learn something new! Voted 2022's Best Walking Tour and Best Tour Guide by Connect Savannah's readers.

10/30/2026

In case you didn’t know it, Halloween is tomorrow. We have a FULL schedule to accommodate your Spooky Season needs!

Today:

Savannah History Walk at 10:00 & 2:00
Dark History at 7:00 & 8:00

Halloween:

Savannah History Walk at 10:00
Colonial Park Cemetery Tour at 10:30
Dark History at 3:00, 7:00, & 8:00

Sunday:

Dark History at 7:30

See you soon!

10/29/2026

If you’ve ever booked one of our tours, odds are you did it through our ticketing app, FareHarbor. Over 23,000 business utilize FareHarbor for ticketing. This month, FareHarbor announced its inaugural Pinnacle Experience Awards. This award honors 300 operators from around the world whose business performance and guest feedback set them apart. Recipients were required to exhibit notable growth while still maintaining excellent reviews on Google & TripAdvisor. We’re thrilled that both Savannah True History Tours and Wilmington True History Tours made the list. Only 0.01% of FareHarbor operators earned this award. To say we’re honored is an understatement. Thank you for continuing to support us and allowing us to truly live the dream!

When we tell you our tours are built differently, we’re not lying.

Thank you, Savannah!

10/20/2026

Back to the American Cruise Lines Revolutionary War Cruise! Though the ship is still making its way down the coast from Newport, I’ll meet them in New London, CT tomorrow. I was able to explore town a bit today and had already planned what to see. Not surprisingly, multiple cemeteries were on the agenda. The first, one of the city’s oldest, is where Benedict Arnold watched the attack on Fort Griswold in September of 1781. I look forward to leading a tour over there tomorrow.

The second cemetery, Cedar Grove, was opened well over a century later. There are a couple Savannah ties in it. Gustavus Smith has an interesting story: He assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia upon Joe Johnston’s (another one-time Savannah resident) wounding at Seven Pines on May 31, 1862. Smith commanded the Army for a whopping two days - May 31 and June 1 - Before suffering what may have been a nervous breakdown. Jefferson Davis replaced him with Robert E. Lee the night of June 1. Smith later led the Georgia Militia at places like Honey Hill. He married into a family that once lived in Savannah.

I also took a peek into the Nathan Hale School House. The patriot taught here in the years immediately preceding the Revolution.

Looking forward to this week! This leg will take us through Connecticut, Long Island, New York City, overland into New Jersey, and wrapping up in Philadelphia. Follow along, fellow geeks!

10/12/2026

Saturday, we docked in Alpine, NJ, right at the foot of the New Jersey Palisades. In November 1776, the British landed near here, pushed up the sheer cliffs, and caused the Americans to abandon Fort Lee. The area around Fort Lee is now a beautiful park with views of Manhattan.

On Saturday afternoon, we headed up to Sleepy Hollow, the setting for Washington Irving’s famous short story. It was absolutely packed with tourists, many of whom were very disrespectful toward the monuments and vaults inside. We at least had a chance to see the Old Dutch Church and Irving’s grave.

Sunday was spent in Kingston, NY. Kingston was briefly the capital of New York. Accordingly, this British burned it in 1777, destroying over 300 buildings. We visited Senate House, where the state senate met in 1777. We were also able to pay our respects to George Clinton, Revolutionary War officer and US Vice-President.

I’m now about to hop on a plane to head back to beautiful Savannah (and much warmer weather). Next Tuesday, I’ll fly back up to New England to pick up the group for more Rev War adventures!

10/10/2026

A bit of 1776 while looking across the Hudson. Turn up the volume for a brief history lesson!

10/10/2026

Of all the battlefields we’ve visited, Saratoga ranks near the top when it comes to natural beauty. The two battles and British surrender here encouraged France to cast her lot with the fledgling United States. One of the biggest American heroes of the battle: None other than Benedict Arnold. That guy wasn’t exactly a nobody when he turned coat a few years later.

Long sail today down the Hudson. We passed Albany, which was pretty colorful with the changing leaves. Tomorrow: Fort Lee and Sleepy Hollow. You know we don’t give ghosts tours, but we’ll get down with a Headless Horseman.

10/09/2026

247 years ago, the western outskirts of Savannah witnessed the bloodiest hour of the entire American Revolution. A combined American and French force assaulted the Spring Hill Redoubt at 5:30 AM, 90 minutes later than planned. They walked into a disaster. British forces annihilated multiple Allied assaults. At sunrise, the scene was gruesome. Over 800 Allied men had become casualties. Though the war would continue, Savannah would be held by the British until July 1782.

If you’ve never visited the reconstructed redoubt, there’s no better day than today. Fortunately for us, we’re very much aware those men did not die in vain. God bless America.

10/08/2026

It’s American Cruise Lines season again! This time, Brandon is thrilled to serve as lead historian on the inaugural 32-day Revolutionary War Cruise. The cruise kicks off tomorrow with a visit to Saratoga National Historical Park before setting sail on the Hudson. This cruise will take guests down the Hudson, overland to Boston, down the New England and Long Island coasts back to New York, overland to Philadelphia, along the Chesapeake Bay, and back by land to wrap it all up at Valley Forge.

Here in Albany, you’ll find the center of New York government. The State Museum was particularly impressive, with exhibits including landing gear from a plane that struck the World Trade Center on September 11.

We’re ready to kick this thing off! We’ll post plenty of updates here.

10/08/2026

Two posts today. The first involves the weather. If you’re following the Gulf hurricane, it does appear to be slightly shifting west. Nevertheless, we’re WAIVING our typical cancellation policy for the following tours:

Friday Dark History
All Saturday Tours
Sunday’s Savannah History Walk

This means the typical 48-hour cancellation/refund window doesn’t apply. We’re hopeful we can get some weekend tours in, even if it’s a bit wet, so feel free to book worry-free.

Feel free to shoot us a message if you have any questions.

Hope to see you this weekend!

10/06/2026

If you were walking the streets of Savannah in 1779, it wouldn’t have been pretty. Combined French and American artillery bombarded the city from October 3-8, killing more civilians than British soldiers. All of this was to weaken the lines for a potential assault. The main thrust would come early on October 9, resulting in disaster.

French officers disappointingly commented after the bombardment that little damage was done; that it was all for naught. As you stroll Savannah over the next few days, imagine the hope of the allied forces all while citizens were dodging cannonballs.

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