Historian Starke Miller on Sarah Bell's Cotton Field at Shiloh National Military Park. Starke Miller is the leading historian on Ole Miss in the Civil War.
“Ole Miss at the Battle of Shiloh”
Starke Miller‘s Shiloh Tour is on Saturday, April 18, all day, starting at 9 am to about 4:30 at Shiloh National Military Park. Learn about Oxford and Ole Miss’ connection to the infamous battle on the very ground where it happened! You follow Starke around the National Battlefield Park in your automobile to about 18 stops on the battlefield, and then optionally at the end of the day, travel to Fallen Timbers (just outside the park). There is very limited walking. Cost – $80 per person.
“Starke Miller’s Oxford St. Peters Cemetery Tour – Part One”
Sunday April 5 – Part One of Oxford’s St. Peters Cemetery. Walk from grave to grave with Starke Miller to see and meet amazing Oxonians, Chancellors, University Greys, Confederate Veterans, Ole Miss alumni, and many others. 3 pm to about 4:30 pm. Cost: tips.
“Starke Miller’s Sit Down talk on The Ole Miss Circle”
Sunday April 12 – Sit down talk on The Ole Miss Circle. Come hear more Ole Miss history in an hour and a half, than you have heard in your whole life, from THE expert. Bring a chair. Cost: tips.
“Starke Miller’s Oxford’s St. Peters Cemetery Tour – Part Two”
Sunday April 26 – The other half of Oxfords St. Peters Cemetery. 3 pm to 4:30 pm. Cost: tips.
“Local History on the Oxford Courthouse Lawn”
Sunday May 3 – Sit down talk on the Courthouse lawn. 3 pm to 4:30 pm, for tips. Hear the truly amazing history of what has happened right there on the Oxford Square! Cost: tips.
“Starke Miller’s Ole Miss & Oxford Tour”
Friday May 15 – Ole Miss/Oxford tour, 9 am to about 4:30 pm. All day tour. We start inside The Lyceum and cover University History on The Circle. Then we get into cars and go hit the Campus Cemetery, more University buildings, lunch, and Oxford. This is the Master Class on Ole Miss and Oxford history, with an emphasis on what happened here in the Civil War. You won’t believe it all. Cost: $80 per person.
“Starke Miller’s College Hill Church & Cemetery Talk”
Sunday May 17 – College Hill Church and Cemetery. An hour and a half sit down talk-Cemetery tour. Good Lord I love those Old Presbyterians and that old 1846 Church. Cost: tips.
“Oxford’s St. Peters Cemetery Oddities”
Sunday May 24 – Oxford’s St. Peters Cemetery oddities! People who I do not cover in my other two St. Peters tours. 3 pm to about 4:30 pm. Cost: tips.
“Starke Miller’s Ole Miss Civil War Hospital Cemetery Talk”
Sunday May 31 – Ole Miss Civil War Hospital Cemetery – out behind Tad Smith Coliseum. 392 Confederate Veterans are buried out there. Sit down talk, from 3 pm to about 4:30 pm. Bring a chair. Cost: tips.
Starke Miller is not affiliated with the University of Mississippi in any way. He just happens to know Ole Miss history better than they do, after 36 years of intensive research!
If you are interested in any of these tours, email Starke Miller at coach1159@aol.com or call him at 901-581-0457 and let him know which tours or talks you want to attend. Pay Mr. Miller the day of the tour, cash or check. Stark will post articles about his tours and talks on his X.com page and his Facebook page.
Ole Miss students and younger come for free. Start ’em young and raise ’em right! THAT is how THIS happened to me. Hotty Toddy.
Private tours are also available by contacting Starke Miller at coach1159@aol.com or call him at 901-581-0457.
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