PRESERVING HISTORY, INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS

JOIN THE FIGHT TO SAVE CENTRAL VIRGINIA’S CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS. PROTECT THE LAND WHERE HISTORY WAS MADE.

With your support, we safeguard these historic sites, ensuring that future generations can walk where soldiers once stood and learn the stories that shaped our nation.

PRESERVING OUR NATION’S BATTLEFIELDS ALLOWS US TO WALK THE FIELDS WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED

ONCE A BATTLEFIELD IS GONE; IT’S GONE FOREVER

CVBT HAS SAVED NEARLY 2,000 ACRES OF ENDANGERED BATTLEFIELDS SINCE 1996!

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Central Virginia Battlefields Trust is dedicated to preserving historic land from four pivotal Civil War campaigns: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Mine Run, and the Overland Campaign, including key battlefields like the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House. Our mission ensures these vital landmarks are protected for future generations to explore and learn from.

Since 1996, CVBT has preserved nearly 2,000 acres of endangered Civil War battlefields, ensuring these historic lands are protected for future generations.

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CVBT 2025 Annual Conference
12 Sep

CVBT 2025 Annual Conference

BATTLE OF SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE
September 12-14, 2025
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03 Apr 2025

Court Hears Arguments – 2600 Acre Development Threatens Wilderness Battlefield!

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20 Mar 2025

CVBT 2025 Spring Seminar Great Success

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22 Mar 2025

Saving CVBT’s Witness Trees Sentinels of the Battlefields

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01 Jan 2025

CVBT Plays Role in new Culpeper Battlefields State Park

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08 Apr 2025

CVBT History Wire – Zouaves on Central Virginia’s Battlefields: 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (Collis’ Zouaves)

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03 Mar 2025

“Death and Eternity Have Been Brought Very Near to Me”: May 3, 1863, Fighting at Chancellorsville’s Nine Mile Run

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History Wire

27 Jan 2025

Sickness Has Thinned the Regiment Very Much: Soldiers and Illness in Central Virginia – Part I

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03 Feb 2025

Sickness Has Thinned the Regiment Very Much: Soldiers and Illness in Central Virginia – Part II

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History Wire

20 Nov 2024

“I Think It Will Make A Fine Dish”: Soldiers and Food on Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part I

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History Wire

02 Dec 2024

“I Think It Will Make A Fine Dish”: Soldiers and Food on Central Virginia’s Battlefields – Part II

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