The Mud March: The Soldiers' Perspective
The Mud March (New York Public Library) From a strategic and tactical military standpoint Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s infamous “Mud March”...
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Jan 3, 20237 min read
Huts, Shanties, and Cabins: Winter Quarters in Central Virginia
Winter Camp of the 16th Michigan near Falmouth, Virginia (Library of Congress) The timing of the Civil War battles and campaigns fought...
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Dec 5, 20225 min read
Mapping Matters
Map image courtesy of Hindman Auctions Recently, a hand-drawn Civil War map (pictured above) from a private collection advertised on the...
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Nov 1, 202211 min read
"Dressing Wounds and Sending Back the Disabled"
The sheer size of the contending forces virtually ensured that the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and...
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Oct 4, 20228 min read
The Mine Run Campaign
The Mine Run Campaign serves as a significant connecting event linking the fighting at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in the spring and...
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Sep 2, 20227 min read
Civil War Soldiers and Weather
Civil War Soldiers and Weather Besides commenting on food, perhaps the single most thing mentioned in Civil War soldiers’ letters,...
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Jul 29, 20227 min read
"Gobbled Up" - Prisoners of War
When attempting to create awareness for the importance of saving a particular piece of battlefield, appeals rightly often include...
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Jun 28, 20223 min read
Civil War Soldier's Letters
Historians use primary sources like soldiers' letters to construct their narratives and make their historical arguments about the Civil...
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Jun 7, 20221 min read
CVBT Joins News Talk AM-1230, WFVA's Ted Schubel on Town Talk to Discuss Historic Preservation
(Left to Right: Terry Rensel; Tim Talbott; Tom Van Winkle.) On June 7, 2022, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust's board president and...
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Nov 25, 20213 min read
47 acres of Land Donations to CVBT for Battlefield Preservation, Valued at more than $1,000,000
It has been months of behind-the-scenes work, but in autumn 2021, CVBT announced the exciting news of two donations of battlefield land...
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Nov 19, 20213 min read
At Ease - Who Was Robert Beckham?
Robert F. Beckham Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has named a new tract of land at Chancellorsville the "Beckham Tract." So...who was...
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Oct 14, 20213 min read
At Ease - What is Horse Artillery?
Horse Artillery Did you see the news? Central Virginia Battlefields Trust is working to preserve an artillery position occupied by two...
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Oct 13, 20211 min read
Photos from CVBT's 2021 Conference
On the weekend of October 8-10, 2021 Central Virginia Battlefields Trust hosted a Conference and 25th Anniversary Celebration. Here are a...
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Oct 1, 20212 min read
CVBT Preserves Fifth Corps/Brock Road Tract
The Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has just closed on 14.4 acres, three adjoining parcels, of important land on the Spotsylvania...
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Sep 29, 20214 min read
Falling Into the History of Autumn 1861
Autumn: 1861 In Autumn 1861, the Army of the Potomac began to form and train under the leadership of General George B. McClellan....
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Sep 23, 20213 min read
At Ease: Where Did You Get That Ice in 1864?
Ice House Ruins at Spotsylvania Ice houses? What are they and were they a thing during the Civil War era? Yes! Residences in...
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Sep 16, 20212 min read
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust Joins Coalition, Advocating for The Wilderness Battlefield
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) has joined a coalition with other historic preservation and environmental groups to raise...
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Sep 14, 20212 min read
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust selects Donald C. Pfanz as the recipient Ralph Happel Award
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) has selected Donald C. Pfanz as the recipient of its Ralph Happel Lifetime Achievement Award...
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Sep 9, 20214 min read
At Ease: Skirts, Uniforms, and Pontoon Bridges
Women Who Crossed the Pontoon Bridges at Fredericksburg Looking at the Rappahannock River and the pontoon bridge replicas one day, we...
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Aug 31, 20214 min read
Where Is That Place?
Mapping Battlefields Earlier in August, we posted some historic maps of the Central Virginia Battlefields on CVBT's social media and...
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