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If you missed it, you may read Part I here. The Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia continued to utilize sharpshooting...

"Sharpshooter" by Winslow Homer (Public domain) Along with the long lines of infantry, batteries of artillery, and regiments of cavalry,...

Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, Inc. joins the American Battlefield Trust, and others, as a plaintiff in appeal of Wilderness...

"Ruins of the Phillips House" (Library of Congress) A current thread in Civil War scholarship debates the destructiveness of the...

"A Stormy March (Artillery) Spotsylvania" by Edwin Forbes (Library of Congress) As photography became available in the United States...

Wilderness Church (Library of Congress) The names of churches that were on or near some of the Civil War’s battlefields are familiar to...

The Mud March (New York Public Library) From a strategic and tactical military standpoint Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s infamous “Mud March”...

Winter Camp of the 16th Michigan near Falmouth, Virginia (Library of Congress) The timing of the Civil War battles and campaigns fought...

Map image courtesy of Hindman Auctions Recently, a hand-drawn Civil War map (pictured above) from a private collection advertised on the...

The sheer size of the contending forces virtually ensured that the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and...

The Mine Run Campaign serves as a significant connecting event linking the fighting at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in the spring and...

Civil War Soldiers and Weather Besides commenting on food, perhaps the single most thing mentioned in Civil War soldiers’ letters,...

When attempting to create awareness for the importance of saving a particular piece of battlefield, appeals rightly often include...

Historians use primary sources like soldiers' letters to construct their narratives and make their historical arguments about the Civil...

(Left to Right: Terry Rensel; Tim Talbott; Tom Van Winkle.) On June 7, 2022, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust's board president and...

Robert F. Beckham Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has named a new tract of land at Chancellorsville the "Beckham Tract." So...who was...

Horse Artillery Did you see the news? Central Virginia Battlefields Trust is working to preserve an artillery position occupied by two...

On the weekend of October 8-10, 2021 Central Virginia Battlefields Trust hosted a Conference and 25th Anniversary Celebration. Here are a...

The Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has just closed on 14.4 acres, three adjoining parcels, of important land on the Spotsylvania...

Autumn: 1861 In Autumn 1861, the Army of the Potomac began to form and train under the leadership of General George B. McClellan....