Chancellorsville From McLaws Wedge to Talley Farm, Stonewall Brigade Tracts, Rodes-Doles acreage, and a few other locations, you've been...

Female Soldiers & The Civil War Women were not recruited or allowed to enlist in Civil War regiments, and the overwhelming majority of...

Regiments in The Wilderness As we've been researching and working to preserve 36 Acres of the Wilderness Battlefield where General Battle...

Meet Some Generals Who were the generals leading the combat that was connected to the 36-acres that Central Virginia Battlefields Trust...

Historic Presidential Visits to Civil War Battlefields In February, Lincoln and Washington's birthdays are on the calendar and sometimes...

Fighting for Freedom Today, we're highlighting some accounts of African American soldiers and civilians with the Union armies in Central...

Burnside's Mud March Seriously, who wants to talk about mud in Virginia? Bear with us...and you'll see that history was made and...

Pontoon Bridges We've chatted about river fords in the past, and today we're highlighting accounts about those moveable bridges. The...

Winter Camps "At Ease" in your winter camp these days? (We are too, though always busy researching and getting ready for the next...

Civil War Music Sending some bright and cheery music your way with some sounds of the Civil War holiday season tucked in as well. From...

Civil War Foods The holidays are here, and hopefully, you're enjoying some of your favorite foods and treats. Civil War soldiers enjoyed...

Civil War Autumn We're so grateful for your support and interest in battlefield preservation and this is a perfect season to remember and...

Historic Speeches in Central Virginia November 19. It's the day this message is appearing in your inbox with some extra history from...

West Point Graduates & The Civil War " 'Duty, Honor, Country' - those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what...

What Was THAT? Crisp air. Fog settling over the fields. A chattering squirrel. A deer crashing in the brush. Or is it something else? The...

Civil War Nurses And they went, - where did they go? - Ah; where did they not? Show us the battle, - the field, - or the spot Where the...

Hit The Trails! Cooler weather has arrived in Central Virginia these last few weeks which means the autumn colors will be following soon....

Press Release—September 4, 2020 Fredericksburg, Virginia Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) is pleased to announce that the...

Civil War Photographs: Visual Sources Photographs taken during the Civil War period are incredibly helpful for research in so many...

Eagles and Stars Colonels—commanders of regiments, and frequently taking over brigades out of chain of command necessity—were important...