"I Think It Will Make A Fine Dish": Soldiers and Food on Central Virginia's Battlefields - Part II
A camp cooking scene by Charles Wellington Reed. (Library of Congress) If you wish to read Part I, you may do so by clicking here ....
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Nov 88 min read
CVBT Newsletter, November 2024
Photo credit: Terry Rensel Preservation Updates and News From the President's Desk Unbelievably, November is here. Thanksgiving is but...
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Nov 122 min read
"I Think It Will Make A Fine Dish": Soldiers and Food on Central Virginia's Battlefields - Part I
"Hard Tack," from "Life in Camp" by Winslow Homer. (Library of Congress) Introduction A couple of weeks before the Battle of...
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Oct 226 min read
CVBT Newsletter, October 2024
Photo credit: Terry Rensel Preservation Updates and News From the Executive Director's Desk It was great to see everyone who attended the...
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Oct 123 min read
Upholding the Standard: Colors and Color Bearers on Central Virginia's Battlefields - Part II
"Sergeant James B. Stormes of Company A, 44th New York Infantry Regiment in uniform with regimental flag." Sgt. Stormes enlisted in the...
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Sep 235 min read
CVBT Newsletter, September 2024
Photo credit: Terry Rensel Preservation Updates and News From the President's Desk I am pleased to report that our 2024 CVBT Annual...
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Sep 321 min read
Upholding the Standard: Colors and Color Bearers on Central Virginia's Battlefields - Part I
"The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862" by Carl Rochling depicts Col. Charles H. T. Collis leading his 114th Pennsylvania...
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Aug 204 min read
CVBT Newsletter, August 2024
Photo credit: Terry Rensel Preservation Updates and News From the President's Desk In our area busses are once again delivering students...
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Aug 120 min read
Close Calls, Near Misses, and Spent Bullets on Central Virginia's Battlefields - Part II
Corp. Daniel Chisholm's forage cap was damaged at the Battle of the Wilderness, his first battle. Chisholm served in the 116th...
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Jul 233 min read
CVBT Newsletter, July 2024
Photo credit: Terry Rensel CVBT Newsletter, July 2024 Preservation Updates and News From the Executive Director's Desk I find it hard to...
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Jul 119 min read
Close Calls, Near Misses, and Spent Bullets on Central Virginia's Battlefields - Part I
Introduction Attempting to describe the chaotic fighting that occurred on May 3, 1863, during the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, Pvt....
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Jun 174 min read
CVBT Newsletter, June 2024
Photo credit: American Battlefield Trust CVBT Newsletter, June 2024 Preservation Updates and News From the President's Desk It’s Chess,...
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Jun 317 min read
"A Man Could Have Got Almost Anything He Wanted": Soldier Pickups on Central Virginia Battlefields, Part II
"Night, The Sacking of Fredericksburg & bivouac of Union troops." (Library of Congress) Sketch artist Arthur Lumley captured this...
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May 94 min read
CVBT Newsletter, May 2024
Photo credit: Terry Rensel CVTB Newsletter, May 2024 Preservation Updates and News From the President's Desk Dear CVBT Members and...
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May 71 min read
CVBT visits WFVA 1230-AM for Town Talk
CVBT's Tim Talbott, Terry Rensel, and Tom Van Winkle visited Ted Schuble on "Town Talk" with an update about the organization's current...
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May 116 min read
“A Man Could Have Got Almost Anything He Wanted:” Soldier Pickups on Central Virginia Battlefields, Part I
"Stone wall, rear of Fredericksburg with Rebel dead, May 3d, 1863." (Library of Congress) Few period photographs better capture the...
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Apr 124 min read
CVBT Newsletter, April 2024
Photo credit: Jennifer Michael Preservation Updates and News From the President's Desk Dear CVBT Members and Supporters, As you are...
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Apr 117 min read
CVBT History Wire, Cordial Combatants: Fraternization on the Rappahannock
"Christmas Day on the Rappahannock in 1862." By Gilbert Gaul. (Harper's Weekly, December 11, 1886) Note the small sailboat used for...
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Mar 134 min read
CVBT Newsletter, March 2024
Photo credit: Terry Rensel Preservation Updates and News From the President's Desk We have already entered the third month of 2024; time...
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Mar 415 min read
CVBT History Wire, Field Fortifications on Central Virginia's Battlefields - Part II
"The Wilderness on Brock Road, 2nd Corps, May 11, 1864." Sketched by Edwin Forbes. (Library of Congress) Field Fortifications, Part II -...
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