CVBT Joins ABT and Others as a Plaintiff in Appeal of Wilderness Crossing Development Decision
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, Inc. joins the American Battlefield Trust, and others, as a plaintiff in appeal of Wilderness...
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- May 8
- 9 min
Lost From the Landscape: Battlefield Homes
"Ruins of the Phillips House" (Library of Congress) A current thread in Civil War scholarship debates the destructiveness of the...
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- Apr 3
- 8 min
Drawn to War: Sketch Artists and the Civil War in Central Virginia
"A Stormy March (Artillery) Spotsylvania" by Edwin Forbes (Library of Congress) As photography became available in the United States...
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- Mar 1
- 8 min
Battlefield Churches: Sacred Places, Profane Scenes
Wilderness Church (Library of Congress) The names of churches that were on or near some of the Civil War’s battlefields are familiar to...
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- Feb 1
- 8 min
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
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 11 min
"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, 2022
- 8 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 7 min
"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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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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