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2018_VA_ABT_Green_Springs_18053148ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Battle of Green Springs
Battle of Green Springs with Kirby Smith
Description: We’ll begin the day discussing the movements of both the British Forces under General Charles Cornwallis and the movements of General Lafayette’s Patriot Forces in the days before the encounter between the two armies near old Jamestown. It was in...
2018_VA_ABT_Breakfast_18060329ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Breakfast and Question and Answer Closing Session with Jim Lighthizer
2018_VA_ABT_CB_Dinner_180531112ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Color Bearer Dinner w/A. Willson Greene
A Perfect Hell of Blood: Confederates at the Battle of the Crater
with A. Wilson Green

Description: The Campaign for Petersburg lasted 292 days but without a doubt the best known of those days was July 30, 1864. On that Saturday the Union army ignited 8,000 pounds of powder beneath a Confederate...
2018_VA_ABT_Fort_Wool_18060196ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Explore the Civil War at Fort Wool
Explore the Civil War at Fort Wool with J. Michael Cobb
Description: Historic Fort Wool is strategically located on a small island of granite rocks at the entrance to Hampton Roads Harbor. President Andrew Jackson sought haven from the White House and governed America from the secluded island for...
2018_VA_ABT_Talk_CK_18053122ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- History Talk 1: Christopher Kolakowski (By Land and Sea)
2018_VA_ABT_Talk_KW_18053112ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- History Talk 2: Kristopher White (A Hero, A Traitor, and a Rogue)
2018_VA_ABT_Talk_KG_18053116ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- History Talk 3: Katherine Gruber (James Lafayette: Invisible Spy)
2018_VA_ABT_Talk_GA_18053163ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- History Talk 4: Garry Adelman (Civil War Comes to the Peninsula)
2018_VA_ABT_Group_2018106ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Miscellaneous Group Shots
2018_VA_ABT_Lunch_180531188ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Opening Lunch
Including an award and plaque for Ed Bearss. Also superintendents from several National Parks including Terry Brown (Fort Monroe National Monument), Kym Hall (Colonial Natinal Historical Park), Robin Snyder (Appomattox Court House National Historic Park), and Brandon Bies (Manassas National Battlefield...
2018_VA_ABT_Photo_Extra_18060151ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Peninsula Photo Extravaganza!
Peninsula Photo Extravaganza!
with Garry Adelman
Description: Join Garry Adelman for a lively Civil War photography presentation covering all manner of events and people on the Virginia Peninsula. Using then-and-now techniques and by zooming deep into period photographs, Mr. Adelman will tell the...
2018_VA_ABT_Photo_ExtraSS_180601193ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Peninsula Photo Extravaganza! -- Slide Show
Peninsula Photo Extravaganza!
with Garry Adelman
Description: Join Garry Adelman for a lively Civil War photography presentation covering all manner of events and people on the Virginia Peninsula. Using then-and-now techniques and by zooming deep into period photographs, Mr. Adelman will tell the...
2018_VA_ABT_Banquet_180602141ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Reception and Banquet
2018_VA_ABT_7Days_180602117ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Seven Pines and the Seven Days
Seven Pines and the Seven Days with A. Wilson Greene
Description: The Peninsula Campaign concluded with the bloody Seven Days Battles of June and July 1862. Our day-long tour will start with a brief stop at the Seven Pines National Cemetery to discuss the "lost" battlefield of May 31-June 1 and then...
2018_VA_ABT_Welcome_18053022ABT Annual Conference (2018) in Yorktown, VA -- Welcome Event in historic Yorktown
2018_IL_ABT_Thank_You_180920208ABT Special Thank You Event in Chicago, IL
A Special Evening of Thanks sponsored by the Americna Battlefield Trust.
Cocktail Reception & History Presentaton:
* Robert I. Girardi: "The GAR Memorial Hall: Chicago's Monument to the Civil War"
* Dr. Mary J. Abroe & Mr. William J. Hupp: Welcome
* Dinner
* Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, USMC...
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_Din_150717100Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Dinner
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_Etc_15071716Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Et cetera
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_EH_15071729Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Explore History!
Explore History! Discover how NMAH can bring history alive in your classroom.
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_OS_15071762Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Objects Out of Storage
Objects Out of Storage; Learn more about our Military and Photographic History collections. Presented by the NMAH curatorial staff.
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_OT_15071724Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Opening Talk
Opening Talk: Remarks from the CWT and NMAH.
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_PF_15071731Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Price of Freedom
Price of Freedom: Explore the Exhibition.
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_Th_15071733Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- Theater
When history comes to life
By NMAH, March 24, 2009

Like many of you, I love the idea of inanimate objects having a secret life. The people leave, the lights go out, the door closes and then— magic, stuffed animals, toy cowboys, and Teddy Roosevelt come to life. Hollywood is particularly good at...
2015_DC_CWT_Teachers_WW2_15071741Civil War Teacher Institute (2015) in Washington DC -- World War II Memorial tour
w/James Percoco
2002_DC_CWPT_Endangered_02022681CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2002) w/Brian Pohanka
The CWPT announced its list of most endangered battlefields for the year in a conference at the National Press Club. Joining CWPT president James Lighthizer was Civil War author and preservationist Brian Pohanka. The top 10 list this year were the following: ...
2003_DC_CWPT_Endangered_03021132CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2003) w/Ron Maxwell, Stephen Lang, and Jeff Shaara
The third annual Civil War Preservation Trust round-up of the ten most endangered battlefields in the US included three special speakers involved with the movie "Gods and Generals" which premiered in DC the night before. These were Ronald Maxwell (the director), Stephen Lang (who played Stonewall...
2004_DC_CWPT_Endangered_04022429CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2004) w/Jay Winik and Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Speakers included Jay Winik (author of "April 1865: The Month that Saved America"), Benjamin Franklin Cooling, and James Lighthizer (president of the Civil War Preservation Trust). Among the people in the audience was Ed Bearss, the noted Civil War historian and tour leader. The top 10 "America's Most...
2005_DC_CWPT_Endangered_05022428CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2005) w/Darryl Worley
From the official CWPT announcement: The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) released an investigative report on the status of the nation’s battlefields at a news conference on Thursday, February 24, 2005. The report, entitled "History Under Siege: America’s Endangered Civil War Battlefields",...
2006_DC_CWPT_Endangered_06022848CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2006) w/Ben Stein
The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) hosted a news conference to announce the most endangered Civil War battlefields of 2006. Speaking at the news conference were Ben Stein (commentator and well-known movie and television personality), Dr. Libby O'Connell (historian of The History Channel), and James...
2007_DC_CWPT_Endangered_07031342CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2007) w/Charlie Wilson and Bob Mrazek
CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST UNVEILS REPORT ON MOST ENDANGERED BATTLEFIELDS

Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, descendant of Civil War soldier, and Former New York Congressman Bob Mrazek, noted Civil War novelist, join CWPT to announce report

(Washington, D.C.) - An historic West Virginia...
2008_DC_CWPT_Endangered_08031287CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2008) w/Trace Adkins
(Washington, D.C., 2/28/2008) – On Wednesday, March 12, the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) will host a news conference to announce the most endangered Civil War battlefields of 2008. Joining CWPT at the news conference will be platinum-selling Country Music artist Trace Adkins. Adkins is a lover of...
2009_DC_CWPT_Endangered_090318104CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2009) w/Richard Dreyfuss
RICHARD DREYFUSS JOINS CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST TO UNVEIL REPORT ON ENDANGERED BATTLEFIELDS

Academy Award-Winning Actor Helps Unveil Report Identifying America’s Most Endangered Battlefields

(Washington, D.C.) A bucolic Maryland battleground threatened by a trash incinerator’s unsightly...
2010_DC_CWPT_Endangered_10051357CWPT's "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" presentation (2010) w/Jeff Shaara
Civil War Preservation Trust Releases Annual Report on Nation's Most Endangered Battlefields

Best-Selling Author Jeff Shaara Joins Trust to Unveil “History Under Siege” Report

(Washington, D.C.) – The iconic Pennsylvania battlefield synonymous with American valor, now facing a second attempt to...
2006_VA_CWPT_Ceremony_06101695CWPT -- Ceremony: Slaughter Pen Farm in Fredericksburg, VA (2006)
From http://www.civilwar.org/PressReleases/PressDetail.asp?lngPressID=120

CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN TO SAVE SLAUGHTER PEN FARM

Campaign to save the Slaughter Pen Farm at Fredericksburg is the most ambitious nonprofit battlefield acquisition project in American history....
2003_DC_CWPT_Lunch_03031919CWPT -- Lunch @ DC headquarters
2008_VA_CWPT_Lunch_08101836CWPT -- Lunch @ Lacy House (Ellwood)
Dear Friend of Preservation:

As a loyal advocate for battlefield preservation and a good friend of the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT), we cordially invite you and your family to attend a tour of the Wilderness Battlefield on Saturday, October 18, 2008. The 2.5-hour tour will be led by author and...
2005_DC_CWPT_Green_0505167CWPT -- Press Conference: "Blue, Gray, and Green" (2005)
At a news conference at the National Press Club, the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) unveiled a study on the economic benefits of battlefield preservation. The report, entitled Blue, Gray and Green: A Battlefield Benefits Guide for Community Leaders, provides concrete measures to help elected...
2006_VA_CWPT_Slaughter_06101676CWPT -- Tour of Slaughter Pen Farm in Fredericksburg, VA (2006)
The tour of the newly acquired land was done by Frank O'Reilly, a historian with the National Park Service.
2008_VA_CWPT_Wild_08101887CWPT -- Tour of the Wilderness Battlefield (2008)
Dear Friend of Preservation:

As a loyal advocate for battlefield preservation and a good friend of the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT), we cordially invite you and your family to attend a tour of the Wilderness Battlefield on Saturday, October 18, 2008. The 2.5-hour tour will be led by author and...
1999_VA_CWPT_Ceremony_99042265CWPT Annual Conference (1999) in Richmond, VA -- Ceremony: Turning over Malvern Hill
The ceremony included Virginia's lieutenant governor John Hager.
1999_VA_CWPT_Lunch_9904236CWPT Annual Conference (1999) in Richmond, VA -- Lunch: Day 2
1999_VA_CWPT_Richmond_99042329CWPT Annual Conference (1999) in Richmond, VA -- Tour group: Richmond battlefields
Tour guides: ??? and Robert Krick Jr.
Includes (1) Dabbs House, (2) Beaver Dam, (3) Gaines Mill, and (4) Malvern Hill.
1999_VA_CWPT_Stuart_99042225CWPT Annual Conference (1999) in Richmond, VA -- Tour group: Stuart's Ride Around McClellan (w/Ed Bearss)
Tour guide: Ed Bearss
Items in here include (1) Richmond, (2) JEB Stuart's memorial @ Yellow Tavern site, (3) Hanover Courthouse, (4) Totopotomoy Creek, (5) Enon Church (probably), (6) Garlick's Crossing, and (7) Tunstall Station.
2001_VA_CWPT_Dinner_010505114CWPT Annual Conference (2001) in Washington, DC -- Banquet: Awards
This dinner was held on a cruise ship on the Potomac. Among others at this event were Ed Bearss who received the first Edwin C Bearss Lifetime Achievement Award from the group.

At its annual conference earlier this month, the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) announced the winners of its 2001...
2001_VA_CWPT_Breakfast_01050631CWPT Annual Conference (2001) in Washington, DC -- Breakfast: Closing and Q&A
The guy getting the award from Jim Lighthizer is in charge of a National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) project relating to Civil War records.
2001_VA_CWPT_Dinner_01050366CWPT Annual Conference (2001) in Washington, DC -- Dinner: Color Bearers
People photographed here include Gordon Rhea, James McPherson, Pat Furgurson, and Jim Lighthizer.
2001_VA_CWPT_Fred_01050458CWPT Annual Conference (2001) in Washington, DC -- Tour group: Fredericksburg
Tour guide: James McPherson
The tour of Chatham, Marye's Heights, and the Jackson front.
2001_WV_CWPT_Harper_01050336CWPT Annual Conference (2001) in Washington, DC -- Tour group: Schoolhouse Ridge (Harpers Ferry, WV)
Tour guide: Dennis Frye
2001_VA_CWPT_Spots_01050541CWPT Annual Conference (2001) in Washington, DC -- Tour group: Spotsylvania Courthouse
Tour guide: Gordon Rhea
2001_VA_CWPT_Wilder_01050531CWPT Annual Conference (2001) in Washington, DC -- Tour group: Wilderness
Tour guide: Gordon Rhea
2003_VA_CWPT_Dinner_030426128CWPT Annual Conference (2003) in Richmond, VA -- Banquet: Awards
The annual awards dinner was held at the Tredegar Iron Works in downtown Richmond. The site is the NPS visitor center for the NPS's battlefield park and features a new statue of Abraham Lincoln and his son Todd who came to Richmond right after the city fell in 1865. (The statue was unveiled on April 5,...
2003_VA_CWPT_Dinner_03042525CWPT Annual Conference (2003) in Richmond, VA -- Dinner: Color Bearers
This event featured James ("Bud") Robertson Jr and William C Davis, who talked among other things about educating students on the Civil War, and a follow-up dessert event.
2003_VA_CWPT_Pamplin_03042437CWPT Annual Conference (2003) in Richmond, VA -- Dinner: Pamplin Historical Park
Pamplin Historical Park is a private effort which includes significant siege lines south of Petersburg. It also includes the Federal break-thru point during the April 2 1865 mass attacks following the Confederate defeat at Five Forks.
This family event will feature music once held dear to the hearts of...
2003_VA_CWPT_Panel_03042430CWPT Annual Conference (2003) in Richmond, VA -- Lunch: And panel discussion
The luncheon for the CWPT annual conference ("Breaking the Line: The Petersburg Campaign") included a talk by Jim Lighthizer. Afterward, there were two panel discussions. The first, by James Robertson Jr, Budge Weidman, and Ernest Furgurson, discussed "The Common Soldier". The second, by Chris Calkins,...
2003_VA_CWPT_Breakfast_03042710CWPT Annual Conference (2003) in Richmond, VA -- Talk: Civil War church service and wrap-up
2003_VA_CWPT_Cold_03042452CWPT Annual Conference (2003) in Richmond, VA -- Tour group: Cold Harbor
Tour guide: Gordon Rhea
2003_VA_CWPT_Retreat_03042657CWPT Annual Conference (2003) in Richmond, VA -- Tour group: Lee's Retreat
Tour guide: Chris Calkins, a leading Petersburg historian for the National Park Service.
It included stops at Amelia Court House, Jetersville, Amelia Springs, the Lockett Farm, Sailor's Creek, and Appomattox Court House.
2003_VA_CWPT_Peter_03042538CWPT Annual Conference (2003) in Richmond, VA -- Tour group: Petersburg 1865
Tour guide: Andy Talkov, Pamplin Historical Park historian.
It covered a variety of sites: Hatcher's Run (a CWPT site), the Lewis Farm, White Oak Road (a CWPT site), Five Forks, lunch at the Pamplin Historical Park Battlefield Center, AP Hill's death site, the Banks site (a Pamplin property), Fort...
2005_VA_CWPT_Dinner_05042348CWPT Annual Conference (2005) in Chantilly, VA -- Banquet: Awards
2005_VA_CWPT_Breakfast_0504247CWPT Annual Conference (2005) in Chantilly, VA -- Breakfast: Closing And Q&A
2005_VA_CWPT_Dinner_05042125CWPT Annual Conference (2005) in Chantilly, VA -- Dinner: Color Bearers
2005_VA_CWPT_Panel_05042126CWPT Annual Conference (2005) in Chantilly, VA -- Lunch: And panel discussion
This section included quick presentation by Pete Brown (of History America TOURS) of a check to CWPT president Jim Lighthizer. In addition, there were two panel discussions, both moderated by Pat Furguson. The first panel consisted of: Jeffrey D. Wert, Richard Sommers, Edwin C. Bearss, and Ted Alexander...
2005_VA_CWPT_Prayer_0504244CWPT Annual Conference (2005) in Chantilly, VA -- Talk: Civil War church service
Every Sunday, the annual conference has a religious prayer session on Sunday morning. I'm not a religious person but I enjoy listening to the stories that the chaplains tell about the life and times of the average soldier during the war. This year's sermon was given by Chaplain Chuck Teague, a retired...
2005_MD_CWPT_Antietam_05042247CWPT Annual Conference (2005) in Chantilly, VA -- Tour group: Antietam
Tour guide: James McPherson
2005_VA_CWPT_Chance_05042435CWPT Annual Conference (2005) in Chantilly, VA -- Tour group: Chancellorsville
Tour guide: Donald Pfanz, chief historian at the Chancellorsville battlefield.
This was a tour of the Chancellorsville battlefield, with a emphasis on the newly acquired Lick Run property.
2005_VA_CWPT_Other_0504215CWPT Annual Conference (2005) in Chantilly, VA -- Tour group: Miscellaneous shots
2005_MD_CWPT_Monocacy_05042126CWPT Annual Conference (2005) in Chantilly, VA -- Tour group: Monocacy
Tour guide: Ed Bearss
2008_MO_Barton_08041912CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Banquet: Cathy Barton and Dave Para performance
2008_MO_CWPT_Banquet_080419122CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Banquet: Dinner and Greetings
2008_MO_CWPT_BanquetP_080419103CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Banquet: Presentation and Awards Ceremony
Awards included those to the following:
69th Pennsylvania Irish Volunteers
Ted Hillmer, Superintendent of Wilson's Creek battlefield
Bob Bluford
Cathy Fisher
Mine Creek Battlefield (accepted by Arnold Schofield)
Honorable Kent Clark, Madison County Judge/Executive

The Wilson's Creek National...
2008_MO_CWPT_Breakfast_08042058CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Breakfast: Closing and Q&A
2008_MO_CWPT_Dinner_08041783CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Dinner: Color Bearers (w/David Hinze)
2008_MO_CWPT_Exhibits55CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Exhibits Hall
2008_MO_CWPT_Hotel14CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Hotel and convention center
2008_MO_CWPT_Lunch_08041725CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Lunch: Opening
2008_MO_CWPT_Horton_08041848CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Reception: Bobby Horton performance
2008_MO_CWPT_Dessert_08041852CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Reception: Dessert (w/Matt and Roy Blunt)
Speakers included Missouri governor Matt Blunt and U.S. Congressman Roy Blunt (his father).
2008_MO_CWPT_Bushwhackers_08042015CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Talk: Bushwhackers (Arnold Schofield)
2008_MO_CWPT_Lecture_08041769CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Talk: Panel discussion
Talks were by Ed Bearrs, Richard Sommers, and Dave Hinze, moderated by Connie Langum
2008_KS_CWPT_Baxter_08041912CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Baxter Springs Heritage Center
Tour guide: Arnold Schofield
2008_MO_CWPT_Bushwhacker_08041912CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Bushwhacker Museum
Tour guide: Arnold Schofield
2008_MO_CWPT_Dug_08041751CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Dug Springs
Tour guide: Jeff Patrick
2008_KS_CWPT_Scott_08041921CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Ft Scott NHS
Tour guide: Arnold Schofield
2008_MO_CWPT_Mound_08041925CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Island Mound Battlefield and Marais de Cygnes Massacre area
Tour guide: Arnold Schofield
2008_KS_CWPT_Mine_08041933CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Mine Creek Battlefield SHS
Tour guide: Arnold Schofield
2008_MO_CWPT_Morning_08041725CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Morning gathering
2008_MO_CWPT_Registration_08041664CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Registration
2008_MO_CWPT_Springfield_08041737CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Springfield Battlefield and Natl Cemetery
Tour guide: Jeff Patrick
2008_MO_CWPT_Bloody_08041835CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Wilson's Creek -- Bloody Ridge
Tour guide: Ed Bearss
2008_MO_CWPT_Sigel_08041823CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Wilson's Creek -- Franz Sigel's position
Tour guide: Ed Bearss
2008_MO_CWPT_Ray_08041858CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Wilson's Creek -- Ray House
Tour guide: Ed Bearss
2008_MO_CWPT_Wilsons_08041739CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Wilson's Creek -- Sweeney museum & Terrell Creek
Tour guide: Jeff Patrick
2008_MO_CWPT_WilsonsVC_08041822CWPT Annual Conference (2008) in Springfield, MO -- Tour group: Wilson's Creek -- Visitor Center
Tour guide: Ed Bearss
2009_PA_CWPT_Awards_09060677CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Banquet: Awards
CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2009 PRESERVATION AWARDS
Recipients lauded as “the best in the business” for preserving the hallowed ground of Civil War battlefields

(Washington, D.C.) - During the organization’s annual conference in Gettysburg, Pa., Civil War Preservation Trust...
2009_PA_CWPT_Banquet_090606162CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Banquet: Dinner
2009_PA_CWPT_Breakfast_09060754CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Breakfast: Closing and Q&A
2009_PA_CWPT_Dinner_090604156CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Dinner: Color Bearers
Keynote speaker: Gary W. Gallagher.
2009_PA_CWPT_Dinner_09060579CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Dinner: Gettysburg visitor center
2009_PA_CWPT_VDE_09060493CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Dinner: Victorian Dance Ensemble
2009_PA_CWPT_Exhibits37CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Exhibit hall
2009_PA_CWPT_Lunch_09060517CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Lunch: Day 2
2009_PA_CWPT_Lunch_0906069CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Lunch: Day 3
2009_PA_CWPT_Panel_09060458CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Lunch: Panel discussion
Main speaker: Richard McMurry w/responses and Q&A by Ed Bearss, Richard J. Sommers, Jeffry D. Wert, and Kent Masterson Brown.
2009_PA_CWPT_Talk_09060738CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Talk: Lincoln and religion (Chuck Teague)
Chuck Teague discusses:
How One Man Came to be in Gettysburg "Under God"
The talk was about how Lincoln's attitude toward religion had changed over his lifetime.
2009_PA_CWPT_Benners_09060535CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Benner's Hill
Including the stuck tour bus.
Tour guides: Ed Bearss and Dean Schultz.
2009_PA_CWPT_Brinkherhoff_0906066CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Brickerhoff's Ridge
Tour guide: Eric J. Wittenberg.
2009_PA_CWPT_FarmDL_09060523CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Daniel Lady Farm
Tour guides: Ed Bearss and Dean Schultz.
2009_PA_CWPT_Wills_09060416CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: David Wills House
2009_PA_CWPT_ECav_09060647CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: East Cavalry field
Tour guide: Eric J. Wittenberg.
2009_PA_CWPT_Fairfield_09060515CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Fairfield
Tour guides: Ed Bearss and Dean Schultz.
2009_PA_CWPT_NC_09060444CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Gettsyburg Natl Cemetery
2009_PA_CWPT_Pres_09060423CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Gettysburg Presbyterian church
Including a Lincoln presentation by James A. Getty.
2009_PA_CWPT_Depot_09060425CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Gettysburg railroad depot
2009_PA_CWPT_FarmJS_09060629CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: John Slyder Farm
Tour guide: Eric J. Wittenberg.
2009_PA_CWPT_Lost_09060523CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Lost Avenue
Tour guides: Ed Bearss and Dean Schultz.
2009_PA_CWPT_Group_090666CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Miscellaneous shots
2009_PA_CWPT_Powers_09060534CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Power's Hill
Tour guides: Ed Bearss and Dean Schultz.
2009_PA_CWPT_FarmR_09060681CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Rummel Farm
The family came out to greet us (including the pet dog, cat, and duck). I felt like we were instant family which was sweet.
Tour guide: Eric J. Wittenberg.
2009_PA_CWPT_SCav_09060667CWPT Annual Conference (2009) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: South Cavalry field
Tour guide: Eric J. Wittenberg.
2010_KY_CWPT_Banquet_100605179CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Banquet: Awards Dinner
2010 Preservation Awards:
Carrington Williams Battlefield Preservationist of the Year Award: Kurt Holman, Manager, Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
National Leadership Award: Congressman Ben Chandler, Commonwealth of Kentucky
State Leadership Award: Governor Steve Beshear, Commonwealth of...
2010_KY_CWPT_Board_10060266CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Board meeting
2010_KY_CWPT_Breakfast_10060637CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Breakfast: Closing and Q&A
2010_KY_CWPT_Ceremony_100601106CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Ceremony: Land Transfer at Perryville
Land Transfer Ceremony at Perryville, Kentucky

CWPT cordially invites you to join Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Secretary Marcheta Sparrow and other Commonwealth officials and preservation leaders to celebrate the transfer of 54 acres of hallowed ground for inclusion in Perryville Battlefield...
2010_KY_CWPT_Dinner_100603119CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Dinner: Color Bearer Dinner
Including Garry Adelman's after-dinner slide show.
2010_KY_CWPT_Dinner_10060438CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Dinner: Frankfort
2010_KY_CWPT_Lunch_100603115CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Lunch: Opening and panel
Main solo speaker: Kent Masterson Brown.
Panel discussion with: Richard McMurry, Ed Bearss, Kent Masterson Brown, moderated by Garry Adelman.
2010_KY_CWPT_CNelson_10060370CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Tour group: Camp Nelson
2010_KY_CWPT_Frankfort_10060447CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Tour group: Frankfort
2010_KY_CWPT_Perryville_10060145CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Tour group: Hicklen and Hankla Properties
Tour of Hicklen Property – public
Trustee Tour of Hankla Property
2010_KY_CWPT_LexCem_10060348CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Tour group: Lexington Cemetery
2010_KY_CWPT_Group_100679CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Tour group: Miscellaneous shots
2010_KY_CWPT_Richmond_100604143CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Tour group: Richmond (KY) Battlefield
2010_KY_CWPT_Morgan_10060570CWPT Annual Conference (2010) in Lexington, KY -- Tour group: Second Day of Morgan's Raid
This tour was led by Kent Masterson Brown. It visited several sites: Green River Lake and a country lane that was part of the Battle of Tebb's Bend as well as the site of a railroad station in Lebanon as well as their town square.
2010_DC_CWPT_Board_10030490CWPT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2010) in Washington, DC -- Board meeting
2010_DC_CWPT_Reception_100305126CWPT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2010) in Washington, DC -- Opening reception
2002_VA_CWPT_Dinner_02092716CWPT Color Bearers weekend (2002) in Middleburg, VA -- Dinner: Middleburg
This was an annual Civil War Preservation Trust dinner for "Color Bearers" which was held in Middleburg Virginia. This series was later merged with the Grand Review events.
2002_VA_CWPT_Middle_02092845CWPT Color Bearers weekend (2002) in Middleburg, VA -- Tour group: Middleburg
The day after the Middleburg dinner, the Civil War Preservation Trust sponsored a guided tour of Civil War battlefields in the Middleburg area. This area was the center of John Mosby's operations plus there were a number of cavalry-based battles fought here in 1863 as Union forces tried to penetrate the...
2000_MD_CWPT_Antietam_000917142CWPT Color Bearers (2000) in Antietam -- Tour group: Antietam (w/Gary Gallagher)
This was a special tour of Antietam National Battlefield done by Gary Gallagher for the Civil War Preservation Trust. The park superintendent came with us. It was preceded by a catered lunch that was on a privately-owned home in the area of the battlefield.
2002_MD_CWPT_Dinner_02092128CWPT Grand Review (2002) in Antietam -- Dinner: Antietam Visitor Center (w/Jim Lehrer)
This was the first ever "Grand Review" Civil War Preservation Trust dinner. This one was held at the Antietam battlefield. It included talks by the CWPT President Jim Lighthizer, the commentator Jim Lehrer, and the Antietam superintendent JW Howard.
2003_PA_CWPT_Dinner_03090625CWPT Grand Review (2003) in Gettysburg -- Dinner: Gettysburg Visitor Center (w/Ben Stein)
2003_PA_CWPT_Getty_03090773CWPT Grand Review (2003) in Gettysburg -- Tour group: Devil's Den (w/Garry Adelman)
2005_VA_CWPT_Dinner_05091722CWPT Grand Review (2005) in Lexington, VA -- Dinner: VMI (w/Ron Maxwell)
2005_VA_CWPT_Marshall_0509179CWPT Grand Review (2005) in Lexington, VA -- Reception: George C. Marshall Museum and Library
2005_VA_CWPT_Lee_05091713CWPT Grand Review (2005) in Lexington, VA -- Reception: Lee Hall
2005_VA_CWPT_LeeCh_05091819CWPT Grand Review (2005) in Lexington, VA -- Talk: Lee Chapel (w/Bud Robertson)
2005_VA_CWPT_Marshall_05091617CWPT Grand Review (2005) in Lexington, VA -- Talk: VMI Parade
2005_VA_CWPT_XKeys_05091733CWPT Grand Review (2005) in Lexington, VA -- Tour group: Cross Keys
2005_VA_CWPT_Lex_05091821CWPT Grand Review (2005) in Lexington, VA -- Tour group: Lexington
2005_VA_CWPT_Market_05091736CWPT Grand Review (2005) in Lexington, VA -- Tour group: New Market
Our tour guide for this was Keith E. Gibson, Colonel, Director, VMI Museum Operations.
2005_VA_CWPT_PtRep_05091710CWPT Grand Review (2005) in Lexington, VA -- Tour group: Port Republic
2007_MS_CWPT_Dinner_070908125CWPT Grand Review (2007) in Vicksburg -- Dinner: Cairo
2007_MS_CWPT_Lunch_07090826CWPT Grand Review (2007) in Vicksburg -- Lunch: Raymond court house
2007_MS_CWPT_Group_070921CWPT Grand Review (2007) in Vicksburg -- Tour group (miscellaneous shots)
2007_MS_CWPT_Big_Black_07090811CWPT Grand Review (2007) in Vicksburg -- Tour group: Big Black River
2007_MS_CWPT_Champion_07090843CWPT Grand Review (2007) in Vicksburg -- Tour group: Champion Hill
2007_MS_CWPT_Deans_07090849CWPT Grand Review (2007) in Vicksburg -- Tour group: Deans Stand
Deans Stand:
The Treaty of Doaks Stand, 1820, opened this land to white settlement. Land was quickly claimed, and pioneer families established themselves in this wilderness. William Dean and his wife Margaret settled near here on the Old Natchez Trace in 1823.
The Deans supplemented their farm income...
2007_MS_CWPT_Raymond_07090865CWPT Grand Review (2007) in Vicksburg -- Tour group: Raymond
2007_MS_CWPT_VicksburgCW_07090959CWPT Grand Review (2007) in Vicksburg -- Tour group: Vicksburg battlefield
2007_MS_CWPT_Houses_07090933CWPT Grand Review (2007) in Vicksburg -- Tour group: Vicksburg houses
2008_VA_CWPT_Dinner_08092797CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Dinner: Lee Memorial (w/James Swanson)
Along with the dinner, there were presentations by CWPT President Jim Lighthizer, Chairman Tod Sedgwick, award presentations, and a keynote speech by James Swanson.
2008_DC_CWPT_Photo_08092815CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Talk: Civil War Washington in Pictures (Garry Adelman)
"Capital at War: Civil War Washington in Pictures" was a journey through time to witness the transformation of Civil War Washington. It was given by Garry Adelman, the Vice President of the Center for Civil War Photography.
2008_DC_CWPT_Talk_08092648CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Talk: Lincoln Assassination (Ed Bearss)
The kick-off lecture for the Grand Review weekend was by Ed Bearss.
2008_VA_CWPT_Arlington_08092729CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Tour group: Lee Memorial
2008_DC_CWPT_LincMemI_08092828CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Tour group: Lincoln Memorial (inside)
Pictures include pictures in the public chamber as well as in the underground portion of the tour.
2008_DC_CWPT_LincMemO_08092873CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Tour group: Lincoln Memorial (outside)
2008_DC_CWPT_Group_08092818CWPT Grand Review (2008) in Washington DC -- Tour group: Miscellaneous shots
2009_IL_Almanac_Prep_09092741CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Almanac Trial recreation (pre- and post-production)
Preparation and post-production cast photos for Vernon and Georganne Burton's play which recreates the Almanac Trial. The play starred George Buss as well as number of CWPT members!
2009_IL_Almanac_Play_09092776CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Almanac Trial recreation (presentation)
Vernon and Georganne Burton's play which recreates the Almanac Trial. The play starred George Buss as well as number of CWPT members!
2009_IL_CWPT_Board_09092543CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Board meeting
2009_IL_CWPT_Dinner_090926104CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Dinner: Lincoln Museum
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Thomas Schwartz, Illinois State Historian, chief historian for exhibits and content in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and director of Research and the Lincoln Collection in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Dr. Schwartz will speak on "The Illinois Home Front during...
2009_IL_CWPT_Lecture_09092535CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Talk: John C. Waugh
2009_IL_CWPT_Beardstown_0909279CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Tour group: Beardstown, IL
2009_IL_CWPT_Tour_LHLO_09092622CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Tour group: Lincoln-Herndon Law office
2009_IL_CWPT_Tour_LH_09092628CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Tour group: Lincoln Home
2009_IL_CWPT_Group_0909255CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Tour group: Miscellaneous shots
2009_IL_CWPT_New_Salem_09092536CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Tour group: New Salem
2009_IL_CWPT_Tour_OR_09092669CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Tour group: Oak Ridge Cemetery
Including CWPT wreath-laying at Lincoln's tomb.
2009_IL_CWPT_Tour_OCap_09092674CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Tour group: Old State Capitol
2009_IL_CWPT_Tour_OS_09092643CWPT Grand Review (2009) in Springfield, IL -- Tour group: Springfield (outdoors sites)
Tour guide: Justin Blandford.
2010_TN_CWPT_Dinner_10092597CWPT Grand Review (2010) in Franklin, TN -- Banquet: Carnton Plantation
Speakers:
-- Jim Lighthizer, CWPT President
-- Susan Whitaker, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, representing the Governor.
  -- Eric Jacobson, keynote speaker
2010_TN_CWPT_Board_10092339CWPT Grand Review (2010) in Franklin, TN -- Board meeting
Chairman's Awards for Excellence in Preservation went to:
-- The Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association
-- Battle of Franklin Trust
-- Fred Prouty, Tennessee Wars Commission
2010_TN_CWPT_PC_100924147CWPT Grand Review (2010) in Franklin, TN -- Press conference: Rippavilla
Speakers:
-- John L. Nau, III, CWPT Chairman
-- Jim Lighthizer, CWPT President
-- Pam Perdue, Executive Director, Rippavilla
-- Bryan Mitchell, Chief of NPS Heritage Preservation Services
-- Senator Lamar Alexander

Sen. Lamar Alexander Joins CWPT to Promote Preservation of Spring Hill...
2010_TN_CWPT_Reception_10092441CWPT Grand Review (2010) in Franklin, TN -- Reception: Stites and Harbison Law Offices
During the reception, an award was presented by CWPT to Julian Bibb of Stites and Harbison, honoring the legal work the firm had donated to aid battlefield preservation.
2010_TN_CWPT_Talk_10092612CWPT Grand Review (2010) in Franklin, TN -- Talk: Stones River
Speakers:
-- Michael Grainger
-- Carroll Van West
2010_TN_CWPT_Franklin_10092438CWPT Grand Review (2010) in Franklin, TN -- Tour group: Franklin hospitals
Tour guide: Robert Hicks
2010_TN_CWPT_Nashville_10092576CWPT Grand Review (2010) in Franklin, TN -- Tour group: Nashville battlefields
2010_TN_CWPT_Rippavilla_10092448CWPT Grand Review (2010) in Franklin, TN -- Tour group: Rippavilla
2010_TN_CWPT_Stones_10092693CWPT Grand Review (2010) in Franklin, TN -- Tour group: Stones River Battlefield
Tour guide: Jim Lewis
2016_PA_CWT_1stDay_16102840CWT -- Lee HQ Event (2016) -- 1st Day Tour w/Garry Adelman
2016_PA_CWT_LeeHQ_161028202CWT -- Lee HQ Event (2016) -- Lee HQ Ceremony
A historic moment is coming. In just a few weeks, we will cut the ribbon on Gen. Robert E. Lee’s headquarters site at Gettysburg battlefield. We will unveil the restored Mary Thompson House, present historically appropriate landscaping, and open a new interpretive trail. This project involved some of...
2016_PA_CWT_Lunch_16102828CWT -- Lee HQ Event (2016) -- Lunch
2016_PA_CWT_LeeHQ_Dinner_16102781CWT -- Lee HQ Event (2016) -- Pre-Event Dinner
A historic moment is coming. In just a few weeks, we will cut the ribbon on Gen. Robert E. Lee’s headquarters site at Gettysburg battlefield. We will unveil the restored Mary Thompson House, present historically appropriate landscaping, and open a new interpretive trail. This project involved some of...
2017_MD_CWT_Antietam_170705131CWT -- News conference for battlefield preservation w/Secretary Zinke @ Antietam
Civil War Trust and National Park Foundation join Interior Secretary Zinke in announcing President Trump's donation to Antietam plus $7.2 million for battlefield sites nationwide

(Sharpsburg, Md.) – During a news conference today on the historic Antietam Battlefield in Maryland, U.S. Secretary of the...
2017_PA_CWT_Brandywine_170915178CWT -- News Conference: Brandywine Battlefield (Dilworth Farm)
Please join the Civil War Trust’s Campaign 1776, U.S. Representatives Patrick Meehan and Ryan Costello, Chester County, Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates, the Brandywine Battlefield Task Force and Natural Lands for a special ceremony announcing battlefield preservation efforts at Pennsylvania’s...
2017_VA_CWT_Goose_Creek_171206246CWT -- News Conference: Goose Creek Battlefield
Please join the Civil War Trust, Governor Terry McAuliffe, Secretary of Natural Resources Molly Ward, NOVA Parks, the Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club, and other Virginia conservation champions for a special preservation announcement at historic Goose Creek Bridge on the Upperville Battlefield in...
2013_VA_CWT_BBluff2_13081563CWT -- Press Conference: Ball's Bluff (w/Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell) -- Press Conference
MEDIA ADVISORY:
COMMONWEALTH OFFICIALS, CONSERVATION ADVOCATES TO GATHER FOR MAJOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ANNOUNCEMENT

(Leesburg, Va.) – On Thursday, August 15, 2013, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell will join state officials and members of the Civil War battlefield preservation community to make a...
2013_VA_CWT_BBluff1_130815108CWT -- Press Conference: Ball's Bluff (w/Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell) (2013) -- Audience and Mingling
MEDIA ADVISORY:
COMMONWEALTH OFFICIALS, CONSERVATION ADVOCATES TO GATHER FOR MAJOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ANNOUNCEMENT

(Leesburg, Va.) – On Thursday, August 15, 2013, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell will join state officials and members of the Civil War battlefield preservation community to make a...
2015_VA_CWT_Brandy_151026213CWT -- Press Conference: Preservation Victory at Fleetwood Hill (2015)
You're invited! Celebrate a Preservation Victory at Fleetwood Hill!
Dear Friend,
Please join the Civil War Trust and Virginia preservation leaders as we unveil a new interpretive trail at Brandy Station’s recently restored Fleetwood Hill. The event will include a tour of the property owned by the...
2015_VA_CWT_Williamsburg_150324151CWT -- Press Conference: Williamsburg w/Anheuser-Busch (2015)
GOV. TERRY MCAULIFFE JOINS ANHEUSER-BUSCH AND CIVIL WAR TRUST TO ANNOUNCE BATTLEFIELD DONATION AT WILLIAMSBURG
Partnership results in largest part of Civil War battlefield of Williamsburg ever set aside for preservation
Williamsburg, Va. (March 24, 2015) – At a news conference today, Virginia...
2013_VA_CWT_Jackson_13081516CWT -- Tour of Jackson House @ Balls Bluff (2013)
2011_VA_CWT_Banquet_11052178CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Banquet Awards
Awards presented:
* Rep. Frank Wolf, National Preservation Leadership Award
* Robert Rosenbaum, Shelby Foote Preservation Legacy Award
* Julian Bibb, Shelby Foote Preservation Legacy Award
* Jeff Griffith, Shelby Foote Preservation Legacy Award
* “Wilderness Walmart Plaintiffs,”...
2011_VA_CWT_Reception_11052190CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Banquet Reception
2011_VA_CWT_Breakfast_1105229CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Breakfast Talk
Speaker: Matt Spruill
2011_VA_CWT_Closing_11052215CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Closing breakfast talk
2011_VA_CWT_Dinner_11051994CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Dinner: Color Bearer
Keynote speaker: Robert K. Krick
2011_VA_CWT_Lunch_110519108CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Lunch and awards
Awards presented:
* John Howard, NPS preservationist of the year (former superintendent, Antietam NB)
* Richard Deardoff, teacher of the year, Fauquier County, Va.
* D.P. Newton, Discovery Trail Site of the Year – White Oak Museum, Falmouth, Va.
* Annette Keener-Farley, Reenactment Unit of...
2011_VA_CWT_Group_1105139CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Miscellaneous shots
2011_VA_CWT_Panel_11051927CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Panel discussion
Panel discussion: Edwin C. Bearss, Richard J. (soon-to-be-married) Sommers, and John Hennessy. Moderator: Garry Adelman.
2011_VA_CWT_Photo_11052037CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Photo Extravaganza
Slide talk by Garry Adelman.
2011_VA_CWT_PhotoSS_110520149CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Photo Extravaganza -- S
Slide talk by Garry Adelman.
2011_VA_CWT_Bristoe_11051924CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Tour Group: Bristoe Sta
Tour guide; Clark "Bud" Hall
2011_VA_CWT_Manassas_110520145CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Tour group: First Manassas
Tour guide: Robert E. L. ("Bobby") Krick
2011_VA_CWT_TAN_110521138CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Tour group: Manassas Then and Now
Tour guide: Garry Adelman
2011_VA_CWT_Rap_Station_11051945CWT Annual Conference (2011) in Manassas, VA -- Tour group: Rappahannoc
Tour guide; Clark "Bud" Hall
2012_VA_CWT_Goodheart_12061031CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Adam Goodheart talk
2012_VA_CWT_BalloonSS_120607118CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Ballooning Slide Show
Civil War Ballooning with Tom Crouch, Jim Green, and Mike Boehme
2012_VA_CWT_Banquet_120609136CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Banquet Dinner and Awards
CIVIL WAR TRUST HONORS TOP PRESERVATION ADVOCATES
Recipients of 2012 Preservation Awards lauded for groundbreaking work in battlefield protection
(Richmond, Va.) – During a banquet held during the organization’s 2012 Annual Conference in Richmond, Va., Civil War Trust president James Lighthizer...
2012_VA_CWT_Breakfast_12061036CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Closing Breakfast
2012_VA_CWT_Seven_Days1_120608134CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Drewry's Bluff and Seven Days (Day 1 tour)
The tour guide for my group was Bobby Krick Jr.
2012_VA_CWT_Lunch_120607108CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Lunch and awards
Awards presented during the lunch:
* Sesquicentennial Legacy Award: Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton and Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Doug Domenech
* National Park Service Preservationist of the Year Award: Russ Smith, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National...
2012_VA_CWT_Group_120691CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Miscellaneous shots
2012_VA_CWT_Photo_120606155CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Photo Extravaganza
Garry Adelman's Richmond Photo Extravaganza!
2012_VA_CWT_Reception_12060792CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Reception and dinner for Color Bearers
2012_VA_CWT_Reception_12060861CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Reception @ Tredegar Iron Works
2012_VA_CWT_Richmond_12060932CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Richmond Today
2012_VA_CWT_Talks_12060718CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- Talks
Two talks:
* Overview of the Seven Days' Battles with Robert E. L. Krick Jr.
* Panel discussion on Civil War Ballooning with Tom Crouch, Jim Green, and Mike Boehme
2012_VA_CWT_White_Oak_12060739CWT Annual Conference (2012) in Richmond, VA -- White Oak Road and Five Forks tour
Tour guide: Chris Calkins
2013_MS_CWT_Awards_13060131CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Banquet awards
Civil War Trust Honors and Awards Battlefield Preservation Activists at Annual Conference Dinner
The Trust annual conference ended with award presentations recognizing tireless efforts of battlefield preservation advocates

(Jackson, Miss.) – The Civil War Trust 2013 annual conference in Jackson,...
2013_MS_CWT_Banquet_130601112CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Banquet Reception and Dinner
2013_MS_CWT_Chickasaw_13053097CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Tour
Tour guides: Ed Bearss and Terry Winschel
2013_MS_CWT_Breakfast_13060238CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Closing breakfast
Question and answer session with Trust President, Jim Lighthizer
2013_MS_CWT_Awards_13053032CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Lunch awards
Two awards -- John Haynes (Shelby Foote Preservation Legacy Award) and the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign (Brian C. Pohanka Preservation Organization of the Year Award)Three big announcements marked the beginning of the Civil War Trust’s 2013 annual conference in Jackson, Miss....
2013_MS_CWT_Group_130588CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Miscellaneous Shots
Including waiting at the airport for the trip home.
2013_MS_CWT_Lunch_130530103CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Opening lunch
2013_MS_CWT_Talks_130530121CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Opening Talks
Lecture: The Vicksburg Campaign with Parker Hills
Panel Discussion:
* Dr. John Marszalek ("Ulysses S. Grant and the Strategy of Comaraderie")
* Dr. Michael Ballard ("John C. Pemberton: His Best Was Not Good Enough")
* Dr. Gary Joiner ("David Dixon Porter: Taking Control of the Father of...
2013_MS_CWT_Photo_130529138CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Photo Extravaganza
With Garry Adelman.
2013_MS_CWT_Picnic_13053146CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Picnic Dinner @ Old Capitol Museum
Music provided by the 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment Band.
2013_MS_CWT_Reception_13053089CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Reception and dinner for Color Bearers
Guest speech: Timothy B. Smith.
2013_MS_CWT_Siege_130531155CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Siege of Vicksburg tour
Tour guide: Ed Bearss
2013_MS_CWT_VCampaign_130601103CWT Annual Conference (2013) in Jackson, MS -- Vicksburg Campaign Part 2 tour
Tour guide: Parker Hills
2014_TN_CWT_Awards_14053154CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Banquet awards
2014_TN_CWT_Banquet_140531149CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Banquet Reception and Dinner
2014_TN_CWT_Franklin_14053059CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Battles of Spring Hill and Franklin tour w/Eric Jacobson
2014_TN_CWT_Shaara_14052924CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Better History through Storytelling w/Jeff Shaara
2014_TN_CWT_Nashville_14052992CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Civil War Nashville Walking Tour w/Ed Bearss
2014_TN_CWT_Breakfast_1406015CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Closing breakfast
2014_TN_CWT_Ft_Donelson_140531100CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Fort Donelson tour w/Greg Biggs
2014_TN_CWT_Signing_14052941CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Meet and greet
Meet and Greet with conference historians and authors
2014_TN_CWT_Group_1405244CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Miscellaneous Shots
2014_TN_CWT_Photo_140528148CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Photography Mega Extravaganza w/Garry Adelman
2014_TN_CWT_Dinner_140529133CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Reception and Dinner
2014_TN_CWT_Flagel_14052975CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Thomas Flagel
Reception and Author Dinner for Color Bearers. Author Thomas Flagel, Finding Our Collective Appomattox: Searching for Peace at the End of the American Civil War.
2014_TN_CWT_WvsE_14052934CWT Annual Conference (2014) in Nashville, TN -- Western Theater vs the Eastern Theater (w/Garry Adelman and Eric Jacobson)
The Western Theater versus the Eastern Theater: Two historians, three microphones, no weapons
2015_VA_CWT_Photo_150605167CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- 1865 Photo Extravaganza w/Garry Adelman
2015_VA_CWT_Cold_Harbor_150604128CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Battle of Cold Harbor Tour
Battle of Cold Harbor Tour w/Bobby Crick Jr. and Mike Andrus
2015_VA_CWT_HTCH_150606112CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Battle of Haw's Shop, Totopotomoy Creek and Cold Harbor Tour (w/Bobby Crick Jr)
Tour: Battle of Haw's Shop, Totopotomoy Creek and Cold Harbor w/Bobby Crick Jr.
2015_VA_CWT_Breakfast_15060730CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Breakfast Q&A
2015_VA_CWT_CWMem_15060426CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Civil War in Memory (w/Bud Robertson)
2015_VA_CWT_Reception_15060321CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Color Bearer Reception
2015_VA_CWT_CBDinner_150604123CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Color Bearer Reception and Author Dinner
2015_VA_CWT_Dinner_150606121CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Dinner and Awards
2015_VA_CWT_DinnerR_15060678CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Dinner Reception
2015_VA_CWT_CWEnded_1506046CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Has the Civil War Really Ended (w/Bud Robertson)
2015_VA_CWT_Retreat1_150605128CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Lee's Retreat Part 1 tour
Tour Guide: Brig. Gen. John (Jack) W. Mountcastle (Ret.)
2015_VA_CWT_Group_1506128CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Misc Group Shots
2015_VA_CWT_Lunch_15060490CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Opening Lunch and Awards (Thursday)
Recipients included:
* Chris Miller, president of the Piedmont Environmental Council, who helped preserve the Brandy Station Battlefield.
* Jack Berry, President, Richmond Region Tourism, for exemplary leadership in support of heritage tourism and preservation.
2015_VA_CWT_Pamplin_15060380CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- Pamplin Historical Park tour
2015_VA_CWT_War26_15060484CWT Annual Conference (2015) in Richmond, VA -- War in the East in 26 Minutes (w/Garry Adelman)
2016_PA_CWT_Talks_160602117CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Author Talks (Richard Sommers, Jared Frederick, Jim Hessler, and Dan Toomey)
Speakers shown here:
* Richard Sommers: "Strategic Imperatives and Tactical Realities: The Generalship of Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg"
* Jared Frederick: "Gettysburg 101: An Introduction to the Battle and its People"
* Jim Hessler: "Sickles the Preservationist"
* Dan Toomey: "The Last...
2016_PA_CWT_Breakfast_16060573CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Breakfast Q&A
2016_PA_CWT_CBDinner_16060292CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Color Bearer dinner and reception, George Wunderlich keynote
2016_PA_CWT_Reception_16060127CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Color Bearer Reception
2016_PA_CWT_Banquet_160604176CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Dinner Banquet and Awards Ceremony
National historic preservation group recognizes tireless efforts of battlefield preservation advocates

(Gettysburg, Pa.) – During an annual gathering of its members in Gettysburg earlier this month, the Civil War Trust recognized some of the outstanding leaders of the battlefield preservation...
2016_PA_CWT_Detail_160603157CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Gettysburg In Detail, Part 1 tour w/Scott Hartwig
Also included are shots from four other tour groups who overlapped with ours: Kent Masterson Brown, Troy Hartman (maybe), Wayne Motts, John Hoptak, and Dave Richards.
2016_PA_CWT_Retreat_16060495CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Lee's Retreat from Gettysburg w/Kent Masterson Brown
2016_PA_CWT_Group_1606140CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Misc Group Shots
2016_PA_CWT_Lunch_16060267CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Opening Lunch
2016_PA_CWT_Photo_16060151CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Photo Extravaganza w/Garry Adelman
2016_PA_CWT_Rose_Farm_160602129CWT Annual Conference (2016) in Gettysburg -- Rose Farm in 4D w/Garry Adelman and Tim Smith
2017_TN_CWT_Chat_Detail_17061049CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Battle of Chattanooga in Detail, Part 2
Tour guide: James Odgen
2017_TN_CWT_Chick_Detail_170609143CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Battle of Chickamauga in Detail, Part 1
Tour guide: David Powell
2017_TN_CWT_Breakfast_17061164CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Breakfast and Question and Answer Closing Session with Jim Lighthizer
2017_TN_CWT_CB_Dinner_170608111CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Color Bearer Dinner w/Peter Cozzens
2017_TN_CWT_HG_Reception_17060732CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Honor Guard Reception
2017_TN_CWT_Wheeler_17060736CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Joe Wheeler's Raid tour
Tour guide: Jim Ogden.
2017_TN_CWT_Talks_BZ_17060836CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Keynote Talk 1: Fighting the Second Civil War -- Bob Zeller
2017_TN_CWT_Talks_CC_17060836CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Keynote Talk 2: The Chickamauga Campaign
2017_TN_CWT_Talks_AH_17060843CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Keynote Talk 3: Bite the Bullet: Myths and Realities of Civil War Medicine -- Anthony Hodges
2017_TN_CWT_Group_1706212CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Miscellaneous Group Shots
Including the exhibition hall and author signings.
2017_TN_CWT_Photo_Extra_170607189CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Photo Extravaganza
Led by Garry Adelman
2017_TN_CWT_Awards_170610160CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Reception, Banquet, and Awards Ceremony
2017_TN_CWT_Cruise_170609130CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Southern Belle cruise along Tennessee River
Tour guide: James Odgen
2017_TN_CWT_Railroad_17060864CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Tennessee Valley Railroad tour
2017_TN_CWT_Lunch_17060871CWT Annual Conference (2017) in Chattanooga, TN -- Thursday Opening Luncheon
2011_GA_CWT_Board_11030456CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Board meeting
2011_GA_CWT_Group_11035CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Miscellaneous shots
2011_GA_CWT_Plaque_110304123CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Plaque dedication
2011_GA_CWT_Ft_McAllister_11030563CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Tour Group: Fort McAllister
2011_GA_CWT_Ft_Pulaski_11030537CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Tour Group: Fort Pulaski
2011_GA_CWT_Ft_PulaskiAD_11030531CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Tour Group: Fort Pulaski -- Artillery Demo
2011_GA_CWT_OFt_Jackson_11030539CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Tour Group: Old Fort Jackson
2011_GA_CWT_OFt_JacksonAD_11030518CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Tour Group: Old Fort Jackson -- Artillery Demo
2011_GA_CWT_Reception_11030448CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Tour group: Opening Reception
2011_GA_CWT_Shaws_11030545CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Tour Group: Shaw's Dam
2011_GA_CWT_Slaves_11030633CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2011) in Savannah, GA -- Tour Group: Slave sites
2012_WV_CWT_FPE_120303188CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2012) in Shepherdstown, WV -- Fighting, Photos and...
Fighting, Photos and the Emergence of a Battlefield Park tour w/Garry Adelman
2012_WV_CWT_Group_120320CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2012) in Shepherdstown, WV -- Miscellaneous group shots
2012_WV_CWT_Reception_120302148CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2012) in Shepherdstown, WV -- Opening reception
Reception, chairman's awards, and the keynote talk by Dr. Thomas Clemens, "Battle of Shepherdstown: Why it Matters"

CIVIL WAR TRUST HONORS REGIONAL BATTLEFIELD ADVOCATES
National organization recognizes outstanding historic preservation champions in Maryland, West Virginia
(Shepherdstown, W.Va.) –...
2012_WV_CWT_Shep_12030471CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2012) in Shepherdstown, WV -- Shepherdstown
Off-site tour of Shepherdstown during the Civil War w/Nicholas Redding.
2012_WV_CWT_Bus_12030344CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2012) in Shepherdstown, WV -- Stuck bus @ Grove Farm
2013_TN_CWT_Board_13022889CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2013) in Memphis, TN -- Board dinner
During a Thursday evening dinner at the University Club, James S. Gilliland received the Trust’s Shelby Foote Preservation Legacy Award in recognition of his long service to the organization, including two terms as chairman of the board. Beyond his strong leadership, Gilliland personally served as a...
2013_TN_CWT_PhotoSS_13030177CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2013) in Memphis, TN -- Images of Shiloh and Corinth Slide Show
2013_TN_CWT_Reception_130301130CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2013) in Memphis, TN -- Opening Reception
Including award and Images of Shiloh and Corinth slide show.
Amidst a reception at the Westin Memphis Beale Street Gregory Britt was honored with the organization’s Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Preservation. Britt and his family have been the largest monetary contributors to the preservation and...
2013_TN_CWT_Parks_130303101CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2013) in Memphis, TN -- Tour of city parks
2013_TN_CWT_Shiloh_130302120CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2013) in Memphis, TN -- Tour of Shiloh
Tour guide: Tim Smith
Civil War Memphis Walking Tour: This walking tour will include visits to Fort Pickering to see the Civil War powder magazines built into giant Indian mounds, the old Navy yard, and the previous site of the US Colored Troop camp; Jefferson Park where several prominent citizens are...
2014_VA_CWT_Briefing_14031496CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2014) in Winchester, VA -- Awards and Insider's Briefing
2014_VA_CWT_CSpring_Tour_14031683CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2014) in Winchester, VA -- Cool Spring Tour
Battle of Cool Spring with Matt Borders.
2014_VA_CWT_Group_140330CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2014) in Winchester, VA -- Miscellaneous Group Shots
2014_VA_CWT_Reception_14031472CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2014) in Winchester, VA -- Opening Reception @ Old Court House Civil War Museum
2014_VA_CWT_ShenVC_Tour_14031592CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2014) in Winchester, VA -- Shenandoah Valley Campaign tour
1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign tour w/Eric Campbell
2015_NC_CWT_Group_150342CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2015) in Raleigh, NC -- Miscellaneous Group Shots
2015_NC_CWT_Plymouth_150320107CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2015) in Raleigh, NC -- Opening lecture
"The Very Essense of Nightmare: The Battle of Plymouth": Lecture by Sam Smith, historian and Manager of the Trust's education programs.
2015_NC_CWT_Reception_15032019CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2015) in Raleigh, NC -- Reception @ North Carolina Museum of History
2015_NC_CWT_Guilford_15032232CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2015) in Raleigh, NC -- Tour of Guilford Courthouse
Tour with Lawrence Babits.
2017_FL_CWT_Breakfast_17042331CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2017) in Pensacola, FL -- Closing Breakfast and Q&A with Jim Lighthizer
2017_FL_CWT_Pensacola_17042354CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2017) in Pensacola, FL -- Historic Pensacola Walking Tour
The tour was led by Wesley Odom from Go Retro Tours.
2017_FL_CWT_Rucker_17042157CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2017) in Pensacola, FL -- History Talk w/Brian Rucker
History Talk. Dr. Brian Rucker on “Pensacola As a Battleground: The City of Five Flags” Location: Emerald Coast
2017_FL_CWT_Misc_1704229CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2017) in Pensacola, FL -- Miscelleneous (Saturday)
2017_FL_CWT_Coastal_17042298CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2017) in Pensacola, FL -- Pensacola's Coastal Fortification Tour
Tour guide: David Ogden (National Park Service).
2017_FL_CWT_Welcome_17042163CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2017) in Pensacola, FL -- Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception and Dinner, beachside
2018_SC_CWT_Breakfast_18021137CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2018) in Greenville, SC -- Breakfast and Q&A with Jim Lighthizer
2018_SC_CWT_Kings_Cows_18021094CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2018) in Greenville, SC -- Kings Mountain and Cowpens Tour
Two tour groups, one under Robert "Bert" Dunkerly and the other under Kris White, toured the two sites. John Slaughter, NPS superintendent of Cowpens, King's Mountain, and Ninety-Six, addressed both groups.
2018_SC_CWT_NinetySix_18021134CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2018) in Greenville, SC -- Ninety Six Battlefield Tour
2018_SC_CWT_Welcome_180209129CWT Color Bearer Thank You Weekend (2018) in Greenville, SC -- Welcoming Event and Reception
Including several presentations and the performance by Kris White and Garry Adelman.
2016_MD_CWT_Antietam_16040293CWT Generations: Antietam walk (2016)
Generations events offer a fun and educational opportunity to explore our country’s history with someone you know age 8-18. What better place to learn the story of the Civil War than on the battlefield itself? So bring your son, daughter, niece, neighbor, or friend age 8-18 and sign up!
At the Antietam...
2016_DC_CWT_March_160206307CWT Generations: March Through American History @ Anderson House (Society of the Cincinnati) (2016)
“March Through American History”:
This FREE event is part of our Generations Program, which aims to connect younger and older generations while exploring America’s history in fun, educational ways. During this Cadet Conference, our team will “walk” with youngsters—ages 6-16—through the three wars that...
2015_PA_CWT_Charge_150725170CWT Generations: Walk Pickett’s Charge! (2016)
Free Expert Led-Tour in Gettysburg: Walk Pickett’s Charge!
We’re kicking off our new Civil War Trust Generations program this month with a free event at Gettysburg National Military Park! Join us on Saturday, July 25th as we retrace Pickett’s Charge as it occurred on July 3, 1863, during the Battle of...
2011_TN_CWT_BDinner_110915100CWT Grand Review (2011) in Chattanooga, TN -- Board dinner
Chairman awards went to Jim Ogden, Mary Ann Peckham, and Dan Fulenwider.
2011_GA_CWT_ChickA_11091793CWT Grand Review (2011) in Chattanooga, TN -- Chickamauga tour
Most of the pictures were of the tour group conducted by William Glenn Robertson.
2011_TN_CWT_Dinner_11091761CWT Grand Review (2011) in Chattanooga, TN -- Cocktails and dinner
2011_TN_CWT_Group_110923CWT Grand Review (2011) in Chattanooga, TN -- Group shots
2011_GA_CWT_Resaca_11091862CWT Grand Review (2011) in Chattanooga, TN -- Resaca Tour
Charlie Crawford was the group leader for this tour.
2011_TN_CWT_Cruise_11091684CWT Grand Review (2011) in Chattanooga, TN -- Southern Belle cruise
An overview of the Chattanooga campaign was provided by James Ogden, III, with the National Park Service.
2012_VA_CWT_Group_120912CWT Grand Review (2012) in Williamsburg, VA -- Group shots
2012_VA_CWT_Mariner_12092238CWT Grand Review (2012) in Williamsburg, VA -- Mariner's Museum
Tour guide: Dr. Craig J. Symonds.
2012_VA_CWT_Boat_12092228CWT Grand Review (2012) in Williamsburg, VA -- Monitor/CSS Virginia boat ride tour
Tour guide: Dr. Craig J. Symonds.
2012_VA_CWT_Dinner_120922134CWT Grand Review (2012) in Williamsburg, VA -- Saturday Dinner
2012_VA_CWT_Talk_12092238CWT Grand Review (2012) in Williamsburg, VA -- Washington/Jefferson Talk
2012_VA_CWT_Wburg_Walk_12092139CWT Grand Review (2012) in Williamsburg, VA -- Williamsburg Walking Tour
2012_VA_CWT_Yorktown_12092359CWT Grand Review (2012) in Williamsburg, VA -- Yorktown Tour
Tour guide: Chris Bryce.
2013_VA_CWT_Breakfast_13092229CWT Grand Review (2013) in Richmond, VA -- Breakfast Briefing
2013_VA_CWT_Group_13092041CWT Grand Review (2013) in Richmond, VA -- Group Shots around Dessert Talk
Including Dr. Charles F. Bryan, Jr. and Rev. Robert Bluford, Jr.
2013_VA_CWT_Group_13092113CWT Grand Review (2013) in Richmond, VA -- Group Shots (Saturday)
2013_VA_CWT_Spotsylvania_130921102CWT Grand Review (2013) in Richmond, VA -- Group tour of Spotsylvania National Battlefield
Tour guide: Robert K. Krick
This tour will travel across Spotsylvania Battlefield by bus, and walk into the historic fields and woodlots to reach decisive points. Four walks will cover a total extent of about four miles of walking. The bus will meet the tour guide on the Brock Road, and Walk #1 will...
2013_VA_CWT_Dinner_13092186CWT Grand Review (2013) in Richmond, VA -- Saturday Dinner
Including award presentation to Kathleen Kilpatrick and keynote speaker Trace Adkins.
2013_VA_CWT_Reception_130921104CWT Grand Review (2013) in Richmond, VA -- Saturday Reception Before Dinner
Folks here include Lucy Lawliss (superintendent of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania battlefield), Kathleen Kilpatrick, and Trace Adkins.
2013_VA_CWT_Talk_13092072CWT Grand Review (2013) in Richmond, VA -- Saving Private Sneden talk w/Charles Bryan Jr.
Lecture by Dr. Charles F. Bryan, Jr., Saving Private Sneden: Bringing a Lost Civil War Treasure to Life.
Edwin C. Bearss Lifetime Achievement Award to Rev. Robert Bluford, Jr.
2013_VA_CWT_Hollywood_13092223CWT Grand Review (2013) in Richmond, VA -- Tour of Hollywood Cemetery
Hollywood Cemetery:
Operating as a cemetery since 1849, Hollywood Cemetery is the final resting place for President James Monroe and President John Tyler, as well as Governor William A. “Extra Billy” Smith, General JEB Stuart, General Fitzhugh Lee, Jefferson Davis and Douglas Southall Freeman just to...
2014_GA_CWT_AHC_14091941CWT Grand Review (2014) in Atlanta, GA -- Atlanta History Center
2014_GA_CWT_EduExtra_14091941CWT Grand Review (2014) in Atlanta, GA -- Educational Extravaganza in 15 Minutes!
2014_GA_CWT_Hell_Hole_140920123CWT Grand Review (2014) in Atlanta, GA -- Hell Hole Battles tour w/Charlie Crawford
Tour of New Hope Church, Pickett's Mill, and Dallas battlefields
2014_GA_CWT_Group_140926CWT Grand Review (2014) in Atlanta, GA -- Miscellaneous group shots
2014_GA_CWT_Shoupade_14092157CWT Grand Review (2014) in Atlanta, GA -- River Line/Shoupade Lecture and Tour w/Michael Shaffer
2014_GA_CWT_Dinner_14092063CWT Grand Review (2014) in Atlanta, GA -- Saturday Banquet incl Stephen Davis talk
Keynote speaker: Stephen Davis on What the Yankees Did To Us: Sherman's Bombardment and Wrecking of Atlanta
2014_GA_CWT_Reception_14092080CWT Grand Review (2014) in Atlanta, GA -- Saturday Reception Before Dinner
Folks here include Andersonville Acting Superintendent, Eric Leonard, and his wife.
2016_NY_CWT_Banquet_160917126CWT Grand Review (2016) in West Point, NY -- Banquet (w/Robert M.S. McDonald)
Cocktails and dinner banquet. Speaker: Author and historian Robert M. S. McDonald on Thomas Jefferson and Secession.
2016_NY_CWT_Breakfast_16091829CWT Grand Review (2016) in West Point, NY -- Closing Breakfast
Breakfast Q&A with Jim Lighthizer
2016_NY_CWT_Reception_160916118CWT Grand Review (2016) in West Point, NY -- Opening Reception and Check-in
2016_NY_CWT_Hudson_River_160917118CWT Grand Review (2016) in West Point, NY -- Tour: Rev War in the Hudson River Valley
With tour guide Bruce Venter,
2016_NY_CWT_WPFP_16091861CWT Grand Review (2016) in West Point, NY -- West Point Foundry Preserve
2017_VA_CWT_Banquet_171013132CWT Grand Review (2017) in Fredericksburg, VA -- Dinner Banquet @ Stevenson Ridge
2017_VA_CWT_Leadership_17101424CWT Grand Review (2017) in Fredericksburg, VA -- Leadership at Chancellorsville w/Doug Douds
Leadership at Chancellorsville
A Staff Ride with Doug Douds
This tour will do a study of the April 30 to May 3, 1863 fighting around the Chancellor house.
2017_VA_CWT_Group_171029CWT Grand Review (2017) in Fredericksburg, VA -- Miscellaneous Group Shots
2017_VA_CWT_Stevenson_17101316CWT Grand Review (2017) in Fredericksburg, VA -- Tour of Stevenson Ridge
2017_VA_CWT_Ordeal_17101574CWT Grand Review (2017) in Fredericksburg, VA -- Tour: A Town's Ordeal w/John Hennessy
A Town's Ordeal: The Bombardment, the Crossing, and the Looting of Fredericksburg
with John Hennessy
Description: In Fredericksburg, in December 1862, the military and civilian worlds collided in dramatic, destructive form. This tour will explore the site of the upper pontoon crossing, look at the...
2017_VA_CWT_Stomping_17101360CWT Grand Review (2017) in Fredericksburg, VA -- Tour: George Washington's Stomping Ground
George Washington’s Stomping Ground: Fredericksburg in the 18th Century
Led by Edward G. Lengel and Bruce M. Venter
Long before the 1862 battle, Fredericksburg was a bustling tobacco port on the Rappahannock River. George Washington’s life was very much a part of Fredericksburg’s early history.
Our...
2017_VA_CWT_2Battles_171014138CWT Grand Review (2017) in Fredericksburg, VA -- Tour: Two Battles of Chancellorsville w/Bob Krick
Two Battles of Chancellorsville: 1863 and the modern preservation struggle with Robert K. Krick
Departing from downtown Fredericksburg, on the way out of town we will drive past the restaurant where the APCWS was born 30 years ago; the house in which monthly board meetings were held in the early days;...
2017_VA_CWT_Fred_City_17101422CWT Grand Review (2017) in Fredericksburg, VA -- Walk from Marriott to Sentry Box
Tour guide: Chris Mackowski
2017_VA_CWT_Sentry_17101450CWT Grand Review (2017) in Fredericksburg, VA -- Walking Tour and Open House @ Sentry Box
2008_MO_Wilsons_Demo26MO -- Wilson's Creek Natl Battlefield -- Artillery demo for CWPT walking tour group
2015_NC_Bville150_Truck_15032140NC -- Bentonville 150th -- Dignitary Truck
150th Bentonville
Schedule of Events
9:00am - 5:00pm: Visitors center, information tent, Friends of Bentonville tent, and gift shop tent open to the public.
9:00am - 5:00pm: Re-Enactor Camps and Sutlers open to the public.
9:00am - 4:30pm: Harper House Area open to the Public House Tours, Civil War...
2015_NC_Bville150_Misc_150321131NC -- Bentonville 150th -- Miscellaneous
150th Bentonville
Schedule of Events
9:00am - 5:00pm: Visitors center, information tent, Friends of Bentonville tent, and gift shop tent open to the public.
9:00am - 5:00pm: Re-Enactor Camps and Sutlers open to the public.
9:00am - 4:30pm: Harper House Area open to the Public House Tours, Civil War...
2015_NC_Bville150_Reenact_150321172NC -- Bentonville 150th -- Reenactment
150th Bentonville
Schedule of Events
9:00am - 5:00pm: Visitors center, information tent, Friends of Bentonville tent, and gift shop tent open to the public.
9:00am - 5:00pm: Re-Enactor Camps and Sutlers open to the public.
9:00am - 4:30pm: Harper House Area open to the Public House Tours, Civil War...
2015_DC_Cincinnati_C1776_150419106Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) -- Event: Saving Revolutionary War Battlefields
Saving Revolutionary War Battlefields
The American Revolution Institute has joined with the Civil War Trust, the nation's premier historic land preservation organization, to promote Campaign 1776, an ambitious program to preserve endangered battlefields of the Revolutionary War. Celebrate the...
Contact: Bruce Guthrie