Memorial Day Commemoration
May 27, 2013

Events include an artillery demonstration, color bearers, and the playing of TAPS in commemoration of fallen soldiers.

8th Annual Members' Tour:
The Ultimate Gettysburg Campaign Tour

September 28 - October 6, 2013

Join A. Wilson Greene and a group of the nation’s Gettysburg experts to explore the epic story of the Civil War’s most famous campaign from its bold inception at Brandy Station to its fateful conclusion on the Maryland shore of the Potomac. Headquartered in Winchester and Gettysburg. Saturday evening through the next Sunday morning. Reservations Required. Sites and guest guides include:

Brandy Station: Joe McKinney
President of Brandy Station Foundation

Second Winchester: Jonathan Noyalas
Lord Fairfax Community College

Aldie, Middleburg, & Upperville: Robert O'Neill
Noted author and expert on Virginia cavalry operations

Ewell and Stuart in Pennsylvania: Richard Sommers
U.S. Army War College at Carlisle

The Battle of Gettysburg: Scott Hartwig
Gettysburg National Military Park,
Garry Adelman
Civil War Trust,
Carol Reardon
Penn State University

Lee’s Retreat: Kent Masterson Brown
Award-winning author of Lee's Retreat from Gettysburg

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Click here to see photos from the 2012 Members' Tour in Kentucky.

17th Annual Symposium:
The Civil War in 1863

October 18-20, 2013

Seven outstanding scholars discuss pivotal events of 1863 Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. Reservations required.

Dr. Lawrence Lee Hewitt, Southeastern Louisiana University, emeritus: The Port Hudson Campaign

Mr. James A. Ogden, III, Historian,
Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP:
The Tullahoma Campaign

Dr. George C. Rable, University of Alabama:
Stonewall Jackson's Religion

Dr. Carol A. Reardon, Penn State University:
Pickett's Charge in Fact and Memory

Dr. Susannah J. Ural, University of Southern Mississippi:
Hood's Texans in 1863

Dr. Brian Steel Wills, Kennesaw State University:
George Thomas: The Rock of Chickamauga

Mr. A. Wilson Greene, Pamplin Historical Park:
Burnside's Mud March and the Prelude to Chancellorsville

NEW! A. Wilson Greene will lead an optional detailed tour Friday of the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road and the First Battle of Reams Station. Both the tour and Speakers Dinner are optional add-ons to your registration fee.

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Click here to see photos from the 2012 Symposium.

11th Annual Spring Tour:
The Ultimate Petersburg Campaign Part I
April 24-27, 2014

Join A. Wilson Greene as we begin our exploration of the decisive Campaign for Petersburg on the 150th Anniversary of this important chapter in Civil War history. Our tour will go beyond the usual and familiar sites by following the roads and trails that led the armies of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee across the James River and to the Cockade City of Petersburg. Headquartered in Petersburg, we will examine the important combat between June 15 and June 18, the lesser-known actions of the Second Offensive, Sappony Church, and First Reams Station, and study the infamous Battle of the Crater in detail. The tour begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday by 5 p.m.

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