Battlefield stomping

As two readers and Ted Alexander have pointed out, I erred when I said that that hotel room was included in the cost of the Chambersburg seminar next month. Hotel is NOT included in the cost.

Sorry for the error, and thanks to those who pointed it out to me.

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Ted Alexander sent me the program for this year’s July Chambersburg Civil War Seminar, which will be held in Chambersburg July 23-28, 2008. Judging from the draft brochure that Ted sent along, this is going to be the mother of all Gettysburg seminars.

Among the presenters are Ed Bearss, Ted Alexander, Kent Masterson Brown, Jeff Wert, Ethan Rafuse, Rick Sauers, Dick Sommers, Troy Harman, Gary Kross, Wayne Wachsmuth, David Martin, Blake Magner, Scott Mingus, Joe Bilby, Eric Campbell, and others. It’s a veritable who’s who of Gettysburg scholars, and it looks like it’s going to be an absolutely spectacular program. Participants will have a huge variety of tours and talks to choose from. J.D. and I will be leading a full day tour of sites associated with Stuart’s Ride on Thursday, and then on Saturday afternoon, I will be leading a two-hour walking tour of Farnsworth’s Charge. I’m doing a talk on Ulric Dahlgren in the Gettysburg Campaign, and will be participating in at least one panel discussion. Jim McLean, proprietor of Butternut and Blue will be there peddling books.

This should be a can’t-miss for all of you Gettysburgaholics out there. When the actual schedule is available on the Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce’s web site, I will either post it here, or I will provide a link. At $745 for the entire event, which includes hotel room, meals, transportation, and guides, it’s really a tremendous deal. I hope to see some of you there.

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As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m leading a tour of central Virginia cavalry battlefields for the Civil War Education Association from June 19-22. The event is headquartered in Culpeper, VA, and will be covering the Battle of Brandy Station, the Battle of Kelly’s Ford, the Battle of Trevilian Station, and the fighting at Culpeper in September 1863. It should be a terrific tour.

I’ve been coordinating the Culpeper County events with my old friend and mentor Bud Hall, who is THE authority on Brandy Station, and who is the one most responsible for the preservation of that battlefield. Between us, we’ve cooked up some nifty surprises for the group for the Culpeper County portion of the tour. Just to whet your whistles a tad….thanks to Bud, lunch on Friday will be served on the grounds of Farley, the beautiful home that was the focus of the fighting for Yew Ridge on the afternoon of June 9, 1863.

Seats are filling up fast. If you have any interest at all, don’t wait too much longer to sign up, or it just might be too late……

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