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CVBT 2025 Spring Seminar Great Success<\/h2>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n
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This years theme “The Road to Fredericksburg” brought a packed house of 150 attendees.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A sold out crowd packed the event hall at the Tabernacle United Methodist Church in Fredericksburg to hear presentations by top historians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers included noted historians and authors Dennis Frye, Greg Mertz, James Broomall, Frank O’ Reilly, and John Hennessy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendees were also treated to a a continental breakfast and a great BBQ lunch buffet.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The seminar covered topics and events happening in the late summer and fall of 1862 leading up to the battle at Fredericksburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dennis Frye – “Lee’s Achilles” Harper’s Ferry and the First Invasion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greg Mertz – “Jackson Is With You!\u201d Confederates Turn the Tide at Cedar Mountain”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Hennessy – The ‘Moral Spectacle’ of Freedom: The Union Army and the Slow End of Slavery in Central Virginia, 1862.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Broomall – \u201cAnother Ball\u2019s Bluff\u201d: The Battle of Shepherdstown and the End of the Maryland Campaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank O’Reilly – “Poor Burn Feels Dreadfully”: Transition of Power in the Army of the Potomac<\/p>\n<\/div>

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John Hennessy presenting his program<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Select authors had books available for sale and signatures. CVBT conducted a silent auction al day as well as raffles and a special give away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Museum of Civil War Medicine presented an artifact display throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retired CVBT Board member Paul T.Scott and his brother also provided a table of interesting Civil War artifacts from his collection. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Greg Mertz addresses the audience<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are already hard at work building our 2026 Seminar. Keep an eye out for that information as you will not want to miss it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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