Date and Time
Friday May 16, 2014 Sunday May 18, 2014
Friday, May 16
2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. - Sessions at Fredericksburg Hospitality House Hotel
Topics to discuss include:
- “Determining the Intent of the Enemy: Intelligence in the Spotsylvania Campaign” -Greg Mertz
- “Fighting for their Freedom: The United States Colored Troops” - Steward Henderson
6:30 p.m. - Dinner Buffet at Fredericksburg Hospitality House Hotel
Session following dinner:
“The Forlorn Confederate Search for Another Jackson: Five Dozen New Generals” -Robert K. Krick
Saturday, May 17
6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. - Breakfast at Fredericksburg Hospitality House Hotel
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. “Wilderness and Spotsylvania Battlefields” - Bus tour led by Robert K. Krick
Bus leaving from Fredericksburg Hospitality House Hotel
Box Lunch included at historic Ellwood (c 1785)
Sites visited include:
- Grant’s headquarters knoll during the Wilderness
- Saunder’s Field and Gordon’s Flank Attack
- Ewell’s Line south of the turnpike
- Widow Tapp Field
- Box lunch at Historic Ellwood (c 1785)
- Army of the Potomac advance along the Brock Road
- Todd’s Tavern
- Site of Sedgwick’s mortal wounding and more
Dinner on your own
Sunday, May 18
6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. - Breakfast at Fredericksburg Hospitality House Hotel
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. “Spotsylvania Battlefield” - Bus tour led by Robert K. Krick
Bus leaving from Fredericksburg Hospitality House Hotel
Box Lunch provided
Sites visited include:
- Doles’ Salient
- Walking tour of Upton’s Attack
- McCoul House, Dole’s penetration point
- The Bloody Angle
- Lee’s Last Line and more
Location
Based in Fredericksburg, Va at the Fredericksburg Hospitality House Hotel. When making reservations for a room, mention Chambersburg Civil War Seminars to receive available discounted rates. Includes bus tours of Spotsylvania battlefields.
Fees/Admission
Seminar Registration Fee Schedule:
$375 Members Complete Weekend
$395 Non Members Complete Weekend
$75 Friday Only
$195 Saturday Only
$195 Sunday Only
Contact Information
Lark Plessinger at lplessinger@chambersburg or call at 717-264-7101
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Description
Join us as Robert K. Krick takes us on an in depth tour of this hallowed ground. Mr. Krick is one of the leading authorities of the Civil War in Virginia. Do not miss this great opportunity to tour these sites and view places not often seen on standard tours of these battlefields.
Seminar will include lectures by nationally acclaimed historians, tours of Saunders Field, Widow Tapp’s, where “Lee to the rear” incident took place, Mule Shoe salient and Bloody Angle, and more! Based in Fredericksburg, Va.
