Scholarly Seminars - Registration is now open!!!!!!!!!!!

The Association's seminar program was established by President Fred Hawthorne in 1991 as a way of showcasing the talents of the Licensed Battlefield Guides.  Though many organizations have copied the concept and put on their own scholarly weekend seminars, the ALBG annual effort is highly rated after nearly twenty years in operation.

The present Seminar committee consists of Chairman Stuart Dempsey, Kurt Anschuetz, Christina Moon, Fred Hawthorne, Deb Novotny, Guillermo Bosch, Phil Lechak, Ted Gajewski, and Dave Donahue. They are charged with planning and carrying out the annual seminar.

For 2010 the committee is pleased to announce the reinstitution of the single day, special topic "Spring Seminar" which will take place on June 5.  The topic will be "Draw Sabres! Charge!!!: Selected Cavalry Actions in the Gettysburg Campaign".  Click here for additional details and registration information.

Plans are now finalized for the main weekend seminar. This year we will focus on a Confederate topic: "From the Jaws of Victory:" Command and Control in the Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Gettysburg."  The dates are Friday, September 10 through Sunday, September 12, 2010.   Click here for detailed information.  Registration for the fall seminar will open March 1, 2010.

Date:	Topic:	Guides Involved:
October 25-27,1991	The1st Day at Gettysburg: Alamo of the Civil War	Gary Kross, Keith Toney, Wayne Motts
October 29-31, 1992	The 2nd Day at Gettysburg: Day of Decision	Jim Clouse, Charlie Fennell, Roy Frampton, Louise Friend, Dave Friend, Don McLaughlin, David Richards
October 15-17, 1993	The 3rd Day at Gettysburg: Desperate Valor	Elwood Christ, Charlie Fennell, Fred Hawthorne, Hans Henzel, Wayne Motts, Bill Ridinger, Dave Weaver, Skip Wensyel
October 21-23, 1994	Cavalry at Gettysburg: A Tactical Appraisal	Bill Bowling, Jim Clouse, Charlie Fennell, Charlie Hathaway, Gary Kross, Wayne Motts, Larry Wallace
April 28-29, 1995	Little Round Top: Truth and Fiction	Paul Cooksey, Dave Richards
October 26-28, 1995	The 1st Day at Gettysburg: The Great Battle Begins	Gary Kross, Wayne Motts, Mike Phipps, Tim Smith
April 26-27, 1996	Culp's Hill: The Forgotten Battle	Charlie Fennell
October 24-26, 1996	Gettysburg: Then & Now Interpreting the Battlefield Through Early Photography	Bill Frassanito, Garry Adelman, Tim Smith
April 18-20, 1997	The Wheatfield: Bloody Cauldron of Death	Charlie Fennell, Dave Richards,
October 23-26, 1997	Brigades & Batteries: Famous Units at Gettysburg	Eric Campbell, Paul Cooskey, Alan Crawford, Wayne Motts, Trish Murphy, Tim Smith
April 24-26, 1998	Pickett's Charge: Comprehensive Overview of the Greatest Frontal Assault of the Civil War	Wayne Motts
October 2-4, 1998	The Medal of Honor at Gettysburg	Roy Frampton
September 17-19, 1999	"Lee's Retreat"	Charlie Fennell
Mar 31 to Apr 2, 2000	Cemetery Hill: Witness to History	Gary Kross, Jim Clouse, Wayne Motts, Jim Hueting, Tim Smith, Roy Frampton, Deb Novotny
September 1-3, 2000	"Action Front" The Artillery at Gettysburg	Charlie Hathaway, Tim Smith, Fred Hawthorne, Phil Cole, Rich Kohr, Jim Hueting, Charlie Fennell, Wayne Motts
May 11-13, 2001	"Charge Bayonets!" The Infantry at Gettysburg	CANCELLED
2002	NONE HELD	*
2003	NONE HELD	*
2004	NONE HELD	*
April 9, 2005	"No one ever received a more important command" Maj Gen George Gordon Meade	Guillermo Bosch, Tony Nicastro, Kavin Coughenour
September 9-11, 2005	"The war had...been brought to our very door" Gettysburg July 1, 1863	Sue Boardman, Charlie Fennell, Bob Housch, Rich Kohr, Wayne Motts, Tim Smith
September 8-10, 2006	"No Brigade Commander at Gettysburg Rendered More Decisive Service: A Comprehensive look at Little Round Top and Culp's Hill July 2 and 3, 1863	Sue Boardman, John Cox, Charlie Fennell, Jim Hueting, Wayne Motts
September 7-9, 2007	"So Outrageously and Persistently Misrepresented"  A Reappraisal of the 11th Army Corps at the Battle of Gettysburg	Stuart Dempsey, George Newton, Charlie Fennell
September 5-7, 2008	"Was Sickles Right? "Hottest Iron on the Bloodiest Day" A Thorough Examination of Longstreet's Attack on July 2.	Stuart Dempsey, George Newton, Ralph Siegel, Tim Smith, Rich Kohr
September 11-14, 2009	Brigades at Gettysburg: Profiles of the Famous and Forgotten	Guillermo Bosch, Rich Kohr, George Newton, Dave Richards, Stuart Dempsey, Charlie Fennell
June 5, 2010	"Draw sabres! Charge!!": Selected Cavalry Actions at Gettysburg.	John Krepps, Dave Hamacher, Andie Custer
September 10-12, 2010	"From the Jaws of Victory": Command and Control in the Army of Northern Virginia	Bill Hewitt, Dave Richards, Charlie Fennell, Don Walters, Jim Martin, Tony Nicastro.