Scholarly Seminars:
Return to Little Round Top
September 27-29, 2024
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, many organizations have copied the concept and put on their own scholarly weekend seminars, the ALBG annual effort is highly rated after over a quarter-century in operation.
EVENT HISTORY
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| 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. |
| April 8-9, 2011 | “Into the Jaws of Hell” The Struggle for Devil’s Den. | Tim Smith, Rich Kohr, John Winkleman |
| September 9-11, 2011 | The Irish at Gettysburg | Phil Lechak, Rich Bellamy, John Fitzpatrick, Stuart Dempsey, Dave Donahue |
| April 13-14, 2012 | The Gettysburg Medals of Honor | Gary Roche, Roy Frampton, Renae MacLaughlin |
| September 7-9, 2012 | Brigades at Gettysburg II: North and South | Andie Custer Donahue, Dave Hamacher, Stuart Dempsey, Dave Richards, Christina Moon, Charlie Fennell. |
| April 12-14, 2013 | Pickett’s Charge! | Wayne Motts, Kavin Coughenour, George Newton, Woody Christ |
| September 13-15, 2013 | Retreat and Aftermath of Gettysburg | Stuart Dempsey, Charlie Fennell, Mike Vallone, Phil Lechak |
| April 11-12, 2014 | Monocacy: The Third Invasion | Rich Kohr |
| Fall 2014 | NONE HELD | * |
| April 10-11, 2015 | The Union Right Flank – The Other High Ground | Phil Lechak, George Newton, John Archer, Dean Shultz |
| September 11-13, 2015 | The Battle Between The Barns: The Fight for the Emmitsburg Road Ridge | Kavin Coughenour, Phil Muskett, Don Walters, John Archer |
| April 8-9, 2016 | Wearing the Green: The United States Sharpshooters at Gettysburg | Wayne Motts, Dean Harry, Charlie Fennell |
| September 9-10, 2016 | Cemetery Hill: The Critical High Ground | Dean Harry, Bobby Housch, Stuart Dempsey |
| April 7-8, 2017 | Commanders in the Wheatfield, the Rose Farm and the Action in the Wheatfield | Rob Abbott, Tim Smith, Steve Slaughter |
| April 13-14, 2018 | Duels, Fire-Fights and Outright Bedlam: Artillery Actions of July 2, 1863 | Dave Donahue, Ralph Siegal, John Archer, Ed Suplee, Don Walters |
| September 7-9, 2018 | Playing by the rules: How Gettysburg commanders Tested Military Theory. | Dr. Carol Reardon, Christina Moon, Stacy Kilts, Ellen Gonslaves, Mary Turk-Meena |
| November 8-9, 2019 | Gone, But Not Forgotten | Dave Weaver, Fran Feyock, Rick Schroeder, Britt Isenberg, Eric Lindblade, John Baniszewski |
| May 1-2, 2020 | Overlooked & Often Not Visited: Ridges, Farms & Other Battle Sites | Tony Nicastro, Jim Hessler, Dean Shultz, Chris Army, Jim Hueting |
| 2021 | COVID TIMES – NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED! | |
| September 23-25, 2022 | Hancock’s Second Corps: “Do you see those colors? Take them!” | Rob Abbott, Chris Army, Dave Donahue, Doug Duds, Charlie Fennell, John Fitzpatrick, Jim Hessler, Joe Mieczkowski, Steve Slaughter, Jessie Wheedleton. |
| September 22-24, 2023 | Oak Ridge: “Attack and Defense” | Rob Abbott, Dave Donahue, Charlie Fennell, Jim Hessler, Larry Korczyk, Phil Muskett, Tony Nicastro, Therese Or, Tim Pierce, Bill Trelease |
Last updated: October 15, 2023