2010 Annual Conference

• Perryville Land Transfer

  

  Civil War Trust President Jim Lighthizer and Trust Chairman John Nau flank Kentucy Tourism, Arts and Heritage Secretary Marcheta Sparrow at the Perryville Land Transfer Ceremony.

  Rob Shenk

• The Chairman's Awards

  

  Wayne Basconi and Dr. Edwin Ahrens show off their CWPT Chairman's Awards received at the 2010 Lexington Board Meeting.

  Bruce Guthrie

• Jim Lighthizer with the Hanklas

  

  Kentucky land owners Scott and Mary Pat Hankla, (left) and Faye and Ren Hankla (right) pose with Jim Lighthizer at the Saturday night banquet.

  Bruce Guthrie

• Kent Masterson Brown

  

  Historian Kent Masterson Brown describes the Battle of Perryville to CWPT members.

  Rob Shenk

• Lexington Cemetery Tour

  

  Historian Kent Masterson Brown takes CWPT members on a tour of the Lexington Cemetery, rich in Civil War history.

  Bruce Guthrie

• All Confederate Soldiers

  

  View of the Todd section of the Lexington Cemetery. The cemetery stone to the left celebrates all the Todd boys who fought for the Confederacy.

  Rob Shenk

• Officers Quarters at Camp Nelson

  

  Officers quarters at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. This white building, which pre-dates the Civil War, is one of the last remaining structures from the vast Union camp.

  Rob Shenk

• Archeology at Camp Nelson

  

  Archeologist Stephen McBride describes recent archeological work at Camp Nelson in Kentucky.

  Bruce Guthrie

• The John Hunt Morgan House

  

  View of the front of the John Hunt Morgan House in Lexington, Kentucky.

  Rob Shenk

• Statues of Lexington

  

  Two of Lexington's prominent statues. On the left is John Cabell Breckinridge, former Vice-President and Confederate General. On the right is Confederate General John Hunt Morgan.

  Rob Shenk and Bruce Guthrie

• Welcome to Bus #2

  

  CWPT Director of History and Education welcomes CWPT members to Bus #2

  Rob Shenk

• The Frankfort Arsenal

  

  CWPT members tour the historic Arsenal in Frankfort, Kentucky.

  Bruce Guthrie

• The Old Capital

  

  View of the front of the old Capital building in Frankfort, Kentucky. CWPT members were treated to an indepth tour of this great historical site.

  Rob Shenk

• Dinner at the Kentucky Historical Society

  

  Dinner at the Kentucky Historical Society

  Rob Shenk

• A Requa at the Kentucky Historical Society

  

  A Civil War-era Requa at the Kentucky Historical Society

  Rob Shenk

• A Perryville Morning

  

  View of the Perryville Battlefield at early morning.

  Rob Shenk

• At the Open Knob

  

  Two photos of the Open Knob section of the Perryville Battlefield in Kentucky. At right: Perryville Battlefield volunteer Jake Salley.

  Rob Shenk

• The Perryville Hike

  

  Civil War Trust members follow Ed Bearss down a hill on the Perryville Battlefield.

  Rob Shenk

• Photographing Perryville

  

  Color Bearer Michael Marx takes a photograph of the beautiful Perryville Battlefield from the top of Open Knob.

  Rob Shenk

• March of the Damned

  

  Trust members on the Ed Bearss Perryville Battlefield hike climb a ridge as nearby thunderstorms swirl overhead.

  Rob Shenk

• Richmond Battlefield Visitor Center

  

  CWPT members stopping at the Richmond Battlefield Visitor Center.

  Doug Ullman

• Richmond Battlefield

  

  A view of a Kentucky barn and 18th century graves on the Richmond Battlefield in Kentucky.

  David Duncan

• Mount Zion Church

  

  Trust members get their picture taken in front of the historic Mount Zion Church on the Richmond Battlefield in Kentucky.

  Douglas Ullman, Jr.

• Texas at Richmond

  

  View of the Texas Monument on the Richmond Battlefield.

  David Duncan

• The Historians

  

  Historians Kent Masterson Brown, Ed Bearss, Richard McMurry, and Garry Adelman at the CWPT's 2010 Annual Conference.

  Bruce Guthrie

• Morgan Raid Tour - The Cabin

  

  Morgan Raid Tour - The Cabin

  Bruce Guthrie

• Ed Bearss at the Kentucky Monument

  

  Ed Bearss at the monument honoring Kentucky's Civil War dead in the Frankfort Cemetery.

  David Duncan

• The Bearss Brigade

  

  Ed Bearss describes the fighting at Mill Springs to a group of CWPT members.

  Rob Shenk

• Mill Springs National Cemetery

  

  View of the Mill Springs National Cemetery. The Union dead from the Battle of Mill Springs were reburied here. The cemetery is near the new Mill Springs Visitor Center.

  Robert Shenk

• Mill Springs Hill

  

  View of a key section of the Mill Springs battlefield in Kentucky. Confederate forces attacked up this hill and were repulsed by Union forces behind the split rail fence at the summit.

  Robert Shenk

• The Confederate Cemetery

  

  View of some of the graves in the Mill Springs Confederate Cemetery which is located just near the Zollicoffer Monument on the battlefield. The area around the cemetery saw some of the heaviest fighting during the Battle of Mill Springs.

  Robert Shenk

• Photographing the Zollicoffer Monument

  

  CWPT member Cindy Wentworth snaps a shot of the Zollicoffer Monument at the Mill Springs Battlefield in Kentucky.

  Rob Shenk

• Meeting Ed

  

  Color Bearer Amber Lass meets Ed Bearss on the Mill Springs Battlefield.

  Frank DeLuca

• Crossing the Cumberland

  

  Civil War Trust members get ready to cross over the Cumberland Lake to reach the Grist Mill on the Mill Springs Battlefield Tour.

  Rob Shenk

• The Awards Banquet

  

  CWPT members came together for the 2010 CWPT Annual Conference Awards Banquet.

  Bruce Guthrie

• CWPT Awards - Mark Needham and Kurt Holman

  

  Left: Col. Mark Needham (U.S Army, Ret.) accepts the State Leadership Award on behalf of the Kentucky State Governor Steve Beshear. Right: Jim Lighthizer awards the Carrington Williams Battlefield Preservationist of the Year award to Kurt Holman of the Perryville Battlefield State Park.

  Bruce Guthrie

• Jim Lighthizer Addresses the Crowd

  

  Jim Lighthizer addresses CWPT members during the 2010 Annual Conference in Lexington, KY.

  Bruce Guthrie

• CWPT Awards - Donna Neary and Woody Harrell

  

  Left: Donna Neary, Director of Civil War Sesquicentennial Initiatives, accepts the Brian C. Pohanka Preservation of the Year Award for the Kentucky Historical Society. Right: Woody Harrell, Superintendent of Shiloh National Military Park accepts the award for the National Park Service Preservationist of the Year Award.

  Bruce Guthrie

• CWPT Awards - Josh Williams and Kevin O'Beirne

  

  Left: Curator for Arkansas Historic Washington State Park, Josh Williams, accepts the award for the Civil War Discovery Trail site of the year award on behalf of Joe Buckley. Right: Reenactor Kevin O'Beirne accepts the Reenactment Unit of the Year award on behalf of the Columbia Rifles

  Bruce Guthrie

• CWPT Awards - Round Table and Teacher of the Year Awards

  

  Left: Vivian Joiner and Gene Adcock accept the award for Civil War Round Table of the Year on behalf of the North Carolina Civil War Round Table. Right: Jim Lighthizer presents the Preservationist Teacher of the Year award to Bobby Housch of the Emory H. Markle Intermediate School in Hanover, MD.

  Bruce Guthrie

• One Unlike the Others

  

  Vivian Joyner and her twin sister Sharon Loftis share the stage with CWPT president Jim Lighthizer

  Bruce Guthrie