Blue and Gray Education Society

09/06/2026

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08/31/2026

We were back on the road again this weekend with a wonderful Field University Study of the Battle of Nashville led by our own Hal Litchford.

08/23/2026

We are back in the field this weekend with Historian Kevin Pawlak as we study the Maryland Fall 1862 Campaign including the crossings of the Potomac River, and the action at South Mountain, Harper’s Ferry, Antietam, and Shepherdstown.

08/17/2026

🔥 NOW LIVE: Walk the Ground at Waynesboro!

The Battle of Waynesboro is one of those Civil War battles that deserves far more attention.

On March 2, 1865, Philip Sheridan’s Union forces struck Jubal Early’s battered Confederate army in the Shenandoah Valley. What followed was a decisive Union victory that effectively ended organized Confederate resistance in the Valley, just weeks before the war would come to an end.

But what did the battlefield actually look like? How did the terrain shape the fight? And why was Waynesboro so important to the closing chapter of the war?

Join Aaron Siever of Aaron's Civil War Travels as he takes us onto the actual ground and brings this often overlooked battle to life.

At BGES, we believe that sometimes the best way to understand history is to walk the ground.

🎥 Watch the new battlefield tour now on the Blue & Gray Education Society YouTube channel!

And if you enjoy exploring Civil War battlefields, be sure to follow Aaron’s Civil War Travels for more great battlefield content.

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08/11/2026

🎥 COMING SOON: Walk the Ground at Waynesboro!

What happened at Waynesboro in the final weeks of the Civil War?

On March 2, 1865, Union forces under Major General Philip Sheridan struck Major General Jubal Early's depleted Confederate army in one of the final major engagements of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign. The result was a decisive Union victory that effectively ended organized Confederate resistance in the Valley.

In our latest battlefield tour, we join Aaron Siever of Aaron's Civil War Travels as he takes us onto the ground at Waynesboro and helps bring this often overlooked battle to life.

At BGES, we believe there is no better way to understand history than to walk the ground. Seeing the terrain, understanding the movements of the armies, and standing where these events unfolded can transform the way we understand the past.

This short tour is a great introduction to one of the war's final Valley battles and another opportunity to explore the history that is still waiting to be discovered on America's battlefields.

🎬 Coming soon to the Blue & Gray Education Society YouTube channel!

And be sure to check out Aaron's Civil War Travels for more battlefield explorations.

08/03/2026

🎥 NOW LIVE: Our conversation with historian W. Fitzhugh Brundage

Nearly 400,000 soldiers were captured during the Civil War. Their story, one of disease, desperation, and political decisions made far from the camps themselves, is one of the war’s most overlooked chapters.

We sat down with W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of the new book A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War, to talk about how prisoner exchange broke down, why places like Andersonville and Elmira became death traps, and what that experience meant for the men who survived it.

This is a rich, honest conversation about a part of the war that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Watch it now!

In our latest video, we sit down with with Historian W. Fitzhugh Br...

07/31/2026

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07/27/2026

Coming soon: an in-depth conversation with historian W. Fitzhugh Brundage

We sat down with Pulitzer Prize finalist and professor at UNC-Chapel Hill W. Fitzhugh Brundage to talk about his new book, “A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War”, out now from W.W. Norton.

Roughly 400,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were captured during the Civil War, and their story is one of the war’s most overlooked chapters. Brundage takes us inside the collapse of the prisoner exchange system, the political decisions behind the horrors of Andersonville, Elmira, and more, and what happened to a generation of Americans marked by captivity.

This is a conversation you won’t want to miss. Stay tuned for the full video.

📖 “A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War” is available for purchase now.