Schedule of Events

Battlefield BookFest and GettysNerd 2.0

Schedule and speaker lineup are subject to change.
American Battlefield Trust Event

Schedule of Events

Friday, November 14, 2025 (Morning)

8:30 am | Registration Opens 
9:00 am - 9:50 am | Antietam Revealed with Dennis Frye
10:00 am - 10:50 am | Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America's Most Famous Small Town with Dr. Jill Ogline Titus
11:00 am - 11:50 am | Sickles and Me: Reflections on 'Sickles at Gettysburg' with Jim Hessler

Friday, November 14, 2025 (Afternoon)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch Buffet & Lunch Time Session-The Cost of War: Photos and Photography of the Civil War Era with Garry Adelman
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm | Gettysburg and Vicksburg - The Confederacy Totters to Destruction with Matt Atkinson 
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm | The Petersburg Campaign with  Will Greene
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Pickett's Charge in History and Memory with Dr. Carol Reardon 
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm | "I Dread the Thought of the Place,": The Battle of Antietam with Scott Hartwig 

Friday, November 14, 2025 (Evening)
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Book Signing and Meet & Greet with William A. Frassanito 
6:15 pm - 6:45 pm | Dinner Buffet
6:45 pm - 9:00 pm | GettysNerd 2.0 Quiz Show featuring Garry Adelman, Tim Smith, Kris White, Chris Mackowski, and Special Guests 

Saturday, November 15, 2025

8:30 am – 9:15 am | Registration and Breakfast Buffet
9:15 am – 9:30 am | Welcome from American Battlefield Trust President David Duncan
9:30 am – 10:20 am | Backcountry War: The Rise of Francis Marion, Banastre Tarleton and Thomas Sumter with Andrew Waters
10:30 am – 11:20 am | The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln's Special Forces with Patrick K. O' Donnell 
11:30 am – 12:15 pm | Lunch Buffet 
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South with Alan Pell Crawford 
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm | Presentation of the 2025 American Battlefield Trust Prize for History with David Duncan 

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