Since 2018, we’ve been helping guests explore Virginia’s battlefields through private guided tours that feel personal, thoughtful, and memorable. Many of our visitors come to us after exploring Gettysburg and are looking for a deeper way to experience Virginia Civil War history.
We started in 2018 as “Fredericksburg Tours,” offering Private Battlefield Tours of the Fredericksburg Area Battlefields. As more guests completed the Fredericksburg battlefields with us, they asked for even more private battlefield tours in Virginia. By 2022, we expanded to Culpeper, Shenandoah Valley, and Richmond battlefields, and renamed our company “Battlefield Tours of Virginia” to reflect the full scope of our tours.
See our Virginia Civil War Battlefield Tours. We’re always looking ahead to new ways to share this history, and we thank you for choosing us as your Virginia battlefield guide. Questions? Feel free to get in touch anytime!
John is the owner and operator of Battlefield Tours of Virginia. He is driven by a passion to get visitors mobile with a local battlefield guide and create the best private battlefield tour experience.
He is a U.S. Army veteran who worked for the government for over 25 years.
Greg retired after a 40-year career with the National Park Service as a historian at the Gettysburg battlefield, the Eisenhower home, and the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania area battlefields.
The majority of his career was spent years teaching tour guiding skills and supervising new employees, interns and volunteers.
Don was born in Gettysburg, Pa. to legendary Gettysburg author/historian Harry Pfanz. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
During his 32-year career with the National Park Service, he worked at Fredericksburg National Military Park, Petersburg National Battlefield, and Fort Sumter National Monument. He is a founding member of what is now the American Battlefield Trust, our nation’s largest battlefield preservation organization.
Gary is a retired social studies teacher from the Charlottesville, Va. area where he also operated a private historic tour service for over a decade.
Today, he resides near the Chancellorsville battlefield and continues his passion for history & sharing it with others.
Steward is an accomplished historian, author, and speaker. He is one of our area’s leading African American historians and a contributing author for the Emerging Civil War.
Steward is the co-founder of the 23rd Regiment United States Colored Troops living history unit and a member of the 54th Massachusetts.
Mike a military veteran, recently retired after nearly 40 years of service. Since 2004, he has been active as a public historian in Culpeper County.
Mike leads tours, staff rides and gives lectures, in addition to serving on non-profit boards supporting historic preservation.
John is a very passionate historian with a good sense of humor. Originally from New Jersey, not far from New York City, he was drawn to the charm of Fredericksburg & its four area battlefields.
John did an internship with the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in public history.
Doug Crenshaw studied history at Randolph-Macon College and the University of Richmond.
He is a Board member of the Richmond Battlefield Association, past president of the Richmond Civil War Roundtable, and a speaker, presenter, and tour guide.