Civil War Lodge of Research No. 1865

Highland Spring, Virginia

Most Worshipful Thomas Frederick May chartered the Civil War Lodge of Research No. 1865 in 1995 with the noted Masonic author, Right Worshipful Allen E. Roberts, as the Charter Master.

The Lodge quickly became the fastest growing Lodge in Virginia.  It now has 325 current members from 34 different states and four foreign countries.

The Lodge has received dispensations to meet at many battle sites such as Gettysburg, PA; Antietam, MD; Richmond, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Appomattox, Harpers Ferry, WV; Charleston, SC, New Bern, NC; Fort Gaines, AL; and at Civil War prison sites such as Point Lookout, MD and Pea Patch Island, DE with local expert tour guides.

Having received an invitation from Quatuor Coronati Lodge in London to return the visit they paid the Civil War Lodge of Research in Alexandria in 1998, a group of 23, members and family members, traveled to London in 2003 and were hosted for a week by Wor. Yasha Beresiner, a Past Master and licensed walking tour guide of London, and members of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, toured Masonic sites of London, and attended several meetings and were guests at a reception in the Grand Lodge Building of the United Grand Lodge of England.