13th Annual Civil War Seminar
Jarman Auditorium at Longwood University proved to be an excellent location for last year's seminar and will be this year. Longwood University
Longwood University Farmville, Virginia
8:45 a.m. Doors open 9:10 a.m. Introduction by Dr. David Coles, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy, Longwood University 9:15 a.m. John QuarsteinRichmond Saved: The1862Peninsula Campaign 10:15 a.m. John HennessySecond Manassas: Revisiting Return to Bull Run11:15 a.m. Thomas ClemensGeneral EzraCarman and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 12:30 Lunch 1:45 p.m.Thomas McGrath Shepherdstown: Last Clash of the Maryland Campaign, September 19-20, 18622:45 p.m.Frank O'Rielly Fredericksburg: Winter War on the Rappahannock No reservations necessary.Signs will be posted on the Longwood University Campus. For directions to the campus go to www.longwood.edu. For more information contact Dr. David Coles at 434.395.2220 or Patrick Schroeder at 434.352.8987, Ext. 32. For a more information about the speakers, or to print the schedule: click here |
Did You Know?
Robert E. Lee's father, "Light Horse Harry" Lee, present at the surrender at Yorktown in 1781, wrote that General Cornwallis had shirked his responsibility by sending junior officers to meet with General Washington. Lee chose to meet personally with Grant at Appomattox.