![]() Each author's program will be held at the Vicksburg National Military Park visitor center auditorium unless otherwise noted in bold print. All events outside the park will have direct address below and times to make planning easier. America's National Park bookstore will host a book signing event where the author's titles can be purchased and signed. The signing events are held after the program. 160th Anniversary Author's Series Schedule for 2023![]() Author's photo. Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 2:00PMTimothy B. SmithThis presentation will be on “The Top 10 Things I’ve Learned While Studying Vicksburg”. Smith is one of the foremost historians on the Vicksburg campaign and the Western Theater of the Civil War.Smith teaches history at the University of Tennessee at Martin and is the author of numerous books on the Civil War and its battlefields, including his most recent book Early Struggles for Vicksburg: The Mississippi Central Campaign and Chickasaw Bayou, October 25-December 31, 1862. ![]() Author's photo. Saturday, June 3 at 11:00AM CT
This presentation will be on her book Milliken's Bend: A Civil War Battle in History and Memory, discussing the pivotal battle where newly trained African American soldiers helped change the perspective for enlistment in the Union war effort and how the battle has been rememebered. |
Last updated: June 15, 2023