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SUMMARY:Cocktails & Cannonballs
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now open!\n$50/member $75/person $125/couple  \nStep into history for an unforgettable evening at Cocktails & Cannonballs\, The National Civil War Museum’s signature fundraising event! \nJoin us on Friday\, September 18\, from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM for a lively night filled with delicious bites from a selection of local caterers\, all set throughout our galleries. Sip\, stroll\, and savor as you explore the Museum like never before. \nPut your knowledge to the test with Civil War trivia hosted by the Civil War Breakfast Club\, enjoy encounters with reenactors\, and browse an exciting silent auction. Take a chance on our crowd-favorite wine pull\, try your luck with our raffle for the opportunity to fire a cannon\, and new this year – a Blind Book Sale—plus so much more! \nIt’s an evening of history\, fun\, and fundraising you won’t want to miss—all in support of preserving and sharing the stories of the American Civil War. All proceeds benefit The National Civil War Museum’s educational programs\, building fund\, and artifact preservation. \n$50/member $75/person $125/couple – Register here
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/cocktails-cannonballs/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Garry Adelman - Lessons in History
DESCRIPTION:Lessons in History with Garry Adelman\nSaturday\, August 22\, 2026 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.\nThe National Civil War Museum is pleased to welcome renowned Civil War historian\, author\, and speaker Garry Adelman as part of our popular Lessons in History lecture series. \nThe Civil War in Detail \nJoin the American Battlefield Trust and the Center for Civil War Photography’s Garry Adelman for an exploration of the largely unseen buried deep within Civil War photographs. Most of the roughly 10\,000 documentary Civil War photographs were recorded on large glass plates and most of these glass plates have survived the ravages of time\, These glass plates negatives are at least 30x larger than 35mm negatives and unlike today’s digital cameras\, the hi-resolution digital scans of these plates do not substantially pixelate upon zooming in. \nThe details that emerge are as broad and varied as the war itself. From pickle jar labels to battlefield features\, pets\, games\, engineering\, technology\, celebrity lookalikes\, all come into sharper relief. Most moving are the details that reveal humanity among Civil War-era people–young\, old\, black\, white\, male female\, which can have the unexpected effect of fostering sympathy for\, and less judgment of\, the people of the past. \nThis program is free to attend. Regular museum admission applies for those wishing to tour the galleries before or after the presentation. \nSeating is first come\, first served. \n\nAbout Garry E. Adelman: \nA graduate of Michigan State University and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania\, Garry Adelman is the award-winning author\, co-author\, or editor of 22 books and 50+ Civil War articles. He is the vice president of the \n\n\nCenter for Civil War Photography and has been a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg since 1995. He has conceived and drafted the text for wayside exhibits at eleven battlefields\, has given thousands of battlefield tours at more than 75 American Revolution and Civil War sites\, and has lectured at hundreds of locations across the country including the National Archives\, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. He has appeared as a speaker on the BBC\, C-Span\, Pennsylvania Cable Network\, American Heroes Channel\, and on HISTORY where he was a chief consultant and talking head on the Emmy Award-winning show Gettysburg (2011)\, Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color (2015)\, Grant (2020)\, and Battles for America (2022).  He works full-time as Chief Historian at the American Battlefield Trust.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/garry-adelman-lessons-in-history/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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SUMMARY:In-person Presentation: Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln
DESCRIPTION:An eye-opening portrait of Lincoln behind the scenes: Here is the career-long party politician whose brilliant coalition-building during the Civil War set the political foundation for emancipation and Union victory.\nBoss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincolnwith author Matthew Pinsker\nSaturday\, July 11\, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PMLocation: Education Gallery (First Floor)ISBN: 9780393240788 \nJoin Matthew Pinsker at The National Civil War Museum for a fascinating presentation on his new book\, Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln. \nIn this engaging program\, Pinsker explores a side of Abraham Lincoln often overlooked — Lincoln as a skilled political strategist and party leader navigating the turbulent years before and during the American Civil War. Drawing from years of research\, Pinsker examines how Lincoln balanced leadership\, politics\, and principle while guiding the nation through its greatest crisis. \n \nMatthew Pinsker is one of the nation’s foremost historians of Lincoln and the Civil War. He holds the Pohanka Chair in American Civil War History and serves as Director of the House Divided Project at Dickinson College in Carlisle\, Pennsylvania. \nAdmission to the presentation is free. Regular admission applies to the Museum galleries. \n“A landmark book…Team of Rivals on steroids…It is hard to imagine that the year will bring forth a Lincoln book of more originality or consequence.” ―Harold Holzer\, Wall Street Journal \n\nISBN:
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/in-person-presentation-boss-lincoln-the-partisan-life-of-abraham-lincoln/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lessons in History-A Hell of a Regiment: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine
DESCRIPTION:A Hell of a Regiment: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine\nSaturday\, June 6\, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PMLocation: Education Gallery (First Floor)ISBN: 9780811778152 \nOne of the most famous regiments of the American Civil War\, the 20th Maine earned lasting renown during its dramatic defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg under the command of Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Drawing on previously untapped sources\, Peatman offers a fresh account of the regiment’s transformation from inexperienced recruits into one of the Union Army’s most legendary fighting units. His work explores the leadership\, discipline\, and determination that helped shape the regiment’s enduring legacy. \nAdmission\nThis program is free to attend. Regular Museum admission applies for those wishing to tour the National Civil War Museum galleries. \nAbout the Author\nJared Peatman holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is a Senior Fellow at the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership. He is also the director of curriculum for the Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg and the author of several works exploring leadership and the Civil War.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/lessons-in-history-a-hell-of-a-regiment-to-gettysburg-and-beyond-with-the-twentieth-maine/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lessons in History-Opium Slavery Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis\nSaturday\, April 18\, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PMLocation: Education Gallery (First Floor) \nJoin The National Civil War Museum for a powerful and eye-opening program with author Jonathan S. Jones\, as he discusses his new book\, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis. \nDuring the Civil War\, opium and morphine were widely used and considered essential to battlefield medicine. These powerful drugs eased pain\, treated illness\, and saved lives. Yet when the war ended\, thousands of veterans returned home physically wounded—and unknowingly dependent on the very medicines that had sustained them. \nIn the decades that followed\, addiction—often described in the nineteenth century as being “enslaved” to opium—became a hidden epidemic among former soldiers. Veterans and their families struggled with the medical\, social\, and emotional consequences of dependency. At the same time\, prevailing cultural attitudes framed addiction as a sign of moral weakness\, unmanliness\, or mental instability\, limiting effective treatment and deepening suffering. \nDrawing on veterans’ firsthand accounts\, hospital and asylum records\, government reports\, newspaper coverage\, and contemporary advertisements\, Dr. Jones uncovers the largely forgotten story of America’s first opioid crisis. His research sheds new light on the Civil War’s long and traumatic aftermath and offers striking historical context for today’s opioid epidemic. \nAdmission\nAdmission to the program is free. Regular Museum admission applies for those wishing to tour the National Civil War Museum galleries. \nAbout the Author\nJonathan S. Jones is Assistant Professor of History at James Madison University and a scholar of nineteenth-century American history. His work explores the intersections of medicine\, war\, and society. \nISBN 9781469689531 \n 
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/lessons-in-history-opium-slavery-civil-war-veterans-and-americas-first-opioid-crisis/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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SUMMARY:Lessons in History: Preserving the Past - The Conservation of Katherine Wilson Curtin’s Dress - In Person
DESCRIPTION:Lessons in History: Preserving the Past — The Conservation of Katherine Wilson Curtin’s DressSaturday\, March 21 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM \nThe National Civil War Museum is proud to present our March Lessons in History program exploring the remarkable conservation of a rare garment belonging to Katherine Wilson Curtin\, wife of Pennsylvania’s Civil War Governor Andrew Curtin. Representatives from the Daughters of Veterans of the Civil War\, 1861-1865\, Katherine Wilson Curtin tent will discuss their conservation efforts. \nThis elegant French-made purple velvet and silk dress\, dating to the late nineteenth century\, offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the personal life of one of Pennsylvania’s most important wartime families. More than a beautiful artifact\, the dress tells a story of status\, mourning customs\, craftsmanship\, and the social world surrounding the Commonwealth’s wartime leadership. \nDuring this program\, guests will learn how historians and textile conservators stabilized and preserved the fragile garment so it could safely be exhibited and studied for future generations. The presentation will examine the challenges of conserving historic clothing\, the techniques used to protect delicate fabrics\, and what such artifacts reveal about the people who lived through and shaped the Civil War era. \nJoin us as we look beyond the battlefield and into the domestic and social history of the Civil War through one extraordinary piece of material culture. \nFree public lecture. Regular Museum admission applies for gallery access. \nCentre County Historical Society KWC Dress article Winter 2025
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/lessons-in-history-preserving-the-past-the-conservation-of-katherine-wilson-curtins-dress-in-person/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Special Program with Wayne E. Motts: Brigadier General George Sears Greene: Soldier\, Engineer\, Visionary
DESCRIPTION:A Special Program with Wayne E. Motts: Brigadier General George Sears Greene: Soldier\, Engineer\, Visionary.\nJoin us on March 14\, 2026 | 11:00 AM. The Camp Curtin Historical Society/Civil War Round Table and The National Civil War Museum proudly present a special program featuring Wayne E. Motts\, CEO of The National Civil War Museum. This program is Free and open to the public. Regular Museum admission applies for entrance to the NCWM Galleries. \nMr. Motts will deliver an in-depth presentation on the life and legacy of Brigadier General George Sears Greene—one of the Civil War’s most remarkable\, yet often overlooked\, leaders. \n\nA Rare Artifact on Display\nAs a special highlight of the program\, Brigadier General Greene’s original jacket\, preserved in the collection of The National Civil War Museum\, will be on display during the event. \nFollowing the presentation\, the Camp Curtin Historical Society will unveil a newly installed wayside marker at Reservoir Park\, enhancing interpretation of the park’s important role in Harrisburg’s Civil War history. \n\nAbout George Sears Greene\nThough best known for his brigade’s steadfast defense of Culp’s Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg\, Greene’s contributions extended far beyond the battlefield. \nBefore and after the war\, he enjoyed a distinguished career as a civil engineer. Greene was a co-founder of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects\, helping to shape professional standards and leaving a lasting imprint on the nation’s infrastructure. \nHis life bridges two defining chapters of 19th-century America: the struggle to preserve the Union and the engineering innovations that built a modern nation. \n\nAbout the Speaker\nWayne E. Motts serves as CEO of The National Civil War Museum. A licensed battlefield guide at Gettysburg National Military Park for 38 years\, he is also the author of “To Gain a Second Star: The Forgotten George S. Greene” (Gettysburg Magazine\, July 1990). \n\nJoin us for this engaging and educational program as we honor a man whose leadership at Gettysburg—and achievements beyond it—deserve renewed recognition. \nWe look forward to welcoming you on March 14.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/a-special-program-with-wayne-e-motts-brigadier-general-george-sears-greene-soldier-engineer-visionary/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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SUMMARY:Civil War Dance Classes - Free
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Great Family Fun and it’s Free! Prepare for the Civil War Preservation Ball\, held on March 21\, 2026 and join the Victorian Dance Ensemble for this annual event. There are three opportunities to attend – attend one or all and wear modern clothing. \nSunday – February 8\, and March 8\n2:00 PM to 4:00 PM \nTo register for the classes\, email: PreservationBall@civilwardance.org with dates you plan to attend and names of all attendees. Enrollees will be sent a Civil War Dance Manual. \nPlease visit our website at www.civilwardance.org
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/civil-war-dance-classes-free-7/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:In-Person 2026 Lessons In History Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first 2026 Lessons In History January 17\, 2026 ~ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm *NOTE NEW TIME\nFeaturing NCWM Curator\, Brett E. Kelley\, showcasing recent donations to the collections of The National Civil War Museum\, some never before seen. This Lecture is Free and Open to the Public. Regular Museum admission applies for entrance to the NCWM Galleries.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/in-person-2026-lessons-in-history-presentation/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:In-person Book Talk ~ The First Day at Gettysburg\, July 1\, 1863
DESCRIPTION:Fan favorite\, James Hessler\, joins us on August 23\, 2025\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm for a book talk\, The First Day at Gettysburg\, July 1\, 1863\, followed by a book signing.\nAbout the book: The summer of 1863 started off disastrously for the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater. In early May\, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia defeated and humiliated Major General Joseph Hooker’s army at the Battle of Chancellorsville. While both armies reorganized in the wake of Chancellorsville’s massive losses\, Lee then maintained the initiative and launched an invasion of Pennsylvania. Throughout June\, Lee’s army advanced deeper into Pennsylvania and Northern efforts to stop his progress were ineffective until Major General George Meade replaced Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac. On July 1\, 1863\, Meade and Lee’s large armies collided outside of the crossroads town of Gettysburg\, Pennsylvania. The stakes were never higher for either army as the newly promoted Meade defended Northern soil\, while General Lee risked everything by taking the war into enemy territory. \nThe 2025 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. \nAbout the author: James Hessler has worked as a licensed battlefield guide at Gettysburg National Military Park since 2003. Jim is the author of Sickles at Gettysburg (2009)\, and co-authored Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg (2015) and Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard (2019). He is one of the few authors to receive the Bachelder Coddington Award multiple times. Jim co-hosts the popular Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. He was one of the primary content designers for the American Battlefield Trust’s mobile Gettysburg application. He is a frequent speaker for Civil War Round Tables and other historical groups nationwide. In addition to Gettysburg\, he leads tours of other battlefields and historic sites across the country\, and currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Little Bighorn Associates. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/in-person-book-talk-the-first-day-at-gettysburg-july-1-1863/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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SUMMARY:In-Person Book Talk-Rebels at the Gates
DESCRIPTION:Rebels at the Gates – The Confederacy’s Final Gamble and the Battle to Save Washington by Robert P. Watson\nJoin us on Friday\, June 13\, 2025\, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm for an In-person presentation by author Robert P. Watson\, followed by a book-signing. \nAbout the book: Rebels at the Gate chronicles an intriguing series of events that nearly changed American history. In the last full year of the Civil War\, Washington\, DC came within hours of being invaded and Lincoln within inches of being shot. During the summer of 1864\, General Ulysses Grant was laying siege to Petersburg (near Richmond)\, deploying every available Union soldier in an effort to end the bloody war once and for all. His counterpart\, General Robert E. Lee and his famed Army of Northern Virginia\, were trapped inside Richmond\, and recognized that the Confederate capital would fall. Lee knew Grant\, and understood that he would never stop attacking until he had Richmond. It was then that the southern commander hatched a desperate and bold plan to save the Confederacy and perhaps bring the war to an end… but on the Confederacy’s terms. \nHistorian Robert Watson provides the definitive account of this largely forgotten attack on and defense of Washington—and the fascinating events surrounding the battle. \n\nAbout the author: Robert P. Watson\, Distinguished Professor of History at Lynn University is the author of many books on American politics and history including\, most recently\, America’s First Plague: The 1793 Epidemic that Crippled a Young Nation (R&L\, 2023): Escape! The Story of the Confederacy’s Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War’s Largest Jail Break (R&L\, 2021)\,George Washington’s Final Battle: The Epic Struggle to Build a Capital City and Nation (Georgetown University Press\, 2021)\, The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution (Da Capo Press\, 2017\, and The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II (Da Capo Press\, 2016)\, which is currently being made into a motion picture. He resides in Boca Raton\, Florida. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nISBN 9798881807337 \n 
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/in-person-book-talk-rebels-at-the-gates/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Lincoln's Peace" by Michael Vorenberg via ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:LOS ANGELES TIMES “TOP TEN BOOKS TO READ IN 2025”\nJoin us on May 29\, 2025\, 7:00 pm -8:00 pm for a ZOOM Civil Conversation with the author\, Michael Vorenberg. Click here to register:\nCivil Conversation with Dr. Michael Vorenberg – Lincoln’s Peace \nAbout the book: One historian’s journey to find the end of the Civil War—and\, along the way\, to expand our understanding of the nature of war itself and how societies struggle to draw the line between war and peace. \nWe set out on the James River\, March 25\, 1865\, aboard the paddle steamboat River Queen. President Lincoln is on his way to General Grant’s headquarters at City Point\, Virginia\, and he’s decided he won’t return to Washington until he’s witnessed\, or perhaps even orchestrated\, the end of the Civil War. Now\, it turns out\, more than a century and a half later\, historians are still searching for that end. \n \nAbout the author: MICHAEL VORENBERG is a professor of history at Brown University\, in Providence\, Rhode Island. He is the author of Final Freedom: The Civil War\, the Abolition of Slavery\, and the Thirteenth Amendment\, which was a finalist for the Lincoln Prize and a key source for Steven Spielberg’s 2012 film\, Lincoln. He is also the author of The Emancipation Proclamation: A Brief History with Documents\, as well as a number of essays on slavery\, emancipation\, and the U.S. Constitution. His writings have appeared in the Chicago Tribune\, The New York Times\, Politico\, and The Washington Post. 
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/lincolns-peace-by-michael-vorenberg-via-zoom/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War\, via ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War\nby Dr. Lesley J. Gordon\, via ZOOM.\nClick here to join: Civil War Book Talk with Dr. Lesley J. Gordon Zoom Link\nWhen confronted with the abject fear of going into battle\, Civil War soldiers were expected to overcome the dread of the oncoming danger with feats of courage and victory on the battlefield. The Fire Zouaves and the 2nd Texas Infantry went to war with high expectations that they would perform bravely; they had famed commanders and enthusiastic community support. How could they possibly fail? Yet falter they did\, facing humiliating charges of cowardice thereafter that cast a lingering shadow on the two regiments\, despite their best efforts at redemption. By the end of the war\, however\, these charges were largely forgotten\, replaced with the jingoistic rhetoric of martial heroism\, a legacy that led many\, including historians\, to insist that all Civil War soldiers were heroes. Dread Danger creates a fuller understanding of the soldier experience and the overall costs and sufferings of war. \nProfessor Lesley J. Gordon earned her BA in History from The College of William and Mary\, and her MA and PhD in American History from the University of Georgia. She taught at Murray State University and the University of Akron before becoming the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at the University of Alabama in 2016. Professor Gordon has authored three monographs\, co-edited four volumes of essays\, and co-written a textbook about the American Civil War. She has also published numerous book chapters\, journal articles\, book reviews and encyclopedia entries\, and presented her work at scholarly conferences across the country and abroad. Professor Gordon has been a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians since 2009 and has had her lectures and presentations featured on C-span. She has served as editor of the academic journal Civil War History (2010-2015)\, President of the Society for Civil War History (2022-2024) and is currently Chair of the Editorial Board for the University of Alabama Press \nISBN Number: 9781108729192 \n 
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/dread-danger-cowardice-and-combat-in-the-american-civil-war-via-zoom/
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SUMMARY:LINCOLN VS. DAVIS The War of the Presidents - Via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:We are offering an in-person event via ZOOM\, on December 12\, 2024 at 7:00 pm – A Civil Conversation with author Nigel Hamilton and NCWM CEO Jeff Nichols discussing LINCOLN VS. DAVIS The War of the Presidents By Nigel Hamilton. \nClick the link to register- It’s Free \nA Civil Conversation with Dr. Nigel Hamilton – Lincoln Vs. Davis \nFrom renowned biographer­­­ Nigel Hamilton\, author of the epic FDR at War trilogy and the bestselling JFK: Reckless Youth\, comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance — and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last\, best chance to save the Union. \nOf all the books written on Abraham Lincoln\, there has been one surprising gap: the drama of how the “railsplitter” from Illinois grew into his critical role as U.S. commander-in-chief\, and managed to outwit his formidable opponent\, Jefferson Davis\, in what remains history’s only military faceoff between rival American presidents. Davis was a trained soldier and war hero; Lincoln a country lawyer who had only briefly served in the militia. Confronted with the most violent and challenging war ever seen on American soil\, Lincoln seemed ill-suited to the task: inexperienced\, indecisive\, and a poor judge of people’s motives\, he allowed his administration’s war policies to be sabotaged by fickle\, faithless cabinet officials while entrusting command of his army to a preening young officer named George McClellan – whose defeat in battle left Washington\, the nation’s capital\, at the mercy of General Robert E. Lee\, Davis’s star performer. \n \nAbout the Author: Historian Nigel Hamilton is a New York Times best-selling biographer of General Bernard “Monty” Montgomery\, President John F. Kennedy\, President Bill Clinton\, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt\, among other subjects. He has won multiple awards\, including the Whitbread Prize and the Templer Medal for Military History. The first volume of his FDR a War trilogy\, The Mantle of Command\, was longlisted for the National Book Award. He is a senior fellow at the McCormack Graduate  School\, University of Massachusetts Boston\, and splits his time between Boston\, Massachusetts\, and New Orleans\, Louisiana. \nISBN 9780316564632 \nPhoto credits to Frank Monkiewitz
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/lincoln-vs-davis-the-war-of-the-presidents-via-zoom/
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SUMMARY:Lessons in History Presentation with Edda L. Fields-Black
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Lessons in History Presentation with author Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black\, on March 9\, 2024\, from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm at the NCWM.  Author Edda L. Fields-Black will talk about the story of the Combahee River Raid\, one of Harriet Tubman’s most extraordinary accomplishments\, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants.\n\n\n\nThis NCWM Lessons in History presentation will focus on the Combahee River Raid. Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman’s legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849\, she led more than 60 others out of bondage via the Underground Railroad\, gave instructions on getting to freedom to scores more\, and went on to live a lifetime fighting for change. Yet the many biographies\, children’s books\, and films about Tubman omit a crucial chapter: during the Civil War\, hired by the Union Army\, she ventured into the heart of slave territory–Beaufort\, South Carolina–to live\, work\, and gather intelligence for a daring raid up the Combahee River to attack the major plantations of Rice Country\, the breadbasket of the Confederacy. \nUsing previous unexamined documents\, including Tubman’s US Civil War Pension File\, bills of sale\, wills\, marriage settlements\, and estate papers from planters’ families\, Fields-Black brings to life intergenerational\, extended enslaved families\, neighbors\, praise-house members\, and sweethearts forced to work in South Carolina’s deadly tidal rice swamps\, sold\, and separated during the antebellum period. \n\n\nAbout the author: Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black teaches history at Carnegie Mellon University and has written extensively about the history of West African rice farmers and technology\, including in such works as Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora. She was a co-editor of Rice: Global Networks and New Histories. Fields-Black has served as a consultant for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s “Rice Fields of the Lowcountry” and the International African American Museum’s “Carolina Gold” permanent exhibits. She is the executive producer and librettist of “Unburied\, Unmourned\, Unmarked: Requiem for Rice\,” a widely performed original contemporary classical work by three-time EMMY™ Award-winning composer John Wineglass. Fields-Black is a descendant of Africans enslaved on rice plantations in Colleton County\, South Carolina; her great-great-great grandfather fought in the Combahee River Raid.  Her latest book\, COMBEE: Harriet Tubman\, the Combahee River Raid\, and Black Freedom during the Civil War\, was published in February 2024 by Oxford University Press. \nGuests can tour the Museum Galleries for an entrance fee of $16.00 for Adults\, $15.00 for Seniors and AAA\, and $14.00 for Students and Military. Admission to the presentation is free.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/lessons-in-history-presentation-with-dr-edda-l-fields-black/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lessons in History Presentation "Longstreet - The Confederate General Who Defied the South" with Dr. Elizabeth R. Varon
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 2023 Lessons in History presentation with author Elizabeth R. Varon on December 9\, 2023\, 1:00 pm -2:00 pm. Ms. Varon will discuss her book\, LONGSTREET – The Confederate General Who Defied the South. \nElizabeth Varon’s LONGSTREET is a bold new biography that tells the story of the most remarkable political about-face in American history. During the Civil War\, General James Longstreet fought tenaciously for the Confederacy. He was alongside Lee at Gettysburg (and counseled him not to order the ill-fated attacks on entrenched Union forces there). He won a major Confederate victory at Chickamauga and was seriously wounded during a later battle. After the war\, Longstreet moved to New Orleans\, where he dramatically changed course. He supported Black voting and joined the newly elected\, integrated postwar government in Louisiana. When white supremacists took up arms to oust that government\, Longstreet\, leading the interracial state militia\, did battle against former Confederates. His defiance ignited a firestorm of controversy\, as white Southerners branded him a race traitor and blamed him retroactively for the South’s defeat in the Civil War. Although he was one of the highest-ranking Confederate generals\, Longstreet has never been commemorated with statues or other memorials in the South because of his postwar actions in rejecting the Lost Cause mythology and urging racial reconciliation. \nLONGSTREET reintroduces Americans to one of the Civil War era’s best known\, but least understood\, figures. This is the first full biography in decades\, and the first to give proper attention to Longstreet’s long post-Civil War political career. Longstreet’s unusual life illuminates both the transformative changes and the entrenched inequalities of the Civil War era. Longstreet is being rediscovered in the new age of racial reckoning. Varon\, an acclaimed Civil War historian and author of the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize-winning book\, Armies of Deliverance\, demonstrates that Longstreet’s controversial choices have enduring relevance for our modern debates over American history. \n \n  \nAbout the Author: Dr. Elizabeth R. Varon is Langbourne M. Williams professor of American history at the University of Virginia and a member of the executive council of UVA’s John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History. Varon’s books include Southern Lady\, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew\, A Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy\, and Appomattox: Victory\, Defeat and Freedom at the End of the Civil War. Her most recent book\, Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War\, won the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize \n  \n  \nThe 2023 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. The National Civil War Museum will follow CDC and OSHA/HHS guidance as well as orders and recommendations from federal/state/local governments and our state and local health officials.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/lessons-in-history-presentation-longstreet-the-confederate-general-who-defied-the-south-with-dr-elizabeth-r-varon/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 George Armstrong Custer Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Cost (in-person includes a boxed lunch): Non-members – $60.00 NCWM Members – $50.00 Register here to attend in person Zoom – $30.00 – Register here for the Zoom-only option \nWe are pleased to present the following speakers:\nJames Hessler – With Custer to the End: Captain George Yates – Among the Seventh Cavalry’s officers\, Captain George Yates does not receive the same attention as Reno\, Benteen\, Keogh\, Tom Custer\, or many others. Yet\, Yates had one of the longest-standing relationships with George Custer dating back to the Civil War\, and they died within only feet of each other on Last Stand Hill. Join Jim Hessler as we discuss the life and career of Captain George Yates\, from the Civil War\, through his wife’s ties to this region\, and to those final bloody moments in Montana. About the speaker – James Hessler originated the idea for this symposium. Jim has worked as a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park for two decades. He authored or co-authored three full-length books on the Gettysburg campaign: Sickles at Gettysburg (2009)\, Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg (2015)\, and Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard (2019). His books received several distinguished book awards. Jim currently co-hosts the popular Battle of Gettysburg Podcast and has made numerous national media appearances. He has written several articles for publication and was one of the primary content designers for the American Battlefield Trust’s mobile Gettysburg application. Jim is a frequent speaker at Civil War Round Tables and other historical groups nationwide. In addition to Gettysburg\, he leads tours at several other historic sites including Little Bighorn. Jim currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Little Bighorn Associates. \nJeffry Wert – Fighting Was His Business – For George Armstrong Custer\, 1863 was a momentous year.  He rose from a staff officer to a brigadier general of volunteers in command of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. By year’s end\, he had become one of the most renowned generals in the Cavalry Corps and the prospective husband to Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon. About the speaker – Jeffry D. Wert is a retired high school history teacher and an award-winning Civil War historian\, who has written biographies of George Custer\, James Longstreet\, and Jeb Stuart.  He also has written books and articles on the campaigns and battles in the conflict’s Eastern Theater. \nSiobhan Fallon – The Battle AFTER the Little Bighorn: The Widow\, the Writer\, and the Man They Called Coward. Rumors and accusations began to swirl from the moment General Terry’s command arrived on Reno Hill and told the surviving members of the Seventh Cavalry that Custer was dead. Thought to have been assisted by Elizabeth “Libbie” Custer\, Frederick Whittaker would finish his A Complete Life General George A. Custer just six months later. Whittaker’s book claimed: “The massacre at the Little Big Horn was due to Reno’s cowardice and Benteen’s indifference.” It was Major Marcus Reno himself who requested a court of inquiry in Chicago in 1879. While Reno’s name was officially cleared\, the results of the Reno Court of Inquiry continue to add to the controversy surrounding the Little Bighorn fight. About the speaker – Siobhan Fallon is the author of the collection You Know When the Men Are Gone and the novel The Confusion of Languages. Her essays and stories have been featured in New York Times Modern Love\, Washington Post Magazine\, NPR’s Morning Edition\, Stars and Stripes\, The Huffington Post\, among others\, and have been performed by both national and international theater groups. An Army spouse\, Siobhan started researching military wives and became hooked on the life of Elizabeth Bacon Custer as well as everything Little Bighorn. She is currently at work on a book about the Reno Court of Inquiry. Siobhan also has a series on YouTube titled “The Lives of the Little Bighorn.” \nEric Wittenberg – George Armstrong Custer in the 1864 Overland Campaign – Eric J. Wittenberg will address George Custer’s crucial role in Ulysses S. Grant’s 1864 Overland Campaign\, addressing the Michigan Cavalry Brigade’s participation in one of the Civil War’s most important campaigns. About the speaker – Eric J. Wittenberg is an award-winning Civil War author whose specialty is Union cavalry actions. He is the author of 24 published books and dozens of articles\, most of which focus on the mounted arm. Educated at Dickinson College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law\, he is an attorney in private practice. Eric serves on the boards of the Little Big Horn Associates and Central Virginia Battlefields Trust\, and is the program coordinator for the Chambersburg Civil War Seminars and Tours. He and his wife Susan and their three golden retrievers live in Columbus\, Ohio.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/2023-george-armstrong-custer-symposium/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with CW Goodyear & Jeffrey Nichols: President Garfield
DESCRIPTION:The Midtown Scholar Bookstore and the National Civil War Museum are honored to welcome historian CW Goodyear to the Midtown Scholar Bookstore\, in Harrisburg\, for an in-person conversation and signing on his new biography\, President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier. In this magisterial biography\, C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Goodyear will be in conversation with the CEO of the National Civil War Museum\, Jeffrey L. Nichols. \nWatch on YouTube Live Here \nAbout the Book: \nThe first comprehensive biography in decades of the extraordinary\, tragic life of America’s twentieth president—James Garfield. \nIn this magisterial biography\, C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and conservative compromiser; Union war hero and founder of the first Department of Education; Supreme Court attorney and abolitionist preacher; mathematician and canal man; crooked election-fixer and clean-government champion; Congressional chieftain and gentleman-farmer; the last president to be born in a log cabin; the second to be assassinated. James Abram Garfield was all these things and more. \nOver nearly two decades in Congress during a polarized era—Reconstruction and the Gilded Age—Garfield served as a peacemaker in a Republican Party and America defined by divisions. He was elected President to overcome them. He was killed while trying to do so. \nPresident Garfield is American history at its finest. It is about an impoverished boy working his way from the frontier to the Presidency; a progressive statesman\, trying to raise a more righteous\, peaceful Republic out of the ashes of civil war; the tragically imperfect course of that reformation\, and the man himself; a martyr-President\, whose death succeeded in nudging the country back to cleaner\, calmer politics. \nThis free event is in partnership with the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. \nAbout the Author: C.W. Goodyear is an author and historian based in Washington\, DC. He was born in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, and grew up abroad before graduating from Yale University. \nAbout Jeffrey L. Nichols: Jeffrey L. Nichols is the Chief Executive Officer of The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg\, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining The National Civil War Museum\, he was the Executive Director of Georgetown Heritage\, a philanthropic partner of the National Park Service in Washington\, DC\, and before that\, he was the President & CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest\, Thomas Jefferson’s retreat house and plantation located near Lynchburg\, Virginia. He also worked at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford\, Connecticut\, in several roles\, serving as Executive Director for the final four years of his tenure there. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Southern Connecticut State University\, a Master of Science in Museum Education degree from the Bank Street College of Education\, and an MBA from the University of New Haven. He serves as Treasurer for PA Museums and has served on the board of Greater Lynchburg (VA) Habitat for Humanity and was the Treasurer of the Virginia Association of Museums.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/an-evening-with-cw-goodyear-jeffrey-nichols-president-garfield/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 Lessons in History Presentation with Scott Mingus
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 2023 Lessons in History presentation with author Scott L. Mingus on July 8\, 2023\, 1:00 pm -2:00 pm. Mingus will discuss his book “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania” \n  \nAbout the Author: Multiple award-winning author Scott Mingus is a retired scientist and executive in the global specialty paper industry. The Ohio native graduated from Miami University. He was part of the research team that developed the first commercially successful self-adhesive U.S. postage stamps\, and he was a pioneer in the early development of bar code labels. He has written more than 30 Civil War and Underground Railroad books and numerous articles for Gettysburg Magazine and other historical journals. He has appeared on C-SPAN\, C-SPAN3\, PBS\, PCN\, and several other TV networks. Mingus writes a blog on the Civil War history of York County\, PA\, where he and his wife Debi live. He also has written six scenario books for miniature wargaming. He received lifetime achievement awards from the York County History Center and the Camp Curtin Historical Society for his many contributions to local history. His books and wargaming scenario books have received or been nominated for numerous national awards. \nThe 2023 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. The National Civil War Museum will follow CDC and OSHA/HHS guidance as well as orders and recommendations from federal/state/local governments and our state and local health officials.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/2023-lessons-in-history-presentation-with-scott-mingus/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Civil Conversation with Christopher Graham\, via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Graham will speak about his new book Faith\, Race\, and the Lost Cause: Confessions of a Southern Church in a Civil Conversation with NCWM CEO Jeffrey Nichols. About the speaker: Chris is from North Carolina and earned his PhD in American history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is currently a curator at the American Civil War Museum in Richmond\, Virginia\, where he lives with his wife. They are both members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. \nThis is an online-only event and is free and open to the public. Click here to register.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/a-civil-conversation-with-christopher-graham-via-zoom/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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