2013 Schedule

Civil War Institute & Gettysburg National Military Park
Sesquicentennial Conference
June 21-25, 2013

Download a PDF version of the 2013 CWI Conference schedule here.

Friday, June 21

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Registration in Campus Union Building (CUB) Ballroom

4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Welcome, Peter Carmichael (Gettysburg College)

4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Gettysburg & the Idea of Equality, Glenn LaFantasie (Western Kentucky University)

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	Dinner Serving Time

6:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.	Cowardice at Gettysburg, Peter Carmichael (Gettysburg College)

7:45 p.m.	Ice Cream Social

Saturday, June 22
7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	Breakfast

8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Stratetgic Imperatives and Tactical Realities: Lee & Confederate Generalship in the Gettysburg Campaign, Richard Sommers (U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center)

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Break

10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.	A Much Fuller Plate: George G. Meade's Transition to Army Command, Carol Reardon

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Break

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	The War in the West, Keith Bohannon (University of West Georgia)

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Lunch

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions:

	(1) Surviving War: Soldiers, Families, and the Crisis on Civil War America's Main Streets, Brian Luskey (West Virginia University)

	(2) Battlefields are About Honor: Interpreting Slavery & Freedom at Gettysburg, 1863-2012, Jennifer Murray (University of Virginia - Wise)

	(3) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: His Ideas About the Meaning of the Civil War & the Experiences of Gettysburg, James Trulock

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Break

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Panel: Why Can't We Agree About Pickett's Charge?

	Moderator: Scott Hartwig (Gettysburg National Military Park)

	Panelists: Jennifer Murray (University of Virginia - Wise), Troy Harman (Gettysburg National Military Park), Carol Reardon (Penn State University), Richard Sommers (U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center), Jeffry Wert

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Book Signing

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Dinner

6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.	*Pickett's Charge Evening Walk: Scott Hartwig (Gettysburg National Military Park), John Heiser (Gettysburg National Military Park), Troy Harman (Gettysburg National Military Park), Carol Reardon (Penn State University), Jennifer Murray (University of Virginia - Wise), and Jeffry Wert
	*Bus transportation to Gettysburg National Military Park provided.

7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.	*Tour of the George Spangler Farm, Joanne Hanley (Gettysburg Foundation)
	*Bus transportation provided.

Sunday, June 23

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Breakfast

8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	"I Think if We Lose This Fight, We Lose the War": The Allure of Gettysburg as a Turning Point, Gary W. Gallagher (University of Virginia)

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Break

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Ambrose Bierce, Chickamauga, and Ways to Write History, Stephen Cushman (University of Virginia)

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Free Time

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch

1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions

	(1) Is The Killer Angels Necessary to Understand Gettysburg? Matt Atkinson (Gettysburg National Military Park), Kent Gramm (Gettysburg College), Jennifer Murray (University of Virginia - Wise), James Trulock

	(2) The Boston Draft Riots, Christopher Gwinn (Gettysburg National Military Park)

	(3) Reverberations of McPherson's Woods: How a Few Hours of Fighting Forever Changed the Men of the 24th Michigan & 26th North Carolina, Judkin Browning (Appalachian State University)

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Break

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions

	(1) Deserter Country in the North, Robert Sandow (Lock Haven University)

	(2) The Richmond Bread Riots, Ashley Whitehead Luskey (Richmond National Battlefield Park)

	(3) An Ample Supply of Food for Our Families: Slave Labor and Lee's 1863 Raid Into Pennsylvania, Jaime Martinez (University of North Carolina - Pembroke)

	(4) War Front, Home Front: The Fraying Union in One Northern State, Mike Pride

5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Book Signing

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	Dinner

6:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Civil War Soldiers' Experiences in 1863, Aaron Sheehan-Dean (West Virginia University)

Monday, June 24

7:00 a.m.	*Chancellorsville Staff Ride, Christian Keller (U.S. Army War College)
	*Departs Gettysburg College for Chancellorsville, Virginia

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Decisive Moments of July 1st, Scott Hartwig (Gettysburg National Military Park)

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Break

9:45 a.m.	*Gettysburg Staff Ride, Paul Jussel (U.S. Army War College)
	*Departs Gettysburg College

9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	How the Town of Gettysburg Shaped Military Decisions During the Battle, Allen C. Guelzo (Gettysburg College)

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Decisive Moments of July 2nd, A. Wilson Greene (Pamplin Historical Park)

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Tours

	(1) Little Round Top, Glenn LaFantasie (Western Kentucky University)

	(2) Lee at Gettysburg, A. Wilson Greene (Pamplin Historical Park)

	(3) Meade at Gettysburg I, Ed Bearss (National Park Service - Emeritus) and Mark Snell (Shepherd University)

	(4) Meade at Gettysburg II, Chris Stowe (U.S. Army Command & General Staff College)

	(5) Early Photography at Gettysburg, Tim Smith (Licensed Battlefield Guide)

	(6) The Mission & Mindset of JEB Stuart at Gettysburg, Chuck Teague (Gettysburg National Military Park)

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Dinner

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Panel: Reflecting on William Frassanito's Gettysburg: A Journey in Time

	Moderator: Peter Carmichael (Gettysburg College)

	Panelists: Tim Smith (Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide), Garry Adelman (Civil War Trust), John Heiser (Gettysburg National Military Park), Glenn LaFantasie (Western Kentucky University)

Tuesday, June 25

7:30 a.m.	Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Free Time

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Breakout Sessions

	(1) Soldiers, Families, and War, Aaron Sheehan-Dean (West Virginia University)

	(2) Riots & Rebels: Political Upheaval on the Southern Home Front, Ashley Whitehead Luskey (Richmond National Battlefield Park)

	(3) Slave Impressment and the Fear of Starvation in Virginia and North Carolina, Jaime Martinez (University of North Carolina - Pembroke)

	(4) Vampires, Politics, and Resistance: Hollywood Portrays the End of Slavery, Brian Luskey (West Virginia University)

	(5) The Philadelphia Gentleman: George Gordon Meade, Manhood, and Ambition in the Army of the Potomac, Chris Stowe (U.S. Army Command & General Staff College)

	(6) German-American Soldiers in the Army of the Potomac, 1862-1863, Christian Keller (U.S. Army War College)

	(7) Gettysburg Photography in 4-D, Garry Adelman (Civil War Trust)

	(8) The Debate Over Loyalty in the Union, Robert Sandow (Lock Haven University)

	(9) Separating Myth from Reality in the Battle for McPherson's Woods, Judkin Browning (Appalachian State University)

	(10) The Gettysburg Address & the Back of an Envelope, Kent Gramm (Gettysburg College)

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Breakout Session I

10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Breakout Session II

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Breakout Session III

12:00 p.m. -1:15 p.m.	Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Tours: Gettysburg Through the Eyes of a Soldier

	(1) Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Gaillard of the 2nd South Carolina, Jennifer Murray (University of Virginia - Wise)

	(2) Murphy C. Briant of the 11th Georgia, Keith Bohannon (University of West Georgia)

	(3) Lieutenant Gulian V. Weir o fthe 5th U.S. Artillery, Brian Jordan (Yale University)

	(4) William Wagner of the 57th Carolina, Peter Carmichael (Gettysburg College)

	(5) George Hillyer of the 9th Georgia, Angela Atkinson (Gettysburg National Military Park)

	(6) Colonel Edward E. Cross of the 5th New Hampshire and a Brigade Commander Under Caldwell and Hancock, Mike Pride

	(7) Private Theodore Fogle of the 2nd Georgia, Garry Adelman (Civil War Trust)

5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.	Barbeque

7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.	Gettysburg Story: A New Film for Public Television by Jake Boritt (Boritt Films, LLC)

7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.	Panel: The War in 1863

	Moderator: Peter Carmichael (Gettysburg College)

	Panelists: Aaron Sheehan-Dean (West Virginia University), Jaime Martinez (University of North Carolina - Pembroke), Robert Sandow (Lock Haven University), Scott Hartwig (Gettysburg National Military Park), Chris Stowe (U.S. Army Command & General Staff College), Jennifer Murray (University of Virginia - Wise), Judkin Browning (Appalachian State University)

Wednesday, June 26

7:30 a.m.	Breakfast

7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Check-Out in CUB Room #126

2013 Schedule

Civil War Institute & Gettysburg National Military ParkSesquicentennial ConferenceJune 21-25, 2013

Download a PDF version of the 2013 CWI Conference schedule here.

Civil War Institute & Gettysburg National Military Park
Sesquicentennial Conference
June 21-25, 2013