2025 Conference
CWI SUMMER CONFERENCE • JUNE 13-18, 2025

Conference Highlights:
Join us, June 13-18, 2025, for a very special CWI conference honoring the life and scholarship of CWI’s late director, Dr. Peter S. Carmichael. Our line-up of over 45 distinguished speakers and tour guides, including Gary Gallagher, Kent Masterson Brown, Carol Reardon, Jennifer Murray, Caroline Janney, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Joseph Glatthaar, and Scott Hartwig will explore some of the major topics that animated Pete’s scholarly work, such as the culture of the common soldier, gender, politics, and honor in the Old South, doing Civil War history in public, Robert E. Lee in history and memory, and Indianans at Gettysburg.
Other topics include Gettysburg documents from the National Archives, the generalship and postwar life of James Longstreet, the freedman’s village at Arlington, the Battle of Perryville, archaeological discoveries from Little Round Top, emancipation and early Reconstruction in the South, and more.
Attendees will also get to select from 11 different battlefield tour options, including evening and full-day tours, as well as our new, highly popular “hybrid tours” which combine a half-day of focused classwork with a half-day out on the battlefield. This year’s topics include (among others):
- An Exploration of Gary Gallagher’s Favorite Sites at Gettysburg
- Unraveling the Mysteries of the Wheatfield
- Florida and Floridians at Gettysburg
- An Army War College Approach to Understanding Gettysburg
…and the return of our popular Active Track tour, with a focus on The Union 12th Corps at Gettysburg.
Additionally, attendees will have an opportunity to participate in the ever-popular “lunch-in” and “dine-in” small-group discussions with CWI faculty.
The conference will also feature a special Saturday evening catered social at the historic George Spangler Farm with reflections on Pete’s life and legacy.

For over 40 years, the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College has hosted a premiere annual summer conference bringing leading historians and public audiences together for lectures, battlefield tours, small group conversations, and roundtable conversations about the Civil War era. Sessions, lodging, and meals are held on the 200-acre college campus, with many customizable packages available.
The 2025 conference will offer something for everyone, from longtime students of the Civil War to those who are new to Civil War history.
This year, CWI is once again happy to also offer paid, livestreamed coverage of our main-stage lectures in the College Union Ballroom! (Main-stage lecture determinations will be made by May 2025) Registrants can access the livestream from the comfort of their own homes via a special password-protected link on the CWI’s YouTube channel.
Questions? Check out our FAQ page. Still have questions? Please contact civilwar@gettysburg.edu or 717-337-6590.
**Please note: Attendees will be asked to indicate all tour and dine-in preferences during the registration process. Please peruse our tour & dine-in pages for further information about each option prior to registering.**
**Please also note: We will be sending out multiple mass communications to registrants in advance of the conference with important logistical information and final details. PLEASE add conference coordinator, Ashley Luskey (aluskey@gettysburg.edu) and civilwar@gettysburg.edu to your email address books and be sure to check your spam and junk folders on a regular basis to make sure you haven’t missed a communication!**
Schedule
Dine-Ins
Tours
Tuition
FULL TIME (NO ACTIVE TRACK INCLUDED) (June 13-18, 2025)
- Tuition, Meal Plan, & On-Campus Lodging (Single Bedroom, Shared Suite): $1,075
- Tuition, Meal Plan, & On-Campus Lodging (Shared Bedroom, Suite-Style Residence Hall): $972.00
- Tuition with Meal Plan: $833.00
- Tuition Only: $693.00
- Family lodging: Tuition, Meal Plan, & On-Campus Family Lodging Suite (3-5 individuals, Single Bedroom, Shared Bathroom): $975/person
PART TIME (NO ACTIVE TRACK INCLUDED) (June 13-15, 2025)
- Tuition, Meal Plan, & On-Campus Lodging (Single Bedroom, Suite-Style Residence Hall): $718.00
- Tuition, Meal Plan, & On-Campus Lodging (Shared Bedroom, Suite-Style Residence Hall): $668.00
- Tuition with Meal Plan: $513.00
- Tuition Only: $441.00
- Family lodging: Family lodging: Tuition, Meal Plan, & On-Campus Family Lodging Suite (3-5 individuals, Single Bedroom, Shared Bathroom): $618/person
LIVESTREAM-ONLY OPTION (June 13-15, 2025)
- $65.00 PER LOG-IN USER
Discounts
Discounts are available for K-12 teachers, students age 18+, public historians, veterans/active duty members of the US Armed Forces, Adams County residents, and Gettysburg College alumni. All individuals under 18 years of age qualify for half-price tuition. (Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Please see registration page for more details about this package).
We are also pleased to offer discounts to members of numerous partnering institutions, including Civil War Round Tables, local museums, historical societies, and Civil War periodicals. Please see our listing of official partners for further details!
**For all previous CWI attendees, We are excited to offer a 50% discount on your tuition if you bring along a first-time CWI-conference-goer to the June 2025 conference! (May not be used in conjunction with any other discount; discount is void if new guest cancels. Please call CWI at 717-337-6590 for details).**
Are you an Adams County, PA History or Social Studies teacher? We are pleased to offer you full complimentary attendance! Please call our office for details!
We are pleased to offer discounts to members of numerous partnering institutions, including:
- Civil War Round Tables
- Adams County Historical Society
- American Battlefield Trust
- Gettysburg Foundation
- Gettysburg Heritage Center
- Land Conservancy of Adams County
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center
- The Lincoln Forum
- The National Civil War Museum
- Subscribers to Civil War Times Magazine and Civil War Monitor magazine
- Listeners of Civil War Talk Radio or Addressing Gettysburg podcasts
- Readers of Regarp Book Blog or Civil War Memory
Be sure to also check out our NEW bundled registration package deals in conjunction with CWI’s official conference partners!
If you think you may qualify for any of the above discounts, please contact the CWI office at 717-337-6590 or civilwar@gettysburg.edu for the appropriate discount code. Discount codes may change yearly, so please be sure to call for the most up-to-date codes!