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Friday, June 10
Time |
Event |
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12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Check-in, College Union Building (CUB) |
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
Welcome, Peter Carmichael (Gettysburg College) |
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. |
The Bloody Work at the Field Hospital, Jake Wynn (Visit Frederick) |
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Break |
4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. |
Cavalry Operations during the Gettysburg Campaign, Bradley Gottfried (Independent Scholar) |
5:45 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. |
Dinner |
6:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. |
Union War Aims, Postwar Realities, and the Myth of a Lost Moment during Reconstruction, Gary Gallagher (University of Virginia) |
8:00 p.m. |
Ice Cream Social (Mr. G’s ice cream) |
Saturday, June 11
Time |
Event |
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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
Concurrent Sessions (Attendees pick 1, no reservations required)
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9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Break |
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. |
Slavery, War, and the Transformation of Medicine, Jim Downs (Gettysburg College) |
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
The Boy General: Francis C. Barlow’s Civil War, Joan Waugh (University of California, Los Angeles) |
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
DINE-IN DISCUSSIONS (pre-assigned)
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1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions (Attendees pick 1, no reservations required)
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1:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. |
Active Track Tour: Sharpshooting at Gettysburg, Timothy Orr (Old Dominion University). **WALKING INTENSIVE TOUR |
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
Break |
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions (Attendees pick 1, no reservations required)
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4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. |
Dinner |
5:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. |
Evening Battlefield Tours
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Sunday, June 12
Time |
Event |
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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
Debating James Longstreet, Gary Gallagher (University of Virginia), Jeffry Wert (Independent Scholar), & Carol Reardon (Penn State University & Gettysburg College). Moderator: Peter Carmichael (Gettysburg College) |
8:30 am - 5:00 p.m. |
Active Track Tour: Sharpshooting at Gettysburg, Timothy Orr (Gettysburg College) **WALKING INTENSIVE TOUR |
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Break |
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. |
The Demobilization of Lee’s Army, Caroline Janney (University of Virginia) |
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Marriage, Michael Burlingame (University of Illinois—Springfield) |
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Faculty Book Signing |
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
The Robert L. Bloom Lecture: Commemorating Gettysburg’s Civil War Centennial, Jill Ogline Titus (Gettysburg College) |
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
Break |
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions (Attendees pick 1, no reservations required)
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3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Break |
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
Archaeology of Camp Life, Brandi Oswald (National Archives and Records Administration; Friends of Descendants of Johnson’s Island) & Matthew Reeves (The Montpelier Foundation). Moderator: Jim Broomall (Shepherd University) |
5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. |
Dinner |
DINE-IN DISCUSSIONS (pre-assigned)
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7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
The Gabor S. Boritt Lecture: U.S. Grant, Race, and the Formation of Military and Political Policy, Brooks Simpson (Arizona State University) |
Monday, June 13
Time |
Event |
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7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:00 a.m. (return times vary by tour) |
Full-Day Bus Tours Depart |
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. |
(1) The North Anna Battlefield and the Overland Campaign, Robert E. L. Krick (Richmond National Battlefield Park) **WALKING INTENSIVE TOUR |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
(2) The Battle of South Mountain, D. Scott Hartwig (Independent Scholar) **WALKING INTENSIVE TOUR |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
(3) Confederate Desperation: The 1864 Maryland Campaign and the Last Invasion of the North, Dennis Frye (Independent Scholar) |
8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
(4) The Evolution of the Charge: Bristoe Station, Fredericksburg, and Spotsylvania, Jennifer Murray (Oklahoma State University) |
8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
(5) The Battle of Second Fredericksburg, Eric Mink (Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park) & Keith Bohannon (West Georgia University) |
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
Tuesday, June 14
Time |
Event |
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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Gettysburg Battlefield Tours: From Battlefield to Field Hospital
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9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
Sullivan Ballou’s Body: Battlefield Relic Hunting and the Fate of Soldiers’ Remains, Jim Broomall (Shepherd University) |
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
Richmond’s Greatest Home Front Disaster: The Brown’s Island Explosion of 1863, Bert Dunkerly (Richmond National Battlefield Park) |
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
A Re-Assessment of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top, Jared Peatman (George Washington University & Four Score Consulting, LLC) |
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Break |
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
Dinner and Farewell Social |
Wednesday, June 15
Time |
Event |
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7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Check-out |