22nd Annual Civil War Symposium: First Ladies of Civil War History

Pamplin Historical Park’s First All-Female Civil War Panel

Speakers & Topics

Dr. Anne Sarah Rubin, University of Maryland
Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman’s March and America

Dr. Jennifer Murray, University of Virginia at Wise
Civil War Wives: The Lives & Times of Angelina Grimke Weld,Varina Howell Davis and Julia Dent Grant

Dr. Lesley J. Gordon, University of Alabama
General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend

Dr. Margaret Creighton, Bates College, Maine
The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg’s Forgotten History Immigrants, Women, and African Americans
In the Civil War’s Defining Battle

Dr. Kathryn Shrively Meier, Virginia Commonwealth University
Nature’s Civil War: Common Soldiers and the Environment in 1862 Virginia

Dr. Catherine Clinton, University of Texas at San Antonio
Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War

Dr. Barbara Gannon, University of Central Florida
Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in The Grand Army of the Republic

Park Members pay $309 per person and non-members pay $339. The price includes all
lectures, the Friday night reception, two mid-morning coffee breaks, two lunches, and
the Saturday night banquet. Space is limited and reservations are required. A letter of
confirmation will be sent to registrants.

Space is limited so register today. See and print registration form here.