history talks
Roundtable: Battle of Dranesville
Join Mr. Ryan Quint who will present on December 5, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. to the Petersburg Civil War Roundtable. Mr. Quint will share the "The Battle of Dranesville." After the guns of Manassas fell silent, the opposing Civil War armies grappled for position wondering what would come next. Popular history has us believe that... Read more »
Roundtable: “Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade”
Join Dr. Jonathan White who will present on January 2, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. to the Petersburg Civil War Roundtable. Dr. White will share the ““Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade." Jonathan W. White is professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University. He is the author... Read more »
Roundtable: A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlam’s Masquerades in the Civil War Era & Gilded Age
Join Dr. Frank Garmon Jr. who will present on February 6, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. to the Petersburg Civil War Roundtable. Dr. Garmon will share the “A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlam’s Masquerades in the Civil War Era & Gilded Age." Frank Garmon Jr. is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport... Read more »
