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Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesPamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier has established a new Civil War Roundtable and it’s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Park’s Education Center. This month Brian Steel Wills, Professor of History at Kennesaw St. Univ., Inglorious Passages: Non-Combat Deaths in... Read more »
The War Outside My Window Book Signing Event
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesJoin editor Janet Elizabeth Croon for a discussion and signing of a Civil War Title: The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865. LeRoy Gresham was born in 1847 to an affluent and prominent slaveholding family in Macon, Georgia. As a young child he suffered a horrific leg and... Read more »
Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesPamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier has established a new Civil War Roundtable and it’s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Park’s Education Center. This month legendary Civil War historian James I. "Bud" Robertson be speaking. The Petersburg Civil War Roundtable, founded... Read more »
Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesPamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier has established a new Civil War Roundtable and it’s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Park’s Education Center. This month Dr. Brian McKnight will speak at the Petersburg Civil War Roundtable on “Champ Ferguson’s Guerrilla... Read more »
22nd Annual Civil War Symposium: First Ladies of Civil War History
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesJoin us for our 22nd Annual Civil War Symposium: First Ladies of the Civil War on October 19-21, 2018. This year’s symposium features a first ever all-female award-winning speaker panel of leading Civil War historians from across the country. Symposium topics vary from “Sherman’s March to the Sea” to “The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg’s Forgotten History... Read more »
In Memory of Self and Comrades: Book Signing Event
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesJoin author Michael K. Shaffer as he discusses his new book In memory of Self and Comrades which is a story about Thomas W. Colley, 1st Virginia Cavalry. This event is included with regular admission. Thomas W. Colley served in one of the most active and famous units in the Civil War, the 1st Virginia... Read more »
Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesPamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier has established a new Civil War Roundtable and it’s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Park’s Education Center. This month Emmanuel Dabney from Petersburg National Battlefield will be speaking on“United States Colored Troops at Petersburg,... Read more »
Slavery & Freedom: Lectures & Book Signing
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United States“Who freed the slaves?” Since the end of the Civil War this complex question is one that many people have sought to answer definitively. Often due to the many different ways that Americans remember the process of emancipation, its answer remains elusive. However, thinking about this significant question opens opportunities for learning about different historical... Read more »
Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin
Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier has established a new Civil War Roundtable and it’s meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Park’s Education Center. This month Johnathan Noyalas, Director of the McCormick Civil War Institute at Shenandoah University will speak on Unionist... Read more »
Petersburg Civil War Roundtable at Pamplin
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesJoin this month's guest speaker John Hennessy as he talks about his book “Return to Bull Run” which is based on his recently revised book The First Battle of Manassas: An End to Innocence, July 18-21, 1861. John J. Hennessy is one of the leading Civil War battle historians of his generation and author of... Read more »
