Tag: history talks

Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin

Join this month’s guest speaker Barton Meyers, Associate Professor of History at Washington and Lee University as he talks about “The Guerrilla Hunters”. Dr. Myers completed his M.A. and Ph.D. in… Read more »

Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin

Join this month’s guest speaker Gerald Prokopowicz of East Carolina University as he talks about “Frequently Asked Questions (and why they matter) about Abraham Lincoln”. Dr. Prokopowicz is a teacher of… Read more »

Breakthrough Battle Anniversary

Join us as we remember the 156th Anniversary of the Breakthrough Battle which ended the Petersburg Campaign and forced the Confederate withdrawal from Richmond. The Park hosts a schedule of… Read more »

Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin

Join this month’s guest speaker Jerry “Dez” Desmond, Executive Director of Pamplin Historical Park as he talks about “Maine Troops at Gettysburg”. Desmond’s career includes 22 years of professional museum experience… Read more »

Petersburg Civil War Round Table at Pamplin

Join this month’s guest speaker James Price of the U.S. Army Women’s Museum as he talks about “The Battle of New Market Heights”. Price’s presentation titled “Battle of New Market Heights” is… Read more »

Petersburg Civil War Roundtable at Pamplin

Join 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:… Read more »

23rd Annual Civil War Symposium

Join us for the 23rd Annual Civil War Symposium at Pamplin Historical Park in 2019 and hear from some of the nation’s greatest Civil War scholars as they talk about… Read more »

Slavery & Freedom: Lectures & Book Signing

“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… Read more »