Join speaker J. Michael Moore as he shares the story of “The Beefsteak Raid.” J. Michael Moore is employed by the City of Newport News and serves as curator for… Read more »
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29th Annual Civil War Symposium: 1865 A Year of Reckoning
The conference will be held on Friday, October 17 through Sunday, October 19, 2025 at Pamplin Historical Park’s Education Center in Dinwiddie, Virginia and will feature presentations from seven outstanding… Read more »
Roundtable: The Battles of Appomattox: The Final Fury and the Last to Die
Join Mr. Patrick Schroeder who will present on April 3, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. to the Petersburg Civil War Roundtable. Mr. Schroeder will share the “”The Battles of Appomattox: The… Read more »
160th Breakthrough Battle Anniversary Weekend
Join us as we remember the 160th Anniversary of the Breakthrough Battle which ended the Petersburg Campaign and forced the Confederate withdrawal from Richmond. The Park is hosting a full… 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… 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… Read more »
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… Read more »
Roundtable: Exploring the Life and Letters of Col. Prescott, 32nd Mass. Regiment
Join Dr. Sean Heuvel who will present on November 7, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. to the Petersburg Civil War Roundtable. Dr. Heuvel will share the “Prescott Revisited: Exploring the Life… Read more »
27th Annual Civil War Symposium
A number of irregular operations took place during the American Civil War incorporating acts of sabotage, ambushes or raids and any number of special reconnaissance missions. These activities were not… Read more »
Roundtable: Civil War in Cinema
Join speaker Dr. Brian Steel Wills as he shares the story of “Civil War in Cinema.” Ken Burns once said that the impression made on the American psyche by the… Read more »
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