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The Civil War and American Society Seminar Petersburg: In the Trenches June 24-27, 2010 presented by Join us in Petersburg!!!See City Point, Grant’s Command Cabin, Hatcher’s Run, and Five Forks and other sites associated with the campaign! Learn about life in Petersburg during the siege!
A. Wilson Green – Scholar in Residence, Director of Pamplin Park, and author of both The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign: Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion and Civil War Petersburg: Confederate City in the Crucible of War. As our Premiere Tour Guide, Greene will lead us on tours following Lee vs Grant at Petersburg, 1864-1865, to include: Speakers include experts on the Petersburg Campaign and the common Civil War soldier! Earl J. Hess, author of In The Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat and The Steward McClelland Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Lincoln Memorial University – “Soldier Life in the Trenches in Petersburg” Kevin Levin – history instructor and owner of the Civil War Memory blog site – “Mahone’s Brigade and the Defense of Petersburg” Dennis W. Brandt – author of From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and Its Civil War Community – “The 87th Pennsylvania at the Final Breakthrough” Christopher S. Stowe – United States Army Command and General Staff College – “A Question of Resources: Confederate and Union Logistics in the Petersburg Campaign” Walter Powell – adjunct professor of history at Shepherd University and Mt. St. Mary’s College – “The First and Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery at Petersburg, 1864-65” Mark A. Snell – Director of the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd University – “Before Petersburg: Union Strategy and Operations in 1864” Dates: Thursday, June 24, 2010 – Sunday, June 27, 2010 Location: Pamplin Historical Park, Petersburg, Virginia
PERFECT LOCATION!! – To study the Petersburg Campaign and the soldiers who fought there, no site could be better than Pamplin Historical Park in Petersburg, Virginia. Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is a 422-acre Civil War campus located in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, offering a combination of high-tech museums and hands-on experiences. The Park has four world-class museums and four antebellum homes. The Park is also the site of The Breakthrough Battlefield of April 2, 1865. FASCINATING TOURS!! –We will spend TWO DAYS touring the Petersburg Battlefield and associated sites, including City Point, the Crater site, the Breakthrough Battlefield, and A.P. Hill’s death site, led by Pamplin Park’s director, A. Wilson Greene.
Registration Form Name____________________________ Address____________________________ City______________________________ State____________________Zip________ Phone____________________________ E-mail______________________________ Check one: * resident - double occupancy (bring your own roommate) Check or money order should be made payable to “Shepherd University.” $555 per person, Resident, double occupancy – Includes tuition, double-occupancy accommodations (one room, two queen-sized beds), meals, and transportation for tours in air-conditioned coach. Accommodations will be at the Hampton Inn, Petersburg.
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