The Civil War and American Society Seminar

Race and Ethnicity in the Civil War

June 25-28, 2009

presented by
The George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Itinerary

Thursday, June 25, 2009

3–4:00 pm    Registration, Byrd Center for Legislative Studies (NOTE: registration location is changed!)
4:30 pm        “Abraham Lincoln, Race, and Remembrance” – Mark A. Snell
6:00 pm        Dinner – The Train Station at Shepherdstown
8:00 pm        “African Americans in the Civil War” – Keynote Lecture, Scholar in Residence, Paul A. Cimbala
9:30 pm        Beer/wine reception, Shindler House garden, featuring a Surprise Musical Guest!

Friday, June 26, 2009

8:30 am        “’Remember your country and Keep up Its Credit’:  Irish Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865” – Susannah Ural
9:30 am        “Native Americans at the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864” – Laurence Hauptman
11:30 am      Lunch at The Train Station in Shepherdstown – Special presentation by Ryan Keating, 2009 Nethken Graduate Fellow, on “Pre-War Irish-American Militia”
1:00 pm        ! TOUR ! – Ethnic Regiments at Antietam – Tom Clemens
5:30 pm        Dinner at The Train Station in Shepherdstown
7:00 pm        Movie and discussion in the Byrd Center – Ride with the Devil

Saturday, June 27, 2009

8:00 am        ! TOUR ! – Chancellorsville and the Germans:  A tour of the Battlefield with Special Emphasis on the Eleventh Corps – Christian Keller
Lunch at Ole Country Buffet in Fredericksburg, Virginia
Dinner at the Red Roof Inn at Frederick, Maryland

Sunday, June 28, 2009

8:30 am        Coffee, tea, and pastries in the Byrd Center Lobby
9:00 am        “Corporal Edward Saladin’s Chess Set” – Richard Hulver
9:30 am        “Americans All:  Hispanics in the Civil War” – Ted Alexander
11:00 am      Panel Discussion – Alexander, Bruce, Cimbala, Clemens, Hauptman, Keller, Snell

All lectures to be held in the Byrd Center Auditorium.
On Friday, the tour bus will load in The Train Station parking lot; on Saturday, in front of Byrd Center.

Parking on campus is free in the lots and at your own risk at the meters.

Scholar in Residence

Paul A. Cimbala, Ph.D.
Professor of History, Fordham University
author of American Soldiers’ Lives: The Civil War, will give the keynote lecture.

Speakers and Tour Guides

Mark A. Snell, Ph.D.
Shepherd University,
will give a presentation on Abraham Lincoln, race and memory..

Ted Alexander
historian at Antietam National Battlefield
and author of the National Park Service's brochure on Hispanics in the Civil War,
will present on Civil War Hispanics and other ethnic participants, such as the men of the Garibaldi Brigade, etc.

Susannah J. Ural, Ph.D.
Sam Houston State University, Texas,
will speak on the participation of Irish immigrants in the Civil War.

Thomas Clemens, D.A.
will guide a tour of Antietam Battlefield with an eye toward the Irish Brigade and immigrant regiments..

Laurence Hauptmann, Ph.D.
SUNY-New Paltz
will speak on Native American participation in the Civil War.

Christian Keller, Ph.D.
Army Staff College at Fort Belvoir, Virginia,
will speak on German immigrant participation and lead a tour of the Chancellorsville Battlefield with a view to the 11th Corps.

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Seminar fees

$525 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.

$650 per person, Resident, single occupancy – Includes all amenities as above and a room to yourself.  A limited number of single rooms are available.

$295 per person, Commuter -- Includes tuition and transportation in air-conditioned coach.  Meal plans are available for an additional fee.

An outstanding value at a great price!!!

No fee increase over last year.

To register for the seminar, make a $50.00 check or money order payable to Shepherd University and mail to GTM Civil War Center, PO Box 5000, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.
To make payment via credit card, speak to Denise at (304) 876-5429.