The George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War

Civil War Seminars:

Every summer The George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War offers a weekend long seminar with a specific topic of interest related to the Civil War era. Civil War scholars and enthusiasts alike attend the educational event and are offered a glimpse into cutting edge research in Civil War history. Information on upcoming seminars will be regularly posted to this page – so we ask that you stay alert for announcements as spaces are limited on these well attended seminars.

Gettysburg: Retreat and Pursuit

Not the typical battle tour and analysis, this seminar will focus on campaign analysis. Why did Lee move on Pennsylvania? What affect did the new leadership of General George Meade have on the outcome of the battle? How far and through what territory did Meade pursue Lee? What repercussions of the battle affected the sleepy little southern Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg? How is the battle remembered today? These and other questions will be entertained during a four-day seminar to be held in the beautiful panhandle area of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, on the banks of the Potomac River.

June 26 – June 29, 2008

Scholar-in-Residence

Kent Masterson Brown
author of Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign

All day tour of the Confederate retreat route from Gettysburg with

Eric J. Wittenberg
author of One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg
and the Pursuit of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, July 4-14, 1863

Additional speakers

Ted Alexander
Park Historian, Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, Maryland
The Wagon Train of Wounded from Gettysburg

Christopher S. Stowe
Associate Professor, US Army Command and General Staff College
Fort Lee, Virginia
Major General George G. Meade

Mark A. Snell
Associate Professor, Shepherd University, and Director,
George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Union Logistics

Nicholas Redding
Shepherd University graduate, seasonal ranger at Gettysburg
National Military Park, and grant writer with the Civil War
Preservation Trust, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Tour Guide – Gettysburg Hospital Sites and National Cemetery

Tom Clemens
Professor, Hagerstown Community College
Keedysville, Maryland
Preservation of Sites on the Gettysburg Retreat

Seminar Fees:

$525 per person, Resident, double-occupancy - Includes tuition, double-occupancy accommodations (one room, two queen-size 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.

A $50 deposit is required to register for the seminar and secure your space.