A Civil War Seminar
The Civil War and American Society Seminar
"Roads to Gettysburg"
June 27 - June 30
presented by
The George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Itinerary
Thursday, June 27
2:30 to Registration in the Lobby of the Byrd Center for Legislative Studies
4:00 p.m. (adjacent to the Scarborough Library)
4:00 p.m. Overview of the Gettysburg Campaign – Mark A. Snell, Director, George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War
6:00 p.m. Meal at the historic B&O Railroad Station (1879), Shepherdstown, provided by Ellsworth Catering
8:00 p.m. "Lee's Great Invasion: The Confederate March to Gettysburg in History & Memory" – Jason Frawley, Visiting Assistant Professor of Civil War Era Studies, Gettysburg College, with remarks by Scholar-in-Residence Walter L. Powell
9 to 11 p.m. Social Mixer in the Garden of the Shindler House
Friday, June 28
9:00 a.m. to “Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition, June, 1863”
6:00 p.m. Campaign tour of Hanover, York, Wrightsville, and a special Civil War exhibit at the York County Historical Society – Scott L. Mingus, Sr., tour guide and author
Boxed meals will be provided for lunch
Dinner at General Pickett’s Buffet, Gettysburg
Saturday, June 29
9:00 a.m. to An all-day tour of Brandy Station – Eric J. Wittenberg, Civil War historian and
6:00 p.m. author of The Battle of Brandy Station (2010)
Boxed meals will be provided for lunch
Dinner – to be determined
Sunday, June 30
10:00 to A review of “Roads to Gettysburg”: Panel discussion with scholars and audience
11:30 a.m.
All lectures and the panel discussion will be held in the Byrd Center for Legislative Studies (adjacent to the library).
The tour buses will load in the A Lot, which is across the street from White Hall.
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