7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

(Attendees pick 1, no reservations required)

1) The 1913 Gettysburg Reunion, Thomas Flagel (Columbia State Community College)

2)  Frederick Douglas, Andrew Johnson, and the Failed Promise of Reconstruction, Robert S. Levine (University of Maryland—College Park)

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Active Track tour, Part 2

The Union 2nd Corps on July 3, Timothy Orr (Old Dominion University)

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Break

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions
(Attendees pick 1, no reservations required)

1) Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac, Zachery Fry (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College)

2) The Battle of Lookout Mountain, Christopher Young (Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park)

3) Did Civil War Soldiers Hide the Real War? Frances Clarke (The University of Sydney), Rebecca Jo Plant (University of California, San Diego), Jim Broomall (Shepherd University). Moderator: Brian Luskey (West Virginia University)

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions
(Attendees pick 1, no reservations required)

1) John Pope and the Massacre of the Sioux, Cecily Zander (Texas Woman’s University)

2) The Battle of Hampton Roads, Laura Lawfer Orr (Hampton Roads Naval Museum)

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions
(Attendees pick 1; no pre-registration required)

1) ROBERT L. BLOOM LECTURE:
The Civil War In Missouri, Ethan Rafuse (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College)

2) Mutiny, Blockade Running, Jailbreak, and the Slave Trade, Jonathan White (Christopher Newport University)

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

Faculty Book Signing & Coffee/Cookie Social

4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Atrocity in the Civil War, Jaime Martinez (University of North Carolina—Pembroke), Cecily Zander (Texas Woman’s University), Ethan Rafuse (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College), Angela Riotto (Historian and Lecturer). Moderator: Aaron Sheehan-Dean (Louisiana State University)

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Dinner

DINE-IN DISCUSSIONS (pre-assigned)

(1) The Lowry War, 1864-1872, Jaime Martinez (University of North Carolina—Pembroke)

(2) Memory Writing: POW Narratives, Their Construction, and Their Uses, Angela Riotto (Historian and Lecturer)

(3) Experiencing Food: Food Systems and Feeding the Confederate South, John McMillan (West Virginia University)

(4) Friendship and Leadership Amongst Naval Officers, Laura Lawfer Orr (Hampton Roads Naval Museum)

(5) The Ethics of the Civil War, Aaron Sheehan-Dean (Louisiana State University)

7:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Soldiers’ Experiences of Antietam, D. Scott Hartwig (Independent Historian)