How the Civil War Changed
Everything
friday 7.1.2016
Panel Discussion
7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
A Conversation about Combat - From Gettysburg to Afghanistan
Explore the experience of battle throughout American history. From leading men
on the front lines of Cemetery Ridge to the jungles of Vietnam, the American
soldier has confronted experiences and challenges both unique and universal.
Meet the moderator
Christopher Gwinn
National Park Service Supervisory Ranger
Gwinn is the Supervisory Ranger of Interpretation &
Education at Gettysburg National Military Park. Gwinn,
a 2006 graduate of Gettysburg College, began working at
Gettysburg as an intern in 2003 and has served the park
in a variety of capacities. In addition to his service at
Gettysburg, Gwinn, who holds a Master’s Degree in Public
History, served in interpretation and education positions at
a variety of parks over the past 11 years including Antietam
National Battlefield, Boston National Historical Park, and
the National Mall and Memorial Parks.
Distinguished Panelists
James Campbell, PhD
Brig. General, US Army (Retired)
Dr. Campbell teaches Military History at the United States
Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. He was
commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the Regular Army in
1986, and during his career he served in command and staff
positions in the Regular Army and in the National Guard
at all levels, domestically and abroad. He served in combat
with the Special Forces in Afghanistan during 2005-2006.
An Army Strategic Plans and Policy Officer, Brig. General
Campbell served as the Deputy Chief, Operations Plans
Division at United States Central Command, and his final assignment was as the
39th Adjutant General of the State of Maine. He is a graduate of the US Army
War College, and has an M.A. Degree in European History and a PhD in British
History from the University of Maine.
Carol Reardon, PhD
George Winfree Professor of American History at Penn State University
Dr. Reardon is the George Winfree Professor of American
History and scholar-in-residence of the Richards Civil
War Era Center at Penn State University. Her teaching and
research focus on various aspects of American military and
naval history. Dr. Reardon also serves on the Gettysburg
Foundation’s Historians’ Council and Board of Directors. She
has authored several major historical publications, including
her latest book with co-author Retired Colonel Tom Vossler
entitled, A Field Guide to Gettysburg, Experiencing the
Battlefield through its History, Places and People, which won the 2013 BachelderCoddington Prize for the best book on the Gettysburg Campaign published
during the sesquicentennial year. She has received several awards over the years
for her accomplishments in education and public service, and was most recently
named the 2015/2016 Penn State University Laureate.
Alexander Rose, PhD
Author & Historian
Dr. Rose was born in the United States, grew up in Australia,
was educated in Britain, and worked in Canada, but now
lives in New York. For several years, he was a journalist but
went into the history business after his book, Washington’s
Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring first appeared.
It has since been used as the basis for the AMC drama
series, Turn: Washington’s Spies, for which he is a producer
and writer. His newest book, Men of War: The American
Experience of Battle at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima
(Random House), appeared in June 2015.
William “Bill” Hewitt
Lt. Colonel, US Army (Retired) & National Park Service Ranger
Hewitt retired from the US Army after 31 years, serving
in Vietnam and Desert Storm. He has been a seasonal
park ranger at Gettysburg for 11 years. Bill is the author
of the award winning book: The Campaign of Gettysburg:
Command Decisions.
Special Book Signing: July 4, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
This panel discussion is free, but seating is limited so tickets are required.
Visit the Ticket Counter inside the lobby of the Museum & Visitor Center
or GettysburgFoundation.org.
Saturday 7.2.2016
Talks & Book Signings
9:30 a.m.
Pamela D. Toler, PhD
Author
10:30 a.m. Book Signing
10:30 a.m.
Eric Campbell
Chief of Interpretation
at Cedar Creek &
Belle Grove National
Historical Park
11:30 a.m.
David T. Dixon
Author & Historian
12:30 p.m. Book Signing
From Unwanted to Indispensable:
Nurses in the Civil War
Pamela Toler will tell the story of how thousands
of women with little or no experience with nursing
volunteered to serve their country during the Civil
War. They taught themselves nursing under adverse
circumstances and created a profession that did not
exist before the war.
The Battle of Cedar Creek: Critical Points
The Battle of Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864) was one
of the most critical and controversial engagements
fought in the Valley during the war. This program will
examine the battle and will clarify why Confederate
General John Gordon later wrote, “No battle of
the entire war…has provoked such…prolonged
controversy as this remarkable engagement between
Sheridan and Early at Cedar Creek.”
The Lost Gettysburg Address
A few may remember Edward Everett’s oration that
preceded Lincoln’s masterpiece; but hardly anyone is
aware of Kentucky native Charles Anderson’s speech
that closed the day’s events. That speech was never
published, and was recently rediscovered after nearly
150 years. Dixon argues that all three speeches need
to be considered to understand the political context of
the cemetery dedication.
book Signings
Book Signings are located in the lobby of the Museum & Visitor Center
Also Signing Books on Saturday, July 2:
Christopher Brenneman: 9am-12pm
Author of The Gettysburg Cyclorama: The Turning Point of the Civil War on Canvas
with co-authors Sue Boardman and Bill Dowling
John Archer: 1pm-4pm
Author of Hour of Horror: E. Cemetery Hill, Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg, and
Fury on the Bliss Farm
12:30 p.m.
Did Robert E. Lee Commit Treason?
Allen Carl Guelzo, PhD Within weeks of the end of the Civil War, Robert E.
Henry R. Luce Professor Lee was indicted by a Federal court for treason. The
of the Civil War Era and possibility of a treason trial weighed so heavily on
Director of Civil War Era Lee that he even appealed to Ulysses S. Grant to have
the indictment quashed. But was he, even technically,
Studies at
guilty as charged? The notion of Lee being convicted
Gettysburg College
as a traitor seems impossible from our perspective;
1:30 p.m. Book Signing
but how likely was it in 1865?
1:30 p.m.
Patrick H. Breen, PhD
Author & Historian
2:30 p.m. Book Signing
How Nat Turner’s Revolt Helps Us to
Understand the Civil War
Dr. Breen will discuss the relationship of the most
deadly slave revolt in American history to the Civil
War, which takes place three decades later. He does
not argue for direct causal connections between the
two events, but does propose that an understanding of
Southampton during and after the revolt are helpful
for scholars trying to understand the Civil War.
2:30 p.m.
The Last Confederate Christmas:
Ashley Whitehead Luskey, Slaveholding Women, Ritual, and Authority in
Civil War Richmond
PhD
During the Civil War, Richmond faced an influx
Author & Historian
of soldiers, refugees, prostitutes, scam artists,
impoverished soldiers’ wives, and African Americans
who sought shelter and employment. With this influx
came a rise in vice, crime, and dangerous social
unrest. With many of the city’s men away fighting on
the battlefields or preoccupied with political affairs,
social patrolling often fell upon the city’s female elite,
who relied on a core set of rituals. This presentation
explores the Christmas celebration of 1864—one of
the ladies’ final rituals.
3:30 p.m.
Myths About Lee’s Surrender
This talk covers some of the most interesting points
Patrick A. Schroeder
from the books Thirty Myths about Lee’s Surrender
Park Historian at
Appomattox Court House and More Myths about Lee’s Surrender. Some of
National Historical Park the myths started with the soldiers themselves
in April 1865. Other myths have been created in
4:30 p.m. Book Signing
the generations since the war. Explore what really
happened at Appomattox—separating myth from fact.
Sunday 7.3.2016
Talks & Book Signings
9:30 a.m.
For the People: A Visual History of Gettysburg
since the 1950s
Jared Frederick
Professor in the History The picturesque Gettysburg Battlefield has long been
Department at Penn State memorialized as an iconic landscape of America’s
national identity. This compelling photographic
Altoona
10:30 a.m. Book Signing presentation documents the park from the postWorld War II era onward, chronicling the dramatic
evolutions the battlefield has undergone in the wake
of modern tourism. Exploring the fascinating issues
of historical memory, preservation, and popular
culture, the talk paints a vivid picture of a national
park at work for the benefit “of the people.”
10:30 a.m.
We Could Do No More: The Mindset of the Union
Michael C.C. Adams, PhD Army after Gettysburg
11:30 a.m. Book Signing Drawing from his books, Fighting for Defeat and
Living Hell, Michael C.C. Adams will present
psychological factors affecting why the Union Army
appeared to have what President Lincoln called “the
slows” in pursuing the retreating Army of Northern
Virginia after Gettysburg. These factors are: caution
in face of what many considered Lee’s superior
generalship, and the debilitating trauma induced in
even victorious armies by the close-order combat of
the period. Adams will discuss whether President
Lincoln truly understood what his armies in the field
endured.
11:30 a.m.
S.C. Gwynne
Writer & Author
12:30 p.m. Book Signing
Stonewall Jackson’s Death: A turning point
during the war
Stonewall Jackson’s death was an emotionally
shattering moment for the South. Please join S.C.
Gwynne as he traces the events leading up to Jackson’s
death and the effects it had on the overall war.
book Signings
Book Signings are located in the lobby of the Museum & Visitor Center
12:30 p.m.
Frank A. O’Reilly
Park Historian at
Fredericksburg and
Spotsylvania National
Military Park
1:30 p.m. Book Signing
1:30 p.m.
Dennis E. Frye
Chief Historian at
Harpers Ferry National
Historical Park
2:30 p.m. Book Signing
A Tale of Two Councils of War: the Union High
Command at War (with himself)
This talk will compare and contrast Joe Hooker’s
council of war at Chancellorsville with General
George Meade’s at Gettysburg, and the legacy of those
encounters. Joe Hooker’s meeting blew up in his
face and cost him the command of the Army of the
Potomac; General Meade’s was a thoughtful study in
solidarity. Both meetings formed a turning point in
the commitment and development of the Federal
high command.
Did George McClellan Out-Think General
Robert E. Lee During the First Invasion?
George McClellan is fun to bash. His arrogance
and insolence invite censure and criticism. But did
McClellan save the U.S. in September, 1862? Did the
Little Napoleon out-fox the Confederacy’s great Gray
Fox? Come and discover the answer.
2:30 p.m.
Medical Lessons from the Civil War
Battlefields: The Medical and Surgical History
Carol Reardon, PhD
George Winfree Professor of the War of the Rebellion
Amputated limbs, the enduring images of surgeons
of American History
as butchers, and the ravages of dysentery shape the
Penn State University
traditional views of Civil War medicine. However,
3:30 p.m. Book Signing
recent research offers quite a different perspective.
The compiling of the Medical and Surgical History
of the War of the Rebellion and the organization of
the Army Medical Museum provides insights into the
transformation of the American medical profession.
See General Dan Sickles’ leg and much more!
3:30 p.m.
Wayne E. Motts
CEO, National Civil
War Museum
James A. Hessler
Gettysburg Licensed
Battlefield Guide
4:30 p.m. Book Signing
Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg
The grand attack against the Union position on
Cemetery Ridge still emotionally resonates with
Gettysburg enthusiasts like no other aspect of the
battle. “Pickett’s Charge” is often considered the
turning point of the Civil War’s seminal battle of
Gettysburg. Wayne Motts and Jim Hessler, two
of Gettysburg’s elite Licensed Battlefield Guides,
have teamed up for this presentation to unravel the
mysteries of this attack. They will give Civil War
enthusiasts an entirely new appreciation for, and
understanding of, Gettysburg’s third day of battle.
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