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SUMMARY:A Nation in Mourning with Derek D. Maxfield
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Derek Maxfield’s talk on Victorian America\, Civil War disruption\, and how it reshaped 19th-century views of death. \n\n\n\nBy 1860\, Victorians had come to dominate the American cultural landscape. The working class sought for most of the century to emulate them\, while the wealthy used their advantages to set themselves apart with material goods and selectively followed Victorian rules to appear sophisticated. However\, Victorian cultural dominance was severely challenged by the Civil War. The harsh realities of war changed Victorian values and left many searching for ways to cope. In few areas was this more apparent than in attitudes toward death. Victorians who entered the 1860s romanticizing death found themselves appalled by grim depictions of mangled corpses in photographs of the era. Looking for a new direction\, they readily embraced the Industrial and Consumer Revolutions in the decades after the war to reshape how death and dying were observed\, how corpses were cared for\, and how cemetery art memorialized the dead. \n\n\n\nDerek Maxfield\, formerly an associate professor of history at Genesee Community College\, received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2019) and for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities (2013). His research focuses on Victorian deathways and 19th century politics and culture. He has written for Emerging Civil War since 2015 and is the author of Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp – Elmira\, NY (2020) and Man of Fire: William Tecumseh Sherman in the Civil War (2023)\, both published by Savas Beatie.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/a-nation-in-mourning-with-derek-d-maxfield/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Presidential Election of 1864
DESCRIPTION:The American Civil War Museum–Appomattox is pleased to host a special program presented by the Appomattox Petersburg Preservation Society on May 19\, 2026. \n\n\n\n\n5 PM: ACWM–Appomattox exhibits will be open free of charge for guided tours led by Appomattox Petersburg Preservation Society staff.\n\n\n\n6:30 PM: Special Program ‘The Presidential Election of 1864‘\n\n\n\n\nThis presentation examines the presidential election of 1864\, a contest held under the extraordinary pressures of civil war and one that would profoundly influence the nation’s future. More than a political contest between Abraham Lincoln and George B. McClellan\, the election became a referendum on war\, peace\, emancipation\, constitutional liberty\, and the meaning of Union itself. Through an analysis of party divisions\, wartime dissent\, civil liberties\, soldier voting\, and the broader political climate of the era\, this program explores how the election shaped the closing phase of the Civil War and the memory of the figures involved. \n\n\n\nThe program is led by Shannah B. Winchester\, history interpreter specializing in Civil War education and public history at Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Historical State Park. She completed certification from Columbia University on the American Civil War. Her current research focuses on the legacy of General George B. McClellan\, and she is writing a book centered on his role and reputation during the events at Harrison’s Landing in 1862.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/the-presidential-election-of-1864/
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events,Book Talk,Family-Friendly,For Educators,For Students,Lectures,Tours
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