Lectures
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Lincoln Prize Lecture
The American Civil War Museum will present the annual Lincoln Prize Lecture on October 17th at Tredegar in Richmond, Virginia. Featured speakers …
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What the Irish Taught Civil War Americans
Join us as Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean delves into his book Fighting With the Past: How Seventeenth-Century History Shaped the American Civil War. …
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Lincoln Prize Lecture
Registration is OPEN for the ACWM Lincoln Prize Lecture at Tredegar in Richmond, Virginia. This year's ticket includes a signed copy of …
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Asia Booth Clarke: Virtual Talk with Lisa Samia
The story of Asia Booth Clarke's life is relatively unknown, but she chronicled the Booth family through her letters, poems, and books. …
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Almost Famous: The Strange, Spooky & Bizarre Tales of Old City Cemetery
There were NUMEROUS ways one could lose their life in the 19th century. At Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg, our favorites are …
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Lunch & Learn: The Politics of Freedom and the Battle of Fredericksburg
RESCHEDULED TO NEXT MONDAY, dECEMBER 15TH, DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS. Part of our Lunch & Learn series! Bring your own lunch (or …
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Virtual Talk: Feeding Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia with Michael C. Hardy
Food, or the lack of it, played a crucial role in the Civil War, contributing mightily to the success and failure of campaigns and …
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Lunch & Learn: Love in Lynchburg—Where North Met South
Part of our Lunch & Learn series! Bring your own lunch (or feel free to grab something to go from our neighbor, …
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In-Person Book Talk: After the Fire with Nelson Lankford
Explore Richmond’s rebirth after the 1865 fire in After the Fire with Dr. Nelson Lankford in this compelling look at a city …
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Lunch & Learn: Voices of Abolition
Part of our Lunch & Learn series! Bring your own lunch (or feel free to grab something to go from our neighbor, …
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Relationships Forged in War Symposium (February 13—15)
The American Civil War was not only a clash of armies and ideologies, but it also shaped and tested loyalty, friendship, family, …
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The Invincible Twelfth with Benjamin Cwayna
Join Benjamin L. Cwayna for a virtual talk on the “Invincible Twelfth” and the bold, costly legacy of the 12th South Carolina Infantry. The 12th South Carolina Infantry took part in nearly every major engagement of the war in the Eastern Theater and earned a sterling reputation for its drill and discipline. It became known for its impetuous, devastating, and sometimes reckless attacks and counterattacks. This boldness came at a heavy cost: by the war’s end, only about 150 of the nearly 1,400 men who served in the regiment’s ranks surrendered at Appomattox Court House. Join Benjamin L. Cwayna for …
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