Virtual Programs
Virtual Book Talk “Union General Daniel Butterfield”
General Dan Butterfield played a pivotal role during the Civil War and introduced practices still in use by the U.S. Army today. …
Virtual Book Talk ‘Kidnapped At Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White’ with Andrew Sillen
David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor from Lewes, Delaware, was kidnapped by Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate raider Alabama on October …
Virtual Book Talk ‘Freedom Was in Sight!’ with Dr. Kate Masur
As part of the ACWM celebration of Black History Month, we present this virtual program with Dr. Kate Masur, a leading historian …
We Shall Conquer or Die: Partisan Warfare in 1862 Western Kentucky
Virtual Book Talk with Derrick Lindow.Join Derrick Lindow, an award-winning history teacher and Civil War expert, as he explores the little-known story …
Virtual Book Talk – Hell by the Acre: A Narrative History of the Stones River Campaign with Dan A. Masters
As 1862 drew to a close, the United States faced a low point in the Civil War, suffering major defeats at Fredericksburg …
Virtual Book Talk with Paul Brueske
After the brutal battles of Franklin and Nashville in late 1864, Union forces expected Mobile’s Confederate defenders to retreat without much resistance. …
Virtual Book Talk with Bradley Gottfried
On August 28, 1862, Major General John Pope’s Army of Virginia clashed with “Stonewall” Jackson at Brawner Farm—setting the stage for a …
Virtual Book Talk
While largely overlooked or treated as a footnote to Gen. Jubal A. Early’s raid on Washington in the summer of 1864, the …
An Unholy Traffic: Virtual Talk with Dr. Robert Colby
Between Fort Sumter and Appomattox, Confederates bought and sold thousands of men, women, and children through a persistent trade in enslaved people. …
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. …