Virtual Programs
Events
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Virtual Book Talk: “A Wonderful Career in Crime”
Charles Cowlam’s career as a convict,spy, detective, congressional candidate, adventurer, and con artist spanned the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Gilded Age. The …
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Virtual Book Talk – “Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town Caught in the Crossfire of Battle”
This small Union victory is often overlooked, but it was emblematic of the fighting that was to come. At Dranesville, civilians were …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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