Architectural Historian Edwin Slipek lectures on the origins of the house at 12th and Clay Streets in Richmond's Court End neighborhood, which became the Whit...

In the Civil War era, most people got their news from sources that typically reaffirmed their political views. How did this biased or limited view of the worl...

Dr. Hezteine Foster describes her experiences as an educator, including becoming the first African-American teacher in the all-white Appomattox School System....

Throughout the country’s history, the United States government has had a complicated (and often violent) relationship with tribal nations. Featuring: Ari Kelm...

What facts and perspectives do we need to consider in order to understand the Confederate statues on Richmond’s Monument Avenue? This program will attempt to make sense...

Dr. Yael Sternhell explores the unexpectedly fascinating backstory of the wartime documents that became the Official Records. You’ll never think of the Offici...

Following the Civil War and Emancipation, Union veterans and African American civilians faced physical and mental challenges that put their resilience to the...

Susie King Taylor was the only African-American woman to publish a memoir about her wartime experiences. Interpretation and Programs Manager Kelly Hancock explores the role she played as both a nurse and teacher with the 33rd United States Colored...

Winston Churchill was a renowned statesman as well as an accomplished writer and historian. The son of an American-born mother, he was intrigued by the Civil War, visited battlefields and analyzed its leading personalities. Lee Pollock, Executive...

Based on his book of the same name, Dr. Don H. Doyle's lecture explores the place of the American Civil War in the context of mid-19th-century democratic revolutions, how nations of the world viewed the war, and how the U.S. and Confederate govern...

The Tredegar Brass Band and traditional singer Joshua Allen perform and show how hymns, work songs, and military calls played an important role to people of all walks of life during the Civil War.

The American Civil War Museum's Tredegar So...

This tiny island off the coast of Virginia’s Eastern Shore refused to support secession. Discover why Chincoteague chose to side with the Union as Interpretation Supervisor Bryce VanStavern leads this talk.

American Civil War Museum Curator Cathy Wright examines women’s experiences following the American Civil War and how they confronted the opportunities and challenges presented in the postwar years.

This lecture was part of the Museum's 2016...

This presentation by documentary filmmaker and author Elvatrice Parker Belsches examines the role that the Freedman’s Bureau played in educating African-Americans in the Richmond. Through the use of narratives, primary documents, and rare photogra...

Following the surrenders of the organized Confederate troops in 1865, many former Confederate guerrillas continued their bushwhacking ways and became infamous outlaws. The most notorious of these were Frank and Jesse James, who were often joined b...

Pamunkey men served the Union as pilots and scouts on gun-boats & Pamunkey women aided Union soldiers who encamped near their community throughout the War. Through the voices of Pamunkey men and women recorded in 1871, and related by Ashley At...

Throughout time, the topic of young couples finding love in the midst of war has often been romanticized. The reality was that separation from loved ones often proved far more consequential.  American Civil War Museum Co-CEO Christy Coleman explor...

Have you ever thought about "reading" a monument? In this presentation, Museum Historian John Coski demonstrates how Virginia's Confederate monuments reveal the choices made by memorialists as they decided how and what to remember about the Civil...

Virtually visit Hollywood's "Gettysburg Hill" as co-CEO Waite Rawls explores the story of how 2,935 Confederate soldiers killed and buried at Gettysburg made the journey to Richmond's most beautiful cemetery a full decade after the battle.

With his Appeal in 1829, David Walker issued a warning to Americans concerning slavery; David Ruggles sacrificed his health to carry on the struggle for emancipation; Anthony Burns endured the horrors of Lumpkin's Jail after attempting to seize hi...

The passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments forever changed American society. Museum Co-CEO Christy Coleman explores the social and political implications of these amendments at the time of their passage and in contemporary American culture....

By May, 1864, the American merchant fleet had been devastated by the successes of the Confederate commerce raiders. The Confederate naval agent in Liverpool reported to the Secretary of the Navy that the "... United State flag has disappeared from...

In most quashed rebellions, the leaders lose their lives or are forced into exile. The aftermath of the American Civil War provides and unusual example of leniency. There were no executions, outside those of Henry Wirtz and Champ Ferguson (who wer...

Dr. Michael Signer is the author of Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father (PublicAffairs 2015), and the founder and managing principal of Madison Law & Strategy Group, PLLC. On September 15, 2015, he l...

On the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, award-winning author Frye Gaillard reflects on the war - and the way we remember it - through the lens of letters written by his family members, including great-great grandfather, Thomas Gaillard, and Tho...

University of Georgia Professor Stephen Berry lectured on the difficult and often gruesome life of a soldier during the American Civil War. This lecture took place at the University of Richmond and was co-sponsored by the university's history depa...

Chris Mackowski, co-author of "A Season of Slaughter" visited the Museum on November 21, 2014. He gave an enlightening talk on the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.

American Civil War Museum Interpretation and Programs Manager Kelly Hancock presented this Brown Bag Lunch Talk on January 16, 2015. Hailed as the social event of the season, the wedding of one of the most beautiful belles in the South to a dashin...

The Tredegar Society of the American Civil War Museum hosted Richmond Magazine Senior Writer Harry Kollatz, Jr. as he lectured on Dahlgren's Raid. This lecture was given in the Pattern Building of Historic Tredegar on January 22, 2015.

John "Jack" Trammell, Randolph-Macon professor and author of "The Richmond Slave Trade: The Economic Backbone of the Old Dominion," gave a Tredegar Society lecture on February 12, 2015. He discussed the immense economic role that slavery had in Vi...

The 57th Massachusetts Veteran Volunteers, one of four so-called 'Veteran' regiments was brand new to the front lines in May of 1864 when they marched off into the Wilderness. From then on, the regiment would see action in every single battle of t...

First public performance of "Our Great Virginia," the new state song, by the Appomattox Youth Chorale. Performed Saturday, Aprill 11, 2015 at the Museum of the Confederacy, Appomattox VA. Lyrics: Mike Greenly. Arrangment: Jim Papoulis. Special tha...

James I. "Bud" Robertson, Jr. lectured at the Museum of the Confederacy-Appomattox on April 11, 2015 as part of the Museum's 150th commemorations. He discussed what many Civil War figures did after the War.

General U.S. Grant (portrayed by Tony Daniels) talked about his famous meeting with President Abraham Lincoln at City Point and then answered questions from the audience at the Museum of the Confederacy-Appomattox.

Author Michael Schein discussed his book, John Surratt: The Lincoln Assassin Who Got Away in which he examines the evidence of whether John Surratt- a fierce secessionist and Booth’s closest associate in the four months leading up to the assassina...

Richmond’s abrupt transition from Confederate capital to Union occupation in April, 1865 meant tremendous changes for its civilian population. Basic necessities, such as food and shelter, could be difficult to come by, particularly with much of th...

American Civil War Museum Historian John Coski leads a discussion that examines the events of May, 1865 and after in an attempt to answer the question, "When did the Civil War end?". This Brown Bag Lunch Talk took place on May 15, 2015 at the Muse...

German-American historian Myra Hillburg discussed the life and work of German immigrant Adalbert Volck and his artistic contributions to the Confederate cause. At the end of his life, Volck chose to create a silver shield to specifically memoriali...