"'They Who Fought Here': Armies, Soldiers, and Civilians": Bridgewater College Civil War Institute

Saturday April 21, 2012

Speakers:

Dr. Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh: Asst. Professor of History United States Naval Academy
Author of- “West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace”

Dr. Timothy Orr: Professor of History Old Dominion University
Author of- “Last to Leave the Field: The Life and Letters of First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteers

Dr. Sharita J. Thompson: Asst. Professor of History Gettysburg College
Thompson teaches Reconstruction and the Legacy of the Civil War, Women and the Civil War, African Americans and the Civil War.

Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean: Professor of Civil War Studies West Virginia University
Author of- “Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia,” “Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War,” and “Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War.”

For help in locating McKinney Hall, you can view an interactive map of the Bridgewater College campus here; you can also download and print a pdf version of the map.  McKinney Hall, the site of the symposium, is Building #18 on the map.

For more information contact Nick Picerno at (540) 828-5761 or npicerno@bridgewater.edu

Category:

Seminar/Conf

Hours:

Starts at 9:00am
Ends at 4:00pm

Admission Fee/Ticket Price:

Free

Location:

  • McKinney Hall, Bridgewater College
  • Dinkel Avenue
  • Bridgewater, VA 22812

Phone:

(540) 828-5761

Email:

npicerno@bridgewater.edu