Videos

Professor John McManus presented an illustrated lecture titled, “The Fallen American Soldiers of World War II: Their World of Combat.” This was part of a lecture series marking the 150th Ann…

Professor Edward Linenthal talked about his book, Sacred Ground: Americans and Their Battlefields, using Little Bighorn Battlefield and the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor as examples.

Professor Casey Clabough talked about Confederados, the descendents of Confederate Americans who immigrated to Brazil following the U.S. Civil War. “Confederados” was a session of the 16t…

Robert Dunkerly talked about forgotten surrenders of the Civil War. “The Forgotten Surrenders: Alabama, the Trans-Mississippi, and Indian Territory” was a session of the 16th annual Longw…

Historian Mark Bradley talked about the end of the U.S. Civil War and the closing operations that took place in North Carolina. “Fort Fisher to the Bennett Place: Closing Operations in No…

Chris Calkins talked about the military maneuvers of the Union and Confederate armies that brought them to Appomattox following the fall of Petersburg and Richmond. “The Appomattox Campai…

Historian John Hennessy talked about the legacies of the U.S. Civil War. “Freedom, the Civil War and its Legacies” was a session of the 16th annual Longwood University Civil War Seminar. …

Professor Elizabeth Varon talked about the legacy of the Appomattox Campaign and Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender. “Legacies of Appomattox: Lee’s Surrender in History and Me…

Ron Wilson talked about Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865. “Surrender at Appomattox” was a session of the 16th annual Longwo…

Patrick Schroeder talked about the April 1865 battles of the Appomattox Campaign during the U.S. Civil War. “The Battles of Appomattox: Final Fury and the Last to Die” was a session of t…

Chris Calkins spoke about the Battles of Sailor’s Creek, which took place in April 1865 near Farmville, Virginia. “Black Thursday: The Battles of Sailor’s Creek, April 6, 1865” was a sess…

Michael Gorman talked about Richmond, Virginia, in 1865 and what historians could learn from photographs from the period. “Photo Forensics: Richmond, 1865” was a session of the 16th annua…

Tracy Chernault talked about the long standoff between the armies of Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant in the entrenchments outside of Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864 and the final b…

Patrick Schroeder provided introductory remarks at the third day of Longwood University’s 2015 Civil War Seminar. The day’s speakers talked about forgotten surrenders during the Civil War, …