LIVE Saturday June 18: Reconstruction & the Legacy of the Civil War

by kiahunter

LIVE on American History TV on C-SPAN3

Saturday June 18, 1pm - 8:30pm ET

Reconstruction & the Legacy of the Civil War

Gettysburg College Civil War Institute

The challenges the United States faced during the Civil War did not end at Appomattox. The process of Reconstruction spanned more than 10 years and the laws and practices instituted during this time period have had a lasting impact on American history.

Saturday, June 18 American History TV will be live from Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for the annual Civil War Institute summer conference. Authors, historians and professors will examine topics such as freed people's refugee camps, General Grant's career after the Civil War, and Reconstruction in the North. We'll also hear conversations on the return of the Confederate veteran and the origins of the Lost Cause.

1pm ET

Inside the Freed People's Refugee Camp - Abigail Cooper, Brandeis University

2:30pm ET

Reconstruction in the North - Andrew Slap, East Tennessee State University

4pm ET

Panel on the Return of the Confederate Veteran - Diane Sommerville, SUNY - Binghamton; Brian Craig Miller, Emporia State University; Jason Phillips, West Virginia University; Jim Broomall, Shepherd University; David Silkenat, University of Edinburgh

6:30pm ET

Panel on the Origins of the Lost Cause - Peter Carmichael, Gettysburg College; Kathryn Shively Meier, Virginia Commonwealth University; Keith Bohannon, University of West Georgia

7:15pm ET

General Grant after the Civil War - Brooks Simpson, Arizona State University

Coverage will re-air on Saturday June 25 at 8am ET. We will also be recording conference sessions on Friday June 17 and Sunday June 19. All of these sessions will air in the coming weeks in our Civil War slot on American History TV Saturdays at 6pm ET.