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Brandon Bies is the superintendent of Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia. He talked about the recent discovery and excavation of the remains of two Union soldiers and several amp…

Caroline Janney is editor of the book, Petersburg to Appomattox: The End of the War in Virginia. She talked about how the Union Army developed a parole system for Confederate General Robert …

In 1956, while working as a historian at Vicksburg National Military Park, Edwin Bearss set out to recover and preserve the USS Cairo, a Union warship sunk in 1862 during the Civil War. Mr. …

Jake Wynn is the director of interpretation at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum in Washington, D.C. He talked about the life of Clara Barton, whose work as a field nurse durin…

John Quarstein is director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center and author of “The Monitor Boys: The Crew of the Union’s First Ironclad.” He discussed the Monitor’s famous battle against the C…

Jake Wynn talked about the life of Clara Barton, whose work as a field nurse during the Civil War earned her the nickname “Angel of the Battlefield.” Mr. Wynn also discussed Barton’s inspira…

Eric Buckland talked about the leadership qualities and military exploits of Confederate Colonel John S. Mosby. After serving under Confederate cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart early in the w…

William “Jack” Davis compared the upbringings and leadership skills of Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee. This talk was part of a day-long seminar on Civil…

Ralph Peters talked about the human side of several Civil War leaders, such as Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson and Union General Francis Barlow. He spoke about their…

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…