Program Year  2026-2027

September 23, 2026

Civil War Photo Forensics: Investigating Battlefield Photographs Through a Critical Lens

Speaker: Scott Hippensteel

 

October 28, 2026

General Philip H. Sheridan: Life, War, and Memory

Speaker: Jonathan Noyalas

 

November 18, 2026

The Making of Civil War Films

Speaker: Ron Maxwell

 

January 27, 2027

The Forgotten Battles of the Chancellorsville Campaign: Fredericksburg, Salem Church, and Bank’s Ford in 1863

Speaker: Erik Nelson

 

February 24, 2027

Disaster in Pursuit of Lincoln’s Killer

Speaker: Karen Stone

 

March 24, 2027

Ironclad Ambush: Confederates Strike Lincoln's Mississippi River Blockade at the Head of Passes, October 12, 1861

Speaker: Neil Chatelain (Zoom)

 

April 28, 2027

Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and the First Opioid Crisis

Speaker: Jonathan Jones

 

May 26, 2027

The Wars of Clara Barton

Speaker: Elizabeth Varon

 

June 16, 2027

After the Fire: Richmond in Defeat

Speaker: Nelson Lankford