From Gettysburg College:
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Join us, June 10-15, 2022, for an exciting lineup of CWI speakers! We are excited to feature leading Civil War scholars, Gary Gallagher, Joan Waugh, Jeffry Wert, Carol Reardon, Carrie Janney, Brooks Simpson, Scott Hartwig, and more within our line-up of over 35 distinguished speakers and tour guides.
For over 35 years, the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College has hosted a premiere annual summer conference bringing leading historians and public audiences together for lectures, battlefield tours, small group discussions, and roundtable conversations about the Civil War era. Sessions, lodging, and meals are held on the 200-acre college campus.
The 2022 CWI Conference will feature a wide range of topics, including Civil War battlefield & camp archaeology, the demobilization of Lee’s army, the memorialization of the Gettysburg centennial, U.S. Grant, race, and racial violence during Reconstruction, treasures from the Library of Congress and National Archives, a re-assessment of the 20th Maine and Little Round Top, slavery, war, and the transformation of medicine, Francis Barlow’s Civil War, and more.
In addition to touring the Gettysburg battlefield, participants will have the opportunity to visit a variety of other nearby battlefields and historic sites on tours that will explore 2nd Fredericksburg, South Mountain, North Anna, Spotsylvania, Bristoe Station, the 1864 Maryland Campaign battlefields, and more. Participants who may prefer a shorter, more physically active conference experience can also choose to sign up for our new “active track” package, featuring a combination of Friday and Saturday morning lectures and a day and a half of walking-intensive tours of the Gettysburg battlefield on Saturday and Sunday with historian Timothy Orr, exploring sharpshooting at Gettysburg.
This conference will also continue the recently added Saturday evening tours of the Gettysburg battlefield, half-day Tuesday tours following select regiments “from battlefield to field hospital,” as well as both “lunch-in” and “dine-in” discussions with CWI faculty.
The 2022 conference will offer something for everyone, from longtime students of the Civil War to those who are new to Civil War history.
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