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Upcoming Events
Thursday, December 3, 2020 "Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War" Petersburg Civil War Round Table Saturday, April 10, 2021 "Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War" McCormick Civil War Institute Conference Shenandoah University More info TBA Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Williamsburg CWRT More info TBA. June 2022 Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College More info TBA |
Recent Events
Saturday, November 14, 2020 The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa. Special Presentation on Zoom: Moderated Q&A sessions with Ted Widner, Ed Achorn, H. W. Brands, and Catherine Clinton, Kathryn Harris & Manisha Sinha. Moderated a panel discussion on "How Should We Now Teach Lincoln and the Civil War?" with William C. Davis, Caroline E. Janney, Tamika Nunley, and Craig L. Symonds Thursday, November 12, 2020 "Finding the Source" conversation on the presidential election of 1864 with Peter Carmichael and Ashley Whitehead Luskey of Gettysburg College. Thursday, October 29, 2020 "The Controversial Presidential Election of 1864" NYC chapters of the Sons of Union Veterans and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion Monday, September 28, 2020 "The Controversial Presidential Election of 1864" Christopher Newport University Virtual Family Weekend Friday, September 25, 2020 "The Controversial Presidential Election of 1864" Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News, Va. September 14, 2020 "Digging in the Archives: Fascinating Discoveries from my Twenty Years as a Historian" CNU Life Long Learning Society July 23, 2020 "Women and the Civil War" Civil War Summer Teacher Workshop Christopher Newport University July 20, 2020 "Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation" Summer Teacher Workshop Gettysburg National Military Park Tuesday, July 14, 2020 "Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation" American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va. NEH Summer Teacher Workshop Canceled/postponed because of COVID-19. Tuesday, May 26, 2020 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Williamsburg CWRT Canceled/postponed because of COVID-19. Monday, May 18, 2020 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Amazing Night Life of Civil War Americans" Civil War Round Table of Augusta, Georgia Canceled/postponed because of COVID-19. Thursday, May 7, 2020 "Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War" Petersburg Civil War Round Table Canceled/postponed because of COVID-19. Monday, May 4, 2020 "Emphatically the Black Man's President: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House" Fort Monroe Historical Society Canceled/postponed because of COVID-19. Saturday, February 22, 2020 "Emphatically the Black Man's President: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House" American Civil War Museum and the Library of Virginia Saturday, February 1, 2020 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Appomattox-Longwood University Civil War Seminar Friday, January 17, 2020 "College Life During the Civil War" Oyster Point Rotary Club November 19, 2019 "College Life During the Civil War" Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. November 15-19, 2019 The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa. " 'It Strikes Me There's Something In It': Abraham Lincoln and the Monitor" Discussion with Brian Dirck on Lincoln and the Constitution Wednesday, November 6, 2019 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Richard Frockt Family Civil War Lecture Western Kentucky University Thursday, October 3, 2019 "Our Little Monitor" with Anna Gibson Holloway Richard Sokup Lecture, Lincoln Douglas Society Freeport, Ill. Monday, September 16, 2019 "Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties during the Civil War" Constitution Day Lecture Sam Houston State University Tuesday, August 20, 2019 "Our Little Monitor" Major Charles Izard Maceuen Civil War Round Table of the Union League of Philadelphia Saturday, August 17, 2019 Private Event in Newport News "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" July 24-27, 2019 Civil War Summer Teachers Institute Center for American Studies Christopher Newport University "Our Little Monitor" Tour of Battle of Dam No. 1 Saturday, July 20, 2019 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" McCormick Civil War Institute, Shenandoah University Friday, July 19, 2019 "Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation" Summer Teachers Institute Christopher Newport University Friday, June 28, 2019 "Abraham Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel" Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News, Va. Saturday, June 22, 2019 Association for Documentary Editing Annual Meeting Princeton, N.J. "Seeking the Papers of the Earliest Years of our National Government: The Presidency, Judiciary, Congress, War and Navy Departments" With Kenneth Bowling, Dennis Conrad, Theodore Crackel, and Mary-Jo Kline Saturday, May 5, 2019 Grand Opening, American Civil War Museum "Lessons (Un)Learned from the Civil War" With Caroline Janney, Lesley J. Gordon, and Kidada E. Williams Richmond, Va. Monday, April 1, 2019 "The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Early Life of Abraham Lincoln" Fort Monroe Historical Society Hampton, Va. Monday, March 25, 2019 Private Tour of Civil War Sites in Hampton Roads Virginia Tech Saturday, March 16, 2019 Abraham Lincoln Institute annual symposium Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. Friday, March 15, 2019 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Civil War Reading Group The Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. Tuesday, February 26, 2019 "The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Life of Abraham Lincoln" Williamsburg CWRT Monday, February 18, 2019 "Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War" CNU Life Long Learning Society Yoder Barn, Newport News, Va. Thursday, February 7, 2019 "The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Life of Abraham Lincoln" Lincoln Club of Delaware Wilmington, Del. Wednesday, February 6, 2019 "Our Little Monitor" Baltimore Bar Library Wednesday, January 23, 2019 "Our Little Monitor" Tea at the Carrot Tree, Williamsburg, Va. Saturday, January 12, 2019 Webinar on Secessionism vs. Unionism Ashland University Monday, October 1, 2018 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Hampton History Museum Thursday, September 27, 2018 "Our Little Monitor" American Civil War Museum Appomattox, Va. Thursday, September 20, 2018 "Our Little Monitor" Hampton Roads Civil War Round Table Saturday, August 25, 2018 "Our Little Monitor" The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va. Saturday, August 18, 2018 "Lincoln and Grant" on C-SPAN (Book TV) Mississippi Book Festival Jackson, Miss. Friday, July 27, 2018 "Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation" CNU Summer Teacher's Institute Friday, July 20, 2018 "Abraham Lincoln and the American Revolution" CNU Summer Teacher's Institute Thursday, July 12, 2018 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Summer Teacher's Institute American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va. Monday, July 2, 2018 "Our Little Monitor" Hampton History Museum Saturday, June 23, 2018 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Historic Blenheim, Fairfax, Va. Monday, June 4, 2018 "Our Little Monitor" Historical and Archeological Society of Fort Monroe Hampton, Va. Saturday, June 2, 2018 Society of Civil War Historians biennial meeting Tuesday, May 15, 2018 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Lincoln-Davis CWRT, Chicago, Ill. Monday, April 9, 2018 "The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Early Life of Abraham Lincoln" ODU Institute for Learning in Retirement Friday, March 30, 2018 Keynote Address: "Civil War Monuments" Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Graduate Conference Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. Saturday, March 17, 2018 Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. See a highlight here. Thursday, March 15, 2018 "When Presidents Ignore the Law" Foundry Series, a conversation with Lillian Cunningham, Washington Post American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va. Saturday, March 10, 2018 Conversation with Lincoln "The Monitor in the Movies" Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va. Friday, March 2, 2018 "Our Little Monitor" Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News, Va. Wednesday, February 7, 2018 (afternoon) "The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Early Life of Abraham Lincoln" Maggie Walker Governor's School, Richmond, Va. Wednesday, February 7, 2018 (morning) "The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Early Life of Abraham Lincoln" "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" ODU Institute for Learning in Retirement Monday, February 5, 2018 "The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Early Life of Abraham Lincoln" CNU's Life Long Learning Society Thursday, January 25, 2018 Banner Lecture on the USS Monitor Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va. Wednesday, January 24, 2018 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" James City Cavalry Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Webinar on the Gettysburg Address Ashland University Saturday, November 18 Breakout Session: The “old” and the “new" with Harold Holzer & Jonathan W. White The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa. Saturday, November 18 "Lincoln’s Enemies" with Catherine Clinton, Stephen D. Engle, Walter Stahr, Jonathan W. White, and Frank J. Williams, moderator The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa. Saturday, November 18 "It All Seems Like a Dream" 28th Pennsylvania Monument Ceremony, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Gettysburg, Pa. Friday, November 17 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa. Thursday, October 26, 2017 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" American Civil War Museum, Appomattox, Va. Sunday, October 22, 2017 Teach-In on White Supremacy in Lincoln's America Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newport News, Va. Saturday, October 7, 2017 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Pamplin Historical Park Thursday, August 17, 2017 "Pirates of the Civil War" Hampton Roads CWRT Friday, July 28, 2017 "Abraham Lincoln and the American Revolution" Summer Teachers' Institute, Christopher Newport University Tuesday, July 11, 2017 "Why It's Important to Remember the Civil War" Summer Teacher's Institute American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va. Monday, July 10, 2017 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Historical and Archeological Society of Fort Monroe Friday, June 16, 2017 "The Imprisonment of Jefferson Davis at Fort Monroe" Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News Saturday, June 10, 2017 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College Friday, May 12, 2017 "Freedom for the Opinions We Loathe" Keynote Address, Honors Convocation Christopher Newport University Saturday, May 6, 2017 "Conducting Historical Research" Workshop, CNU Writer's Workshop Friday, May 5, 2017 "Is There Anything New to Say about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War?" Keynote Address, CNU Writer's Workshop Thursday, April 27, 2017 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Banner Lecture, Virginia Historical Society Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Civil War Talk Radio Interview Thursday, April 20, 2017 Cottage Conversation at the Lincoln Cottage, Washington, D.C. With Michael Bishop. Saturday, March 25, 2017 “A House Divided” at the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, Chicago, Ill. With Judith Giesberg of Villanova University Friday, March 24, 2017 Virginia Festival of the Book "Civil War: Southern Women, Black Regiments, and Night Vision" With Gary W. Gallagher, Catherine Clinton, and Douglas Egerton Wednesday, March 22, 2017 "Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans" Major Charles Izard Maceuen Civil War Round Table of the Union League of Philadelphia Wednesday, March 8, 2017 "Abraham Lincoln and the American Revolution" Newport News-Warwick Daughters of the American Revolution Tuesday, January 24, 2017 "Lincoln and Civil Liberties" Williamsburg Civil War Round Table Saturday, October 15, 2016 Webinar on the Dred Scott case Ashland University September 22-24, 2016 "The Legacy of Ex Parte Milligan" Ex Parte Milligan at 150 Conference Illinois State University, Normal, IL Friday, June 10, 2016 "The Electoral College" Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News Friday, June 3, 2016 "Bad War Dreams" Society of Civil War Historians Chattanooga, Tennessee Saturday, May 7, 2016 CNU Life Long Learning Society 35th Writer's Conference "Telling the Truth in Nonfiction Writing" Thursday, April 28, 2016 Conference on Abraham Lincoln Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, UK Thursday, March 10, 2016 Film screening of "Rebel" Discussion with director María Agui Carter CNU Music & Theatre Hall Saturday, March 5, 2016 The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va. "Pirates of the Civil War" Thursday, February 25, 2016 Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy, Marshall University "Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties during the Civil War" Wednesday, January 13, 2016 The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va. Panel Discussion of new PBS drama "Mercy Street" Time: 6:30-8:30pm Saturday, December 12, 2015 Ashland University Webinar on "Lincoln and Emancipation" With Dr. Lucas Morel of Washington and Lee University. Friday, October 23, 2015 Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News "The Arrest of Clement L. Vallandigham" Monday, October 19, 2015 CNU Life Long Learning Society "Lincoln's Dreams of Death" Monday, October 12, 2015 Misericordia University, Dallas, Pa. "Lincoln's Dreams of Death" Wednesday, September 7, 2015 Civil War Talk Radio Interview Saturday, June 20, 2015 The Fund for American Studies, Gettysburg, Pa. "Lincoln and the Value of the Union" Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Pearl Bailey Library, Newport News "The Battle for the Soldiers' Vote in 1864" Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Hanna More Academy 55th Reunion "John Merryman of Hayfields" Tuesday, June 2, 2015 Baltimore Bar Library "Lincoln's Advice for Lawyers" Friday, May 29, 2015 Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center, Newport News "Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties during the Civil War" Friday, May 1, 2015 Lincoln Society of Virginia, Bridgewater College "Lincoln and the Value of the Union" Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. "The Legacies of Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela" Monday, April 6, 2015 (evening) Hampton History Museum "Lincoln's Dreams of Death" Monday, April 6, 2015 (morning) Historical and Archeological Society of Fort Monroe "Lincoln's Dreams of Death" Monday, March 23, 2015 The Civil War Forum of Metropolitan New York "Lincoln's Dreams of Death" Saturday, March 21, 2015 Abraham Lincoln Institute, Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C. "Lincoln's Dreams of Death" On C-SPAN. Sunday, March 8, 2015 The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend Tuesday, February 10, 2015 Lincoln Group of New York "Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln" Saturday, January 31, 2015 Hampton Roads Peace Conference 150th Anniversary Fort Monroe National Historic Monument, Hampton, Va. Saturday, December 13, 2014 Ashland University, Ashland Ohio Webinar on "Did Lincoln Violate the Constitution?" With Dr. Lucas Morel of Washington and Lee University. Wednesday, November 19, 2014 James Buchanan's Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Presidential Lecture Series Sunday - Tuesday, November 16-18, 2014 The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg Nov. 17: "The Battle for the Soldiers' Vote" Nov. 18: "The Campaign of '64 in Politics and Print" on C-SPAN. Nov. 18: Q&A with Harold Holzer Saturday, November 8, 2014 Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse Symposium on the Election of 1864 See lecture on C-SPAN. See panel discussion on C-SPAN. Monday, October 20, 2014 Oregon Judicial Department, Annual Judicial Conference "Abraham Lincoln, Civil Liberties, and the Judicial Branch during the Civil War" Monday, October 13, 2014 Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture in Public Affairs East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma Saturday, September 27, 2014 Lincoln Colloquium, Fort Wayne, Indiana "Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln" Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Bryant Park Reading Room, New York City "Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln" See on C-SPAN. Friday, June 13, 2014 Society of Civil War Historians Baltimore, Md. "State Asunder: Maryland in the Civil War Era" Saturday, April 5, 2014 Keynote Address: "Lincoln's Dreams of Death" Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference Elizabeth City State University Friday, October 18, 2013 Pennsylvania Historical Association Gettysburg, Pa. "'A New Word in Politics': The Meaning of 'Loyalty' in the Pennsylvania Indemnity Debate of 1863" Thursday, October 17, 2013 Baltimore Bar Library "Did Lincoln Dream He Died?" Tuesday to Friday, August 6-9, 2013 Snow College, Ephraim, Utah Four lectures on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Friday, February 1, 2013 Society for History in the Federal Government National Archives, Washington, D.C. "Conducting Research in Judicial Records" Tuesday, December 18, 2012 Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia "Lincoln and the Supreme Court" Thursday, September 27, 2012 Michigan State University's "Constitution Day" event "Military Tribunals and the Expansion of Citizens' Rights" Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Williamsburg Regional Library "Abraham Lincoln and Citizens' Rights during the Civil War" Saturday, May 12, 2012 Society for Military History Arlington, Va. "'You Must Have Learned Of My Official Decapitation': Emancipation and Intimidation in the Union Ranks" Thursday, May 10, 2012 Baltimore Bar Library "The Peculiarly Insignificant Role of the Supreme Court in the Civil War" Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Baltimore Bar Library 150th anniversary commemoration of Ex Parte Merryman "The Trials of John Merryman" Saturday, February 12, 2011 Abraham Lincoln Association Old State Capitol at Springfield, Illinois "Lincoln's Other Habeas Corpus Problem" Saturday, March 26, 2011 Abraham Lincoln Institute National Archives at College Park "Lincoln's Other Habeas Corpus Problem" See on YouTube. Friday, October 9, 2009 Abraham Lincoln Symposium at Eastern University St. Davids, Pa. "The Election that Saved America: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Election of 1864" June 2008 Society of Civil War Historians Philadelphia, Pa. "Copperheads in the Union Army" January 2008 American Historical Association Washington, D.C. "Identity, Ideals, and Politics in the Civil War Era" July 2007 Society for Women and the Civil War West Chester, Pa. "Copperhead Women" April 2007 Society for Military History Frederick, Md. "Politics and the Union Army" October 2006 Works-in-Progress Series, The McNeil Center for Early American Studies University of Pennsylvania “Constructive Treason and the States: The Revolutionary Origins of State Treason Law in the Civil War North" March 2006 Organization of History and Computer Knowledge, George Mason University “Historical Research and Nontraditional Databases" June 2005 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pa. Staff seminar “Loyalty, Law and Politics: The Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1863" April 2002 Phi Alpha Theta Mid-Atlantic Region Conference University of Maryland, University College “Citizens and Soldiers: The Pennsylvania Soldier Voting Controversy, 1861-1864, and Its Transformative Consequences" |
