C-SPAN’s coverage of the Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge continues this weekend with Steve Davis’s talk on John Bell Hood’s July 20, 1864, attack outside Atlanta. The talk will air on C-SPAN3 on Saturday, October 22 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Meanwhile, C-SPAN3 will re-air Dave Powell’s talk on battle tactics on Saturday, October 22 at 3:10 p.m. Eastern time. And Chris Mackowski’s talk on Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle will re-air on Sunday morning, October 23, at 11:00 a.m. …
The next installment from the Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge airs this weekend on C-SPAN 3.
The Battle of the Wilderness and Longstreet’s Counterattack, presented by Kris White, will air Saturday night at 6:00 p.m., Eastern.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?413642-2/battle-wilderness-longstreets-counterattack
Also, the “Great Attacks” panel will re-airs Sunday at 1:25 p.m. Eastern, and then Monday morning at 5:55 a.m., Eastern.…
C-SPAN3 begins its overage of the Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge tonight. Tune in a 6:00 p.m. for a talk by historian Dave Powell on Civil War tactics. Here’s a preview:
More episodes will be airing on Saturdays at the same time, so tune in. We’ll keep you posted!…
The dust has finally settled following theThird Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge a couple weeks ago. It was such a successful event that we’ll be moving the event into the Lodge for the entire weekend next year to accommodate the crowd. (This year’s event sold out a month in advance and while a few people from the waiting list got squeezed in, some folks unfortunately had to be turned away–so we’ll be ready for them next year …
from Chris
In my capacity as the historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, one of my projects this summer has been to compile some information about the property’s role during the Civil War. Many of our guests are interested in the Civil War, and they stay here because we’re smack-dab in the middle of central Virginia’s Civil War landscape, right on the Spotsylvania battlefield. The array of earthworks and fortifications on the property are amazing. One NPS historian called them the best-preserved …
We are just a week away from welcoming the Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge back to the property. This year’s symposium will be held Aug. 5-7, 2016, and it features a line up of ten speakers, including legendary NPS historian James Ogden from Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park.
As a special treat in advance of the symposium, a number of ECW authors will be signing books at the Fredericksburg Barnes and Noble on Thursday, Aug. …
from Chris
It seems like we just wrapped up our successful Second Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge—but already we’re gearing up for next year. Registration is now open (already!) for our Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge.
The Symposium will run Aug. 5-7, 2016. The theme this year is “Great Attacks of the Civil War.” Keynote speaker will be Jim Ogden, chief historian for Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Our line-up also includes …