Subject: ACWSA, Upcoming
events at the Wisconsin
Veteran's Museum
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The Return of the
Shiloh Cannon – A
Dedication
Friday, April 4,
2008 – 7:00 p.m.
Learn about the
history of the 14th
Wisconsin, the
Battle of Shiloh,
and the story of the
cannon recently
transferred to WVM
from the GAR
Memorial Park
Lance Herdegen, CW historian Lecture and discussion |
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Four Flags over the Square
Tuesday, April 8,
2008 – Noon
Join WVM curatorial
staff as they
showcase four rarely
viewed Civil War
regimental flags.
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What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War
Friday, April
11, 2008 – Noon
Chandra
Manning,
Professor of
History,
Georgetown
University
Lecture
and book
signing
Utilizing
research
from
letters,
diaries,
and
regimental
newspapers
from
both
the
Union
and
Confederacy,
Georgetown
Professor
Chandra
Manning
concludes
that
slavery
and
emancipation
was
plainly
identified
as
the
root
cause
of
the
Civil
War
by
soldiers
on
both
sides.
Join
Dr.
Manning
as
she
discusses
this
impressively
researched
and
vast
social
history
of
the
Civil
War.
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Incident at Post #30: Confederates, Union Guards, and Corporal Punishment at Camp Randall
Friday, April
18, 2008 – Noon
Richard
Zevitz,
Professor of
Criminology
and Law
Studies,
Marquette
University
Lecture
and
discussion
Corporal
G.W.
Spears
of
Alabama
lies
buried
in
Madison’s
Forest
Hill
Cemetery
among
132
other
Confederate
prisoners
of
war
who
died
at
Camp
Randall
during
the
Civil
War.
Unlike
most
of
his
comrades
who
died
from
disease,
Spears
was
shot
and
killed
by a
sixteen
year
old
Union
sentinel
from
the
19th
Wisconsin.
Join
Dr.
Zevitz
as
he
discusses
the
events
leading
up
to
Spears’
shooting
death,
the
proceedings
of
the
military
board
of
inquiry
that
investigated
the
matter,
and
sheds
light
on a
little
known
chapter
in
Wisconsin
military
history.
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General Lee’s Army: From Victory to Collapse
Tuesday, April
29, 2008 – 7:00
p.m.
Joseph
Glatthaar,
Stephenson
Distinguished
Professor of
History,
University
of North
Carolina
Lecture
and book
signing
Despite
nearly
150
years
of
scholarship
about
the
Army
of
Northern
Virginia,
Joseph
Glatthaar,
using
an
impressive
range
of
primary
sources
and
statistical
databases,
has
rewritten
and
reconsidered
the
story
of
the
Civil
War’s
most
important
army.
From
Manassas
to
Appomattox,
Glatthaar
examines
how
Lee’s
army
almost
led
to
the
South
to
victory,
and,
conversely,
why
it
lost.
A 2008 Distinguished Lecture Series Event
Presented in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of History and the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) |
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 Cadwallader
Washburn's War
Behind the Lines
Friday, May 2, 2008
– Noon
Kerck Kelsey,
historian
Lecture and
discussion
Discover the
remarkable story of
Major General
Cadwallader C.
Washburn, the
commanding officer
of the Second
Wisconsin Cavalry
during the Civil
War. Washburn served
in the West, seeing
action at Vicksburg,
Helena, and Pea
Ridge, and later
became Commander of
the Military
District of Western
Tennessee. In this
capacity, Washburn
battled with cotton
speculators and
crooked Treasury
agents, and was even
chased down a
Memphis street by
Confederate General
Nathan Bedford
Forrest's
cavalrymen! After
the war, Washburn
became a two-term
Congressman and
Governor of
Wisconsin, and made
millions as one of
the founders of
General Mills
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