Conference, May 18-19, 2007
Shiloh and Corinth Battlefield Tour, Sunday, May 20
Sponsored by
The Department of History and Division of Outreach & Continuing Education
| Friday, May 18 | |
| 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. |
FIRST PANEL SESSION: Bradford A. Wineman, US Army Command and General Staff College "Pubescent Preparation: Military Cadets and Combat Training in the Confederacy" Yael A. Sternhell, Princeton University "On the Way to Battle: Marching in the Civil War and the Mythology of Movement" |
| 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
SECOND PANEL SESSION: Janette Thomas Greenwood, Clark University "The Only Union Men We Have Here: Yankee Soldiers, Contraband, Slaves, and the Meaning of Freedom in Eastern North Carolina" Barton A. Myers, University of Georgia "At the Point of Black Bayonets: Emancipation and Union Military Policy in Coastal North Carolina" |
| 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
LUNCH |
| 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
THIRD PANEL SESSION: Glenn Robins, Georgia Southwestern State University "The Other Combat: Union Prisoners of War and the Culture of Resistance" Tom Ward, Rockhurst University "Enemy Combatants: African American Soldiers in Confederate Prisons" |
| DINNER | |
| 6:00 p.m. until | EVENING PROGRAM: TBA |
| Saturday, May 19 | |
| 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. |
CAMPUS TOUR A walking tour of the campus, emphasizing the University's Civil War history and commemoration |
| 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Earl Hess, Lincoln Memorial University |
| 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. |
LUNCH |
| 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
FOURTH PANEL SESSION: David Slay, Texas Christian University "After Vicksburg: The Changing Face of Combat in the Middle Mississippi Valley" Brian Craig Miller, Emporia State University "Forged in Battle, Secured in Memory: Hood’s Texas Brigade and the Bonds of Brotherhood" |
| 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
FIFTH PANEL SESSION: Brian Risher, University of Mississippi "A Day Long to Be Remembered: The Battle of Champion Hill" Stacey Allen, NPS Historian, Shiloh National Military Park "New Perspectives on the Battle of Shiloh" |
| 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
SPEAKERS' RECEPTION |
| Sunday, May 20 | |
| 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
(Optional) COMMEMORATION ON THE BATTLEFIELD A guided coach tour of Shiloh National Military Park, stressing the military events of 1862 as well as their subsequent commemoration, concluding with a walking tour of Shiloh's National Cemetery. The tour will conclude at the National Park Service's newest Civil War venue, the nearby Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center, emphasizing the experiences of Corinth's black community and developing freedmen camp. |
We are honored to host as this year's keynote speaker Earl J. Hess, associate professor of history and the Stewart McClelland Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate,Tennessee. Dr. Hess is the author of several significant books on Civil War military conflict, including Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West, Pickett's Charge: The Last Attack at Gettysburg, and the seminal The Union Soldier in Battle: Enduring the Ordeal of Combat.
Check back often as we update our list of speakers!
UM Conference on the Civil War Registration Fee: $50
Includes lectures, reception, and campus tour.
Educators/students qualify for a reduced registration fee of $35, if registration is accompanied by a letter from your school verifying employment/enrollment.
CEU Processing Fee: $20
Teachers who wish to receive 1.3 CEUs should include a separate check made payable to the University of Mississippi. Applicants will need to fill out an information card a the registration desk upon arrival.
Battlefield Tour, Sunday, May 20: $100
Shiloh and Corinth Interpretive Center
Includes boxed lunch.
Click here to download the registration form.
Persons flying in for the conference should book airline tickets to the Memphis International Airport. Rental cars from most major rental car agencies are available at the airport.
The Downtown Inn (662-234-3031) and the Inn at Ole Miss (662-234-2331) are most convenient to our events, but accommodations are available at other local hotels. Please note that the area code is 662.
| Comfort Inn | 234-6000 |
| Days Inn | 234-9500 |
| Hampton Inn | 232-2442 |
| Holiday Inn Express | 236-2500 |
| Johnson's Motor Inn | 234-3611 |
| Ole Miss Motel | 234-2424 |
| Oliver-Britt House | 234-8043 |
| Super 8 Motel | 234-7013 |
For more information, please contact:
Robert Fox
Yerby Conference Center, University, MS
Fax: 662-915-5138
Phone: 662-915-5811
E-mail: rfox@olemiss.edu
Click here to visit the web site for last year's Conference on the Civil War.
