Friday, May 8 | 12pm-1pm | Presented by: Dan Freas “Camp newspapers are a feature of the war that is worth attention,” reported a St. Louis newspaper in 1862. “The […]
Friday, June 12 | 12pm – 1pm | Presented by: Patrick Brennan The third and final entry of this groundbreaking trilogy examines the battlefield’s transformation from post-battle Hell to American […]
From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton–a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself […]
Wednesday, July 1 | 12pm-1pm From 1861 to 1865, the 8th Illinois Cavalry—a Federal mounted regiment from Northern Illinois—transformed themselves into one of the finest fighting cavalry units in the […]
Friday, July 10 | 12pm – 1pm | Presented by: Dr. Lawrence Hewitt Between June 14 and July 9, 1863–the final 25 days of the 48-day siege of Port Hudson–the […]
This family-friendly book club meeting will take place in the Civil War Museum Resource Center, followed by a craft! It is a dark and snowy night when the Magic Tree […]
Saturday, August 8 | 10am – 4pm At their outdoor encampment, the 1st Michigan Engineers will show museum visitors the regiment’s role as combat engineers while displaying and explaining the many […]
Friday, August 14 | 12pm – 1pm | Presented by: Scott Norrick Scott Norrick’s presentation will cover the key reasons immigrants came to America just prior to the Civil War. […]
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were the unlikeliest of rebels. Washington in the 1770s stood at the apex of Virginia society. Franklin was more successful still, having risen from humble […]
Friday, September 11 | 12pm – 1pm | Presented by: Dr. Larry McClellan Dr. Larry McClellan’s program is an exploration of the journeys of freedom seekers and the networks of […]
Wednesday, October 14 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm | Performance by: Joshua Rex | $32 ($40 for non-members) | Register for Poe and the Peculiar Enter into the world of the strange […]
In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for […]
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