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  • Author Talk: The Road Was Full of Thorns: Running Toward Freedom in the American Civil War with Tom Zoellner

    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    Friday, February 20  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Free, registration appreciated  |  Register Here Join author and historian Tom Zoellner for an engaging and informative discussion on his latest book, The Road Was Full of Thorns: Running Toward Freedom in the American Civil War. Copies of Tom’s book can be purchased from the Civil War Museum gift shop […]

  • Second Friday Lecture: From Camp Douglas to Vicksburg: The Civil War Letters of William J. Kennedy, 55th Illinois Infantry, 1861-1863

    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    Friday, March 13  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Presented by: Rachel Mellon During her program, Rachael Mellen will discuss the new book that she and Dave Powell edited which is titled From Camp Douglas to Vicksburg: The Civil War Letters of William J. Kennedy, 55th Illinois Infantry, 1861-1863. In August 1861 William Kennedy was a harness-maker […]

  • Second Friday Lecture: How the Great Lakes Caused the Civil War

    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    The Civil War was won, and the American Republic was saved because of the remarkable contributions of men, supplies, and leaders provided by the states of the Great Lakes region. These are the states that created the Republican Party. Something more than slavery was behind their deep resentment of the Confederacy. Join us for a […]

  • Freedom Will Be Theirs by the Sword

    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    Friday, May 1  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Presented by: Jeff Kluver On September 29, 1864, fourteen Black men earned the Medal of Honor for their actions at the Battle of New Market Heights outside Richmond, Virginia. Their charge against Confederate fortifications broke the Rebel lines, but left hundreds of their comrades dead and wounded […]

  • Second Friday Lecture: The Organ of the Soldiers: An Introduction to Civil War Camp Newspapers

    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    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 camp paper is the organ of the soldiers, through which they communicate their condition, wants, enjoyments, and local news to the public, and to their […]

  • Second Friday Lecture: Gettysburg in Color: Volume 3: Sacred Ground, 1863-1938

    Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States

    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 shrine. Patrick Brennan used an artificial intelligence-based computerized color identifier, which results in a monumental full-color study of the important three-day battle like it has […]