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 […]
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 Union Army. The regiment’s most famous moment came on July 1, 1863, when troopers from Company E ot the 8th Illinois Cavalry stood watch three […]
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 photographic firm of McPherson & Oliver moved about the battlefield memorializing soldiers in action–and in combat! In the process of making this visual record of […]
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. He will also discuss the scope and nationalities of immigrant soldiers in the Union Army as well as explore what motivated so many immigrants to […]
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 response that became the Underground Railroad across Illinois and onward to Detroit and freedom in Canada. As Dr. McClellan will explain, for many coming to […]
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