You are Invited to Attend the

18^th Annual Sarasota, Florida

Civil War Symposium

 

We invite you to join us for the 18^th Annual Sarasota Civil War Symposium. As hotels along the Gulf of Mexico rapidly give way to condos, our host hotel, the Helmsley Sandcastle, remains a beachfront oasis on the white sands of Lido Beach - where friends meet annually to deliberate and debate about the Civil War. In late January, as we relax in the warm breeze and enjoy spectacular views of the Gulf of Mexico, we will share the company of nine of America’s leading Civil War historians, including Terry Winschel who will be joining us at Sarasota for the first time, and Gary Ecelbarger, Joe Glatthaar and Jeff Wert each of whom will be rejoining us after an absence of several years.

 

Broadfoot Publishing will again bring plenty of books, including the latest titles, which will be on display and for sale throughout the symposium. And, as last year, Tom and Jan Broadfoot will offer free shipping in case you don’t want to lug a stack of books back home in your car or on the plane.

 

We have reserved rooms at the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel at the nightly rates, single and double, of $115 (Northside or Courtyard), $135 (Poolside) and $160 (Gulfside). The Helmsley offers 600 feet of private beach, two outdoor pools and a host of other amenities. We again expect a full house so act now to reserve your hotel room by calling 800-225-2181, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM and identifying yourself as a registrant for the Civil War symposium.

 

Also please see information about the 5th Annual Sarasota World War II Conference, January 27-30. If you should enroll as a full package attendee for both the Civil War and the World War II meetings, you will receive a $50 discount which will be deducted from your World War II conference fee.

 

In late January, as the battlefields of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennessee lie cold and still beneath winter frosts, we hope you will join us on the warm, white sands of Lido Beach, for one or both of these special adventures in American history.

 

2010 SARASOTA CIVIL WAR SYMPOSIUM

* FACULTY *

 

WILLIAM C. “JACK” DAVIS is Professor of History and Director of Programs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He served as the principal historical consultant to the A. & E. television series, Civil War Journal and has authored or edited many books including ‘A Government of Our Own’: The Making of the Confederacy; An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government and Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America.

 

EDWIN C. BEARSS, historian emeritus of the National Park Service, is the most well known battlefield guide in America and is acclaimed as one of the stars of Ken Burns's award-winning PBS series, The Civil War. While working for the NPS at Vicksburg in 1956, he helped locate and raise the ironclad gunboat Cairo, one of the most significant artifacts of the Civil War

 

GARY ECELBARGER is the author of many books including Black Jack Logan: An Extraordinary Life in Peace and War; Three Days in the Shenandoah: Stonewall Jackson at Front Royal and Winchester and The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination.

 

JOSEPH T. GLATTHAAR is the Alan Stephenson Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of many books including The March to the Sea and Beyond: Sherman’s Troops in the Savannah and Carolinas Campaigns; and Partners in Command: Relationships Between Civil War Leaders. His latest book is General Lee’s Army: From Victory to Collapse.

 

ROBERT K. KRICK, a leading authority on the Army of Northern Virginia, is the author of many books including Conquering the Valley: Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic, The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy: The Death of Stonewall Jackson and Other Chapters on The Army of Northern Virginia and most recently Civil War Weather in Virginia.

 

DALE K PHILLIPS is the Superintendent of George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, IN. Previously, he served as manager of the Chalmette (Battle of New Orleans site) and Acadian Units of the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve.

 

CHARLES P. ROLAND is the author of many books including Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics; An American Iliad: The Story of the Civil War; My Odyssey through History: Memoirs of War and Academe and, most recently, History Teaches Us to Hope: Reflections on the Civil War .and Southern History

 

JEFFRY D. WERT is the author of many books including General James Longstreet: The Confederacy’s Most Controversial Soldier; Gettysburg, Day Three; The Sword of Lincoln: The Army of the Potomac, and most recently, Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J. E. B. Stuart.

 

TERRENCE J. WINSCHEL is a 33-year veteran of the National Park Service and is Chief Historian at Vicksburg National Military Park. His books include: Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign; Vicksburg: Fall of the Confederate Gibraltar; and Vicksburg is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River.

 

2010 Sarasota Civil War Symposium - Schedule of Events

 

Wednesday, January 20

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM                  Welcome Reception - Cash Bar

7:00 PM Wed- 12:00 N Sat     Civil War Book Display & Sale – Broadfoot Publishing

 

Thursday, January 21

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM                How Abraham Lincoln Won the 1860 Republican Nomination – Gary Ecelbarger

 

9:45 AM – 10:45AM               Shut-up as in a Trap: Citizens of Vicksburg under Siege

                                                – Terrence J. Winschel

 

11:00AM - 12:00 N                 The Battle of Monocacy: Did it Really Save Washington? 

- Edwin C. Bearss

 

12:00 N - 1:00 PM                            Group Lunch in Dining Room. 

                        (Those not enrolled for group lunch can dine in the Hotel Coffee Shop). 

 

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM                  Civil War Books: The Best and Worst of Recent Times

– a panel discussion with        Gary Ecelbarger, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Robert K. Krick and Jeffry D. Wert

 

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM                  Pool-side Reception - Cash Bar

 

Friday, January 22

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM                Slavery and Secession in the Eyes of a Contemporary Southern Moderate – Charles P. Roland        

 

9:45 AM – 10:45AM               J. E. B. Stuart: The Civil War’s Finest Horse Soldier

– Jeffry D. Wert

 

11:00AM – 12:00 N                General Roswell S. Ripley: “…A big fat whiskey drinking loving man.” – Robert K. Krick

 

12:00 N - 1:00 PM                            Group Lunch in Dining Room. 

                        (Those not enrolled for group lunch can dine in the Hotel Coffee Shop). 

 

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM                  Numbers, Nonsense, and Secession

– William C. “Jack” Davis

 

Saturday, January 23

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM                Blood on the Red: The Red River Campaign of 1864

- Dale K. Phillips

 

9:45 AM – 10:45AM               New Insights on the Army of Northern Virginia:

A Statistical Perspective - Joseph T. Glatthaar

 

11:00AM - 12:00 N                 Favorite Battlefields and Unforgettable Moments on the Civil War Trail - a discussion with Edwin C. Bearss, Dale K. Phillips, Charles P. Roland and Terrence J. Winschel

 

Civil War Education Association reserves the right to change the order and topics of presentations, and to substitute faculty members as circumstances may dictate.