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3rd Annual Nashville Civil War Symposium
On March 10, 2007, Travellers Rest will host the 3rd Annual
Nashville Civil War Symposium. This year's theme is "Cavalry
in the West." The all-day event will explore the
organization, strategy, and tactics of both Union and Confederate
cavalry with three Civil War historians. Sponsors for this
year's event include the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage
Area, the Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, the Tennessee
Historical Society, and Travellers Rest. Scheduled to participate
are:
Brian Steel Wills,
Professor and Kenneth Asbury Chair of History in the Department of
History and Philosophy at the University of Virginia’s College at
Wise. He is the author of numerous works relating to the American
Civil War, including a biography of Confederate General Nathan
Bedford Forrest, currently in reprint: The Confederacy’s Greatest
Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forrest. This work was chosen as
both a History Book Club selection and a Book of the Month Club
selection. His most recent work, Gone with the Glory: The Civil
War in Cinema has just appeared with Rowman and Littlefield.
Myers Brown, Curator of
History and Extension Services Tennessee State Museum, holds an
M.A. in Public History from Middle Tennessee State University.
Myers served as the curator of military history at the Atlanta
History Center and as the curator of Pond Spring, the General Joe
Wheeler Home in Courtland, Alabama. He is currently developing the
traveling exhibition Hoofbeats in the Heartland: Civil War
Cavalry in Tennessee. He serves as Secretary and as a Governor
of the Company of Military Historians and is a native of
Nashville.
Eric Wittenberg, author of
Protecting the Flanks, Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions
(winner of the Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award as 1998's best
new work interpreting the Battle of Gettysburg), and We Have It
Damn Hard Out Here. In addition, he is the editor of With
Sheridan In The Final Campaign Against Lee, Under Custer's
Command (Brassey's, Inc., 2000), and One Of Custer's
Wolverines. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
The symposium runs from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. with a break for lunch at noon. Lunch is included in the
admission price. The Tennessee State Museum will have a
preview of their exhibit on cavalry at the symposium.
Download a Registration Form:
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