Sixth Annual Breakthrough Tour
April 3, 2010
5:30 a.m.

To commemorate the 145th anniversary of the Petersburg Breakthrough on April 2, 1865, Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier will conduct a dawn tour of the Breakthrough Battlefield. The tour lasts two hours and covers uneven ground in the dark. Afterwards, tour participants are invited to enjoy a hot breakfast buffet in the banquet room. John J. Fox, III will give a lecture on his new book, The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865, followed by a tour of Fort Gregg. Reservations and fee required.

Seventh Annual Spring Tour:
Civil War in North Carolina
May 13-16, 2010

Join A. Wilson Greene and guest guides for an exploration of Civil War actions in North Carolina. Headquartered in Kinston, sites include C.S.S. Neuse, New Bern, Fort Macon, Fort Fisher, Avarasboro, Bentonville, and historic downtown Wilmington. The tour begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday afternoon. Reservation and fee required. Space is limited.

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Fifth Annual Members' Tour:
Civil War in West Virginia
September 8-14, 2010

Headquartered in Charles Town, Elkins, and Lewisburg. Sites include Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown, Romney, Fort Mulligan, Phillipi, Laurel Hill, Rich Mountain, Cheat Mountain, Camp Allegheny, Droop Mountain, Carnifex Ferry, and Gauley Bridge. Wednesday evening through Tuesday morning. Space is limited.

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14th Annual Symposium:
The 1860 Presidential Election and the Coming of the Civil War
October 15-17, 2010

Speakers & Topics

George C. Rable, University of Alabama
Author of The Confederate Republic:
A Revolution Against Politics.
Topic: “Not Man nor Parties: The Election of 1860 as a Crisis of Faith”

Elizabeth Varon, Temple University
Author of Disunion: The Coming of the American Civil War 1789-1859
Topic: “The Specter of Disunion in Party Politics, 1852-1860”

Gary Ecelbarger
Author of The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination
Topic: “The Nomination of Abraham Lincoln”

Joseph G. Dawson, Texas A&M University
Author of Commanders in Chief: Presidential Leadership in Modern War
Topic: “Three Southern Governors and the Election of 1860”

William W. Freehling,
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Author of The Road to Disunion: Secessionists at Bay,
1776-1854 and The Road to Disunion: Secessionists Triumphant,1854-1861
Topic: “Was Lincoln an Immediate Threat to Slavery?”

Russell McClintock, St. John’s School, Shrewsbury, Mass
Author of Lincoln and the Decision for War: The Northern Response to Secession
Topic: “Lincoln, Douglas, and the Response to Secession”

A. Wilson Greene, Executive Director,
Pamplin Historical Park
Topic: “Avoidable Tragedy or Irrepressible Conflict: Was the Civil War Inevitable?”

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