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For more information
about any of the Park's events, tours and programs,
call (804) 861-2408 or toll-free 1-877-PAMPLIN. Tour PDFs are best
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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.
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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.
Click
here for a reservation form with additional details.
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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.
Click
here for a reservation form with additional details.
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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?”
Click
here for a reservation form with additional details.
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