McCormick Civil War Institute Fall 2024 Conference -- "No Army Will Have Prouder Recollections": Sheridan's Veterans Remember and Refight the Third Battle of Winchester
$25.0025.00Date: Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00AM - 4:30PM
Location: Hester Auditorium, Henkel Hall. 726 WADE MILLER DR. Winchester, VA 22601 United States
In the aftermath of the Union victory at the Third Battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864, the Twenty-Ninth Maine’s John Mead Gould seemed in a state of disbelief. As someone who had been part of Union General Nathaniel P. Banks’ army that suffered defeat two years earlier at the First Battle of Winchester, Gould pondered in Third Winchester’s aftermath: “Was… this in Winchester? Winchester of the ‘Valley of Humiliation?’ Had not our army been whipped out of this same town times without number… If ever… was… a victory precious it was this last battle of Winchester.” Gould’s thoughts powerfully capture what triumph on September 19, 1864, meant to the veterans of General Philip H. Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah. Because that victory meant so much, in the battle’s immediate wake and for decades after the conflict, Sheridan’s veterans engaged in efforts to remember, honor, and commemorate their service. This fall, Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute will explore the Third Winchester Battlefield to understand how veterans attempted to shape the history of the battle’s most significant moments, how those efforts sometimes resulted in animosity among Union veterans, and how those attempts led to postwar interactions with Confederate veterans aimed at reunion.
The registration fee covers the cost of all sessions and lunch.
Refund: A full refund will be made for anyone who cancels prior to 5:00 p.m. EST, October 15, 2024. No refunds will be granted for cancellation after that date.
Questions: If you have questions about the conference, please contact Jonathan A. Noyalas at jnoyalas01@su.edu.
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McCormick Civil War Institute Fall 2024 Conference -- No Army Will Have Prouder Recollections": Sheridan's Veterans Remember and Refight the Third Battle of Winchester
Date: Saturday November 9, 2024 10:00AM - 4:30PM
Location: Hester Auditorium, Henkel Hall. 726 WADE MILLER DR. Winchester, VA 22601 United States
In the aftermath of the Union victory at the Third Battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864, the Twenty-Ninth Maine’s John Mead Gould seemed in a state of disbelief. As someone who had been part of Union General Nathaniel P. Banks’ army that suffered defeat two years earlier at the First Battle of Winchester, Gould pondered in Third Winchester’s aftermath: “Was… this in Winchester? Winchester of the ‘Valley of Humiliation?’ Had not our army been whipped out of this same town times without number… If ever… was… a victory precious it was this last battle of Winchester.” Gould’s thoughts powerfully capture what triumph on September 19, 1864, meant to the veterans of General Philip H. Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah. Because that victory meant so much, in the battle’s immediate wake and for decades after the conflict, Sheridan’s veterans engaged in efforts to remember, honor, and commemorate their service. This fall, Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute will explore the Third Winchester Battlefield to understand how veterans attempted to shape the history of the battle’s most significant moments, how those efforts sometimes resulted in animosity among Union veterans, and how those attempts led to postwar interactions with Confederate veterans aimed at reunion.
The registration fee covers the cost of all sessions and lunch.
Refund: A full refund will be made for anyone who cancels prior to 5:00 p.m. EST, October 15, 2024. No refunds will be granted for cancellation after that date.
Questions: If you have questions about the conference, please contact Jonathan A. Noyalas at jnoyalas01@su.edu.