Shenandoah University's McCormick Civil War Institute Spring 2025 Conference
$30.0030.00Date: Saturday April 26, 2025 8:30AM - 4:00PM
Location: Hester Auditorium, Henkel Hall. 726 WADE MILLER DR. Winchester, VA 22601 United States
A decade after the Civil War’s end poet Walt Whitman published "Memoranda During the War" in an attempt to help future generations gain “a few stray glimpses… into those lurid interiors of the period” based on his experiences in hospitals in the nation’s capital and battlefields near Washington. Whitman believed that without his book future generations would never understand the Civil War’s “interior history… its practicality, minutia of deeds and passions.” Inspired by Whitman’s perspective the McCormick Civil War Institute’s spring 2025 conference will look behind the veil and explore aspects of the conflict’s “lurid interiors” from the perspective of soldiers and newspaper correspondents, examine how veterans remembered and shaped elements of the conflict’s history, and highlight some of the conflict’s important legacies. Presentations will be given by Chris Mackowski, Jonathan Noyalas, Angela Riotto, and Dana Shoaf.
The registration fee covers the cost of all presentations, refreshments, and lunch.
Refund: A full refund will be made for anyone who cancels prior to 5:00 p.m. EST, April 5, 2025. 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.