This is the last of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall was one of many built by its namesake, Andrew Carnegie, an industrialist and philanthropist who was moved by the...
This is the sixth of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. 92,348. That is the number of casualties the Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia had suffered from the start of the Seven Day’s Campaign...
This is the fifth of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. We have all read, and in some cases experienced, the impacts of a disaster that visits our homes and communities. A normal life is suddenly upset and,...
Due to the Memorial Holiday, the program review originally schedule for this week has been pushed back until June 2nd. Check back next week to see what else is in store from the Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall Civil War seminar series!
This is the fourth of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. To many, the Civil War was, well, civil. Somehow, despite all we know, it does not seem quite so terrible as the world wars that would follow...
This is the third of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. In the early morning hours of April 12th, 1861, Captain George Jones received an order from General Pierre G.T. Beauregard to open his battery on Fort Sumter. ...
This is the second of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. On March 24th we reviewed a presentation from the Central Virginia Battlefield Trust spring seminar by retired NPS Harper’s Ferry Historian Dennis Frye. It takes a special...
This is the first of a seven-part series reviewing the recent annual Civil War Symposium produced by the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. With the weather still not quite at peak battlefield trekking conditions, the opportunity to explore the Civil War indoors with first-class scholars and historians (in some instances,...
This is the sixth and final part in a series on the recent Central Virginia Battlefield Trust spring seminar: The Road to Fredericksburg The summer and fall of 1862 marked a sea change in the conduct and goals of the American Civil War, and all of the...
This is the fifth part in a series on the recent Central Virginia Battlefield Trust spring seminar: The Road to Fredericksburg The Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in United States military history, almost always overshadows the other clashes between the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac during the first invasion...
