Robert E. Lee Symposium on Civil War History

Description

Stratford Hall, the home of the Lees of Virginia and birthplace of Robert E. Lee, hosts its first symposium dedicated to the further study of General Robert E. Lee and various issues relating to the American Civil War. This program includes tours of the nearby Fredericksburg, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Battlefields, some of the bloodiest combat of the Civil War.

Historians Peter Carmichael, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, and Elizabeth Brown Pryor will lead the group. The focus is on Robert E. Lee as a general, the use of primary documents in uncovering new dimensions to Civil War personalities, and the importance of the Fredericksburg and Overland Campaigns.

Contact name
Lawfer, Laura
Sponsoring Organization
Stratford Hall
Phone number
804-493-8038
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Contact Title
Assistant Director of Education
Duration
Three days
End Date

Civil War Preservation Trust Annual Conference

Description

This conference takes place on the fields of Gettysburg, offering tours, exhibits, lectures, and other events related to the site's Civil War history.

Sponsoring Organization
Civil War Preservation Trust
Contact email
Location
Gettysburg, PA
Contact name
Repasi, Bonnie
Phone number
800-298-7878
Start Date
End Date

The Battle of Ong Thanh

Description

Clark Welch and other veterans will share their experiences from the Battle of Ong Thanh. October 17th marks the 41st anniversary of the action. A movie based on Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss's book They Marched Into the Sunlight, which tells the story of the battle, is currently in production.

Sponsoring Organization
First Division Museum
Phone number
630-260-8227
Start Date
Cost
Free
Course Credit
Up to 1.5 teacher CPDUs available for this event.

Planning Your Day at Gettysburg

Description

Teachers can explore the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War and Gettysburg National Military Park without their students. They get a jump start to field trip planning and preview a range of trip itineraries and options to meet the grade level, time frame, and size of their group during this four-hour-long workshop.

Sponsoring Organization
Gettysburg National Military Park
Phone number
717-334-1124
Target Audience
PreK-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Contact Title
Education Specialist
Duration
One day

Planning Your Day at Gettysburg

Description

Teachers can explore the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War and Gettysburg National Military Park without their students. They get a jump start to field trip planning and preview a range of trip itineraries and options to meet the grade level, time frame, and size of their group during this four-hour-long workshop.

Sponsoring Organization
Gettysburg National Military Park
Phone number
717-334-1124
Target Audience
PreK-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Contact Title
Education Specialist
Duration
One day

Planning Your Day at Gettysburg

Description

Teachers can explore the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War and Gettysburg National Military Park without their students. They get a jump start to field trip planning and preview a range of trip itineraries and options to meet the grade level, time frame, and size of their group during this four-hour-long workshop.

Sponsoring Organization
Gettysburg National Military Park
Phone number
717-334-1124
Target Audience
PreK-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Contact Title
Education Specialist
Duration
One day

Fallen Timbers Battlefield [OH]

Description

Near the site of the battle of Fallen Timbers, this small park contains a monument honoring Major General Anthony Wayne as well as smaller monuments to the soldiers and Native Americans who died in the battle. The battle of Fallen Timbers on 20 August 1794, was decisive in bringing the Indians of the Northwest Territory to sign the Treaty of Greene Ville. By this treaty the Indians ceded southern and eastern Ohio to settlers. This brief battle, an overwhelming victory for Wayne's forces, was fought in an area recently ravaged by a windstorm, hence the name Fallen Timbers.

A second website for the battlefield can be found here.

No interpretive services are currently noted as available at this site. However, it looks like there is a push for developing some. Check back later. Also, check for duplicates in unpublished sites.

Big Mound Battlefield State Historic Site [ND]

Description

A headstone here marks the place where Dr. Josiah S. Weiser was shot on July 24, 1863. This death precipitated the Battle of Big Mound, a skirmish between General Henry H. Sibley's Minnesota Volunteers and a group of Sioux who were believed to have been involved in the Dakota Conflict of 1862.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.

McPhail's Butte Overlook [ND]

Description

This site marks a position from which Colonel Samuel McPhail directed the movements of the First Minnesota Rangers in the Battle of Big Mound on July 24, 1863, during Sibley's expedition. There is a marker on the site.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.

Rosebud Battlefield State Park [MT]

Description

This 3,000-acre Eastern Montana rolling prairie park preserves the site of the June 17, 1876, battle between the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians and General Crook’s soldiers supported by the Crow and Shoshone Indians. Remote, quiet, and undeveloped, the park includes prehistoric sites and the homestead ranch of the Kobold family.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site beyond signage.