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BGES American Civil War Sesquicentennial Programs 2010 thru 2015 In celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, the Blue and Gray Education Society is honored to offer this systematic and comprehensive study of the Civil War. Some of the programs are stand alone ones; others are best enjoyed as a series (Vicksburg, Red River Campaign, Grant’s Greatest Campaigns, and the Siege of Petersburg), although each can be attended individually as you wish. We are sure you’ll find something of interest to intrigue you. To be added to our inquiry list and to receive registration materials as they become available, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . November 2010: The 1860 Secession Convention of South Carolina, from Charleston February 2011: Crisis of the Union: A New Nation Conference--Montgomery March 2011: The Mobile Campaign: Orange Beach, Alabama April 2011: The Guns of Fort Sumter Conference and Tour: Charleston, SC May 2011: Vicksburg 4, Vicksburg June 2011: Old Men and Young Boys—The First Attack at Petersburg June 1864, Petersburg July 2011: Manassas: Conscious of a Nation, Seminar and Tour, Manassas, Virginia September 2011: The Fight for Missouri: The Battles of Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, from Fayetteville, Arkansas. September 2011: The Red River Campaign: Part 1 October 2011: The South at War Conference and Tour, Atlanta October 2011: Vicksburg 5 November 2011: Burnside in North Carolina November 2011: Grant’s Greatest Campaigns: The Relief of Chattanooga February 2012: The Charleston Conference: Why the Civil War Still Matters March 2012: The Federals Grab a Foothold: The Battles of Port Royal Sound, Fort Pulaski and Secessionville April 2012: The Yankees Close the Mississippi at New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Natchez May 2012: Vicksburg 6 May 2012: Jackson’s Valley Campaign from Winchester. June 2012: Take that Hill if Practicable: Ewell at Gettysburg August 2012: The 1862 Kentucky Campaign with additional visits to Camp Wildcat and Mill Springs September 2012: The Red River Campaign Part 2 October 2012: Vicksburg 7 November 2012: BGES Staff Ride of Stones River December 2012: Walking Tour of the Battle of Fredericksburg March 2013: Vicksburg 8 April 2013: Chancellorsville: A detailed seminar and tour April 2013: Grant’s Greatest Campaigns: Grant Wins Vicksburg, a seminar and tour encompassing Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill and Big Black River Bridge June 2013: Three Days that Changed the World: The Battle of Gettysburg July 2013: The Sable Edge, Blacks in the Union Army a seminar and tour based in Charleston, SC (Includes Morris Island, Sherman’s March and Honey Hill) August 2013: The Tullahoma Campaign October 2013: Grant’s Greatest Campaigns: The Key is in his Pocket: Grant Takes Vicksburg October 2013: A Walking Tour of Chickamauga November 2013: Wounded, Weakened and Dangerous, The Army of Northern Virginia in the Fall of 1863 November 2013: Grant’s Greatest Campaigns: Chattanooga February 2014: The Charleston Conference: Innovations in Warfare, a symposium with tours March 2014: The Atlanta Campaign through the March to the Sea April 2014: From Brandy Station to Williamsport, JEB Stuart in the Gettysburg Campaign May 2014: The Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania June 2014: The Battles for the North Anna and Cold Harbor July 2014: The Siege of Petersburg Part 1 through December 1864 August 2014: The Burning of the Shenandoah Valley, a Seminar and Tour October 2014: Early’s Valley Campaign November 2014: War in Western Virginia—The Early Campaigns January 2015: The Wilmington Campaign February 2015: Sherman’s March through the Carolinas March 2015: BGES Staff Ride of the Battle of Bentonville April 2015: Siege of Petersburg, Part 2 and the Retreat to Appomattox May 2015: The Murder of Abraham Lincoln, seminar and tour June 2015: “A New Birth of Freedom, Changes in America in the Wake of the War” A Symposium in Springfield, Illinois August 2015: “I wish I was in the land of Cotton” A symposium on Reconstruction and the image of the Lost Cause in Lexington, Virginia October 2015: McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign—The Monitor and Merrimac through the Battle of Williamsburg November 2015: “The Greatest Generation?” A Comparative Symposium of the Achievements of the Civil War and WW II Veterans in New Orleans December 2015: “Was the South Right?” A Constitutional Debate from where it all started. Charleston, SC |