2022 Civil War Western Theater Symposium

326 Penn Street,Camden NJ 08102

29 April, 2022

Description

The Symposium provides an in-depth overview of the coordination between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy during the western campaign. Public and Member tickets purchased by 2/12/22 and get a $15.00 discount - Promo Code: Earlybird Students receive one-year free membership to the Old Baldy Civil War Roundtable beginning 5/1/22 Registration fee includes lunch, snacks and refreshments on Saturday Friday night opening session optional for attendees; will be short introductory comments. Main event is Saturday Saturday session will include Civil War exhibitors , period reenactors, raffles and door prizes COVID: Will follow Rutgers University's requirements in force at date of event Follow event on Old Baldy Civil War Roundtable website and Facebook page Friday 4/29/22 6:00PM - 8:00PM Opening Session Saturday 4/30/22 Main Event 8:00AM -8:45AM Registration 8:45AM-9:00AM Opening Comments 9:00AM - 10:00AM Chuck Veit - The Battle of New Orleans Author: Natural Genius: Brutus de Villeroi and the U.S. Navy’s First Submarine, Sea Minor: Major E. B. Banks Civil War Rocket Torpedo, Handbook of Civil War Reenactors 10:00AM-10:30AM Break 10:30AM- 11:30AM Vicksburg Campaign Navy/Army Coordination ….Dr. Tim Smith Author: Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson, Rethinking Shiloh: Myth and Memory, Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front 11:30AM-12:30PM Vicksburg Campaign The Land Campaign for Vicksburg… Terry Winschell, Retired Chief Historian of Vicksburg National Military Author: The Civil War Diary of the Common Soldier, Vicksburg: Fall of the Confederate Gibraltar, Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign 12:30PM-2:00pm Lunch / Exhibit / Music 2:00PM:3:00PM The Sinking of the Ironclads: ….John Quarstein, Director Emeritus of the Monitor Center at Mariner’s Museum in Newport News Award winning author and preservationist: The Monitor Boys: The Crew of the Union's First Ironclad, The Battle of the Ironclads 3:00PM - 3:30PM Break 3:30PM - 4:30PM Red River Campaign …Dr. Gary Joiner Author of The Red River Campaign, One Dam Blunder from Beginning to End, The Red River Campaign of 1864 4:30PM-5:00PM Closing Remarks