Book Talk with Ernest A. Dollar Jr.: "Hearts Torn Asunder.."

159 Horseshoe Road,Appomattox VA 24522

11 June, 2022

Description

Discover the psychological experience of these soldiers and civilians during the chaotic closing weeks of the war. This war’s final campaign in North Carolina began on April10, 1865, a day after Appomattox. More than 120,000 Union and Confederate soldierswere still in the field. Thousands of paroled Rebels added to the chaos bystreaming into the state from Virginia. Grief-stricken civilians struggling tosurvive in a collapsing world were caught in the middle. Discover thepsychological experience of these soldiers and civilians during the chaoticclosing weeks of the war. Durham, North Carolina native Ernest A. Dollar Jr. graduated from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro with B.A. in History and B.F.A. in Design in 1993 and M.A. in Public History from North Carolina State in 2006. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve/North Carolina National Guard from 1993-1999. Ernest has worked in several historic parks in both North and South Carolina, including as executive director of the Orange County Historical Museum, Preservation Chapel Hill. He currently serves as the director of the City of Raleigh Museum and Dr. M. T. Pope House Museum. He lives in Durham with his wife, Suzie, and their sons Elijah and Kilby.