Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation

Presents

LOOMING CIVIL WAR:
A Civil War Symposium

Followed By A Spring Soiree Dinner (Beverly Heritage Center)

Saturday, April 6, 2019 Beverly, West Virginia

          

Looming Civil War
April 6, 2019
IOOF Building, Beverly, WV

12:00 to 12:50
Registration
12:50 to 1:00
Welcome
1:00 to 1:50
“Inhospitable and Dismal Country: Nature and the 1861 West Virginia Campaign” – John M. McMillian
1:50 to 2:40
"Patriots & Petticoats: The Volunteers of 1861" – Hunter Lesser
2:40 to 3:00
Break
3:00 to 3:50
“West Virginia’s First Soldiers: 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry” – Rick Wolfe
3:50 to 4:40
“Looming Civil War” - Jason Phillips
5:00
Opening of the “The First Campaign” Exhibit in Beverly Heritage Center
Reception free to public, and both Symposium or Dinner attendees are invited
6:00
Spring Soiree Dinner (at BHC - RSVP please)

 

Admission costs: Symposium $30, Symposium Student Rate $15
Soiree Dinner $45 Symposium and Dinner $70

For details and reservations,  contact the Beverly Heritage Center