Ending a Mighty Conflict: The Civil War in 1864–65 and Beyond: Recent Episodes
The Huntington
Held in the last year of the national commemoration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial, leading historians offer fresh perspectives on the turbulent conclusion of the conflict. Speakers discuss prominent political and military leaders, Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, and other episodes that helped bring peace but also foreshadowed a troubled reunion for the nation.
Gary W. Gallagher discusses “Dutiful American Citizens, Coming Home: The Grand Review”. Gallagher is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia.
David W. Blight discusses “‘Othello’s Occupation Was Gone’: The Endings of Frederick Douglass’s Civil War”. David William Blight is a professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition.
Joan Waugh discusses “U.S. Grant and the Surrender at Appomattox”. Waugh is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Stephen Cushman discusses “Surrender According to Johnston and Sherman”. Cushman is the Robert C. Taylor Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
Caroline Janney discusses “Demobilizing the Army of Northern Virginia”. Janney is Professor of History Purdue University.
Harold Holzer discusses “Virginia Bound: Lincoln at City Point, Petersburg, and Richmond”. Holzer is a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the American Civil War Era.
Joan Waugh and Gary W. Gallagher give their opening remarks to the conference. Waugh is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Gallagher is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia.
J. Matthew Gallman discusses “Revisiting the Election of 1864”. Gallman is Professor of History at the University of Florida.
James M. McPherson discusses “Lincoln, Davis, and the End of the War”. McPherson is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History, Emeritus at Princeton University.
Richard Carwardine discusses “Appomattox and Lincoln’s Assassination: Popular Readings at Home and Abroad”. Carwardine is the President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
John F. Marszalek discusses “Sherman’s March and Destructive War”. Marszalek is the Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Mississippi State University.
Steve Hindle welcomes participants and attendees to the “Ending a Mighty Conflict: The Civil War in 1864–65 and Beyond” conference, held at the Huntington Library on September 19–20, 2015. Hindle is the W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research at The Huntington.