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Dr. Paul Finkelman\u201cTBD\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
April 10, 2026\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
2025
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Dr. Joseph M. Beilein, Jr.
\u201cFrom Ohio Schoolmaster to Missouri Bushwhacker: The Strange Civil War of William Clarke Quantrill\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nApril 17, 2025\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
2024
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Dr. Brian Matthew Jordan
\u201cEnduring Civil War: Life, Death, and Survival in America\u2019s Defining Conflict\u201d
<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nApril 18, 2024<\/p>\r\n
Much has been written about \u201cBilly Yank,\u201d but taking an intimate look at the experiences of the men in the 107th Ohio offers new insights into the lived complexities of the Civil War.\u00a0 As an ethnically German unit, the 107th joined the ranks of immigrants who made up 25% of the fighting forces of the United States. The men exhibited the everyday mettle that won Union victory, but faced nativist discrimination. They fought with pluck and determination, yet suffered misery and anguish. The experiences of this often overlooked and maligned regiment reveal the gulf between the lived realities of the war and the national myths that arose in its wake.<\/p>\r\n
2023
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Dr. Jonathan S. Jones
\u201cOpium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and Opioid Addiction\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
<\/strong>April 27, 2023<\/p>\r\nIn the Civil War\u2019s wake, many veterans struggled with lingering pain and disabling sicknesses. To cope, former soldiers often turned to opioids, and tens of thousands became addicted to the drugs. This presentation investigates how the Civil War sparked an opioid addiction crisis among veterans, how addiction affected their lives, and what the phenomenon reveals about the war\u2019s traumatic aftershocks in the postwar decades.<\/p>\r\n
2022
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Dr. Hilary N. Green
\u201cRemembering Gettysburg: Joseph Winters, Songs and Civil War Memory\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nMarch 24, 2022<\/p>\r\n
Focusing on a Black Chambersburg songwriter, this lecture explores how Joseph Winters contributed to African American memory of the Gettysburg campaign through songwriting. By documenting the African American experience during the Gettysburg campaign, Green will show how Winters continued to draw on this local memory for securing Black men\u2019s vote in the 1876, 1880 and 1912 Presidential campaigns. This lecture was recorded and may be viewed\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n2021 – Inaugural Lecture
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Dr. Sarah Handley-Cousins
\u201cDisability and the American Civil War\u201d
<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nMarch 18, 2021<\/p>\r\n
From\u00a0Gone with the Wind\u00a0<\/em>to\u00a0Mercy Street<\/em>, Civil War pop culture is full of gory amputations. Magazines and newspapers from the war era are littered with patriotic stories, illustrations, and songs full of sentimental praise for the sacrifice of the \u201cempty sleeves.\u201d Indeed, amputation has become shorthand for Civil War disability\u2013but that shorthand leaves an awful lot out. In this talk, Dr. Sarah Handley-Cousins discussed how reevaluating definitions of disability can shift what we think we know about the bodily toll exacted by the Civil War. This lecture was recorded and may be viewed\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n
Dr. Brian Matthew Jordan\u201cEnduring Civil War: Life, Death, and Survival in America\u2019s Defining Conflict\u201d
<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
April 18, 2024<\/p>\r\n
Much has been written about \u201cBilly Yank,\u201d but taking an intimate look at the experiences of the men in the 107th Ohio offers new insights into the lived complexities of the Civil War.\u00a0 As an ethnically German unit, the 107th joined the ranks of immigrants who made up 25% of the fighting forces of the United States. The men exhibited the everyday mettle that won Union victory, but faced nativist discrimination. They fought with pluck and determination, yet suffered misery and anguish. The experiences of this often overlooked and maligned regiment reveal the gulf between the lived realities of the war and the national myths that arose in its wake.<\/p>\r\n
2023
Dr. Jonathan S. Jones
\u201cOpium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and Opioid Addiction\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
<\/strong>April 27, 2023<\/p>\r\nIn the Civil War\u2019s wake, many veterans struggled with lingering pain and disabling sicknesses. To cope, former soldiers often turned to opioids, and tens of thousands became addicted to the drugs. This presentation investigates how the Civil War sparked an opioid addiction crisis among veterans, how addiction affected their lives, and what the phenomenon reveals about the war\u2019s traumatic aftershocks in the postwar decades.<\/p>\r\n
2022
Dr. Hilary N. Green
\u201cRemembering Gettysburg: Joseph Winters, Songs and Civil War Memory\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nMarch 24, 2022<\/p>\r\n
Focusing on a Black Chambersburg songwriter, this lecture explores how Joseph Winters contributed to African American memory of the Gettysburg campaign through songwriting. By documenting the African American experience during the Gettysburg campaign, Green will show how Winters continued to draw on this local memory for securing Black men\u2019s vote in the 1876, 1880 and 1912 Presidential campaigns. This lecture was recorded and may be viewed\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n2021 – Inaugural Lecture
Dr. Sarah Handley-Cousins
\u201cDisability and the American Civil War\u201d
<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nMarch 18, 2021<\/p>\r\n
From\u00a0Gone with the Wind\u00a0<\/em>to\u00a0Mercy Street<\/em>, Civil War pop culture is full of gory amputations. Magazines and newspapers from the war era are littered with patriotic stories, illustrations, and songs full of sentimental praise for the sacrifice of the \u201cempty sleeves.\u201d Indeed, amputation has become shorthand for Civil War disability\u2013but that shorthand leaves an awful lot out. In this talk, Dr. Sarah Handley-Cousins discussed how reevaluating definitions of disability can shift what we think we know about the bodily toll exacted by the Civil War. This lecture was recorded and may be viewed\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n
<\/strong>April 27, 2023<\/p>\r\n
In the Civil War\u2019s wake, many veterans struggled with lingering pain and disabling sicknesses. To cope, former soldiers often turned to opioids, and tens of thousands became addicted to the drugs. This presentation investigates how the Civil War sparked an opioid addiction crisis among veterans, how addiction affected their lives, and what the phenomenon reveals about the war\u2019s traumatic aftershocks in the postwar decades.<\/p>\r\n