Civil War Center at Shepherd University

08/28/2026

The Civil War Center is honored to have the esteemed historian and preservationist A. Wilson Greene joining the 2026 Fall Conference!

Tickets for the 3-day event, Forty Years of Triumph: A Retrospective of Preservation Success at Antietam and Beyond, are still available.

The Civil War Center’s Fall Conference Speaker Spotlight: Will Greene

Will Greene is a co-founder and former president and CEO of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites (today’s American Battlefield Trust). A sixteen year veteran of the National Park Service, Greene also served as Executive Director of Pamplin Historical Park. He is also the author of the magisterial multi-volume study on Petersburg, “A Campaign of Giants.”

Register for the conference and join us for Will’s lecture on Friday, September 25, 2026, “Audacious Association’s Awful Acronym: The First Eight Years of the APCWS”

To register: https://georgetylermoorecenter.totalcamps.com/shop/EVENT

08/25/2026

There's still time to sign up for this year's conference!

08/17/2026

Take a listen to all the great upcoming events that Garry Adelman's Civil War Page shares in this video, including a pair from the Civil War Center's premier fall calendar!

There are still some slots available for the blockbuster Fall Conference as well as the Spotlight event with Garry on November 1.

We would be thrilled to have you join us!
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08/14/2026

A congratulatory tip of the cap to Shepherd University history students as they conclude their summer internships and prepare for the fall semester. Their commitment and enthusiasm have earned them wide praise from The National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Monocacy National Battlefield, and Antietam National Battlefield. The Shepherd University community can certainly be proud of the manner in which they represented themselves and their school. Well done!

08/10/2026

The Civil War Center's Fall Conference will soon be upon us, and what a gathering it promises to be!!

You see the All-Star lineup in the promo and the wealth of knowledge and accomplishments they can point to in the field of battlefield preservation, and its history is unparalleled.

The CWC would be honored to have you join us for three days of camaraderie and learning on the field and in conversation with those who have stood at the very forefront of these important preservation victories!

You can check out the details and register to attend here...
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06/26/2026

Join acclaimed author and historian Megan Kate Nelson on Monday, June 29, at the Robert C. Byrd Auditorium on the Shepherd University campus for her presentation, "Three Days in November 1864, The US Army and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West."

This talk will consider three moments in the Civil War in the Southwestern theater in the fall of 1864: the failure of the first corn crop at the Navajo prisoner-of-war camp at Bosque Redondo in New Mexico, the 3rd Colorado’s massacre of Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples at Sand Creek in Colorado, and Kit Carson’s last battle in the field against Kiowa and Comanche warriors at Adobe Walls in Texas.

This program is free and open to the public.

06/14/2026

The annual Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College conference is always a highlight of the year for our director, and Saturday proved no exception!

From a thoroughly enjoyable conversation over lunch about growing up in Gettysburg with the venerable Dean Shultz and over 100 attendees, to a main stage presentation exploring General Meade's role and the 1864 Overland Campaign, it was a memorable day with fellow Civil War enthusiasts and scholars.

06/10/2026

Registration for the Spotlight Garry Adelman event on November 1 is now open!

Scroll down through upcoming events to register.

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05/18/2026

Congratulations to Betsy and Jocelyn as they begin their summer internships with the National Museum of Civil War Medicine!

A great experience awaits you!

We're excited to welcome two summer interns to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine this year! Join us in welcoming Betsy Cushwa (left), from Shepherd University and the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War and Jocelyn Duquette (right) from Gettysburg College and the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. Huzzah!

05/05/2026

Have you signed up for the Civil War Center's Fall Conference yet?

Those 143 days between now and September 25 are going to fly by, and you know it!! Don't wait until the last minute, reserve your spot today and bring your friends!

This is a once-in-a-lifetime assemblage of some of the movers and shakers who made battlefield preservation a priority and a key element of their life's work. We'll be on the battlefields and in the classroom to hear their stories of triumph.

We'll look forward to seeing you there!

Find registration information in the comments below.