Archive for November, 2011

Columbus: Civil War Dramatic Performance

By Amanda Nelson, posted on November 30th, 2011.

[ February 12, 2012; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Kids, Courage, and the Civil War

This event will be presented by the Imaginating Dramatics Company.  Kids, Courage and the Civil War utilizes the words of children from the North and South recorded in journals as its source and is accompanied by music from the Civil War period.   Appropriate for children 4 and over.

The Imaginating [...]

Columbus: Ed Lentz Lecture

By Amanda Nelson, posted on November 30th, 2011.

[ January 15, 2012; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Columbus in Early 1862 – A Look Back at the First Year of the American Civil War

Ed Lentz, Columbus’ preeminent historian, will present a slide lecture about Columbus as it evolved after almost a year of war. Attendees will learn about Columbus’s residents, businesses and institutions as they respond to a country torn in two.

 

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Chillicothe: Fall Speaker Series with Eric J. Wittenberg

By Amanda Nelson, posted on November 15th, 2011.

[ November 16, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The Ross County Historical Society will conclude their Fall Speaker Series with The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command, featuring Eric J. Wittenberg, historian and award winning author on the Civil War.

Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, Wittenberg is a frequent lecturer and battlefield tour leader, Vice-President of the Buffington Island Battlefield Preservation Foundation and sits on [...]

East Liverpool: Civil War Seminar

By Amanda Nelson, posted on November 15th, 2011.

[ December 3, 2011; 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm. ] The Museum of Ceramics invites all visitors to our Civil War Seminar by two Civil War historians.  William Vodrey, a Cleveland magistrate, former area resident and Civil War speaker, will speak at 12:30.  Tim Brookes, area attorney, Civil War speaker, and president of the East Liverpool Historical Society, will speak at 1:50.  At 1:30 museum [...]

Cincinnati: Peter Cozzens Presentation

By Amanda Nelson, posted on November 4th, 2011.

[ November 17, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Author and historian Peter Cozzens will make his first appearance in front of the Cincinnati Civil War Round Table at its November meeting. Cozzens works as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. government. In 2002 he received the American Foreign Service Association’s highest award, given annually to one Foreign Service Officer for exemplary moral [...]