6th Annual McCormick Civil War
Institute
October Session
Jackson’s First Campaign
(1861-
1862)
October 19-20, 2001
Stonewall Jackson’s first campaign was a bold and daring
campaign in some of the harshest and most remote terrain of what was then
northwestern Virginia. The campaign
sites are rarely visited today. The
campaign was successful—until undone by a dispute involving Jackson, General
Lorings subordinate, and the Confederate Secretary of War, Judah Benjamin. Resolving the dispute required the efforts
of, among others, Anna Jackson.
The 6th Annual October session of the
McCormick Civil War Institute is a study of the campaign, visiting the remote
sites and analyzing the dispute that almost led Jackson to resign his
commission. The session begins with a
banquet and lecture on Friday, October 19.
On Saturday, October 20, the field trip will begin at 8
a.m. at Shenandoah University with a visit to Jackson’s Headquarters in
Winchester. Then the tour will follow
Jackson to his headquarters at Unger’s Store, West Virginia, a site never
before visited. The tour includes
Berkeley Springs, the “ghost-town” of Alpine Station, then on to Romney, West
Virginia, Jackson’s objective. Tour
will conclude around 4 p.m. and return to the University.
Friday, October 19, 2001
|
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. |
Social Hour – Health Professions Building, Winchester |
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7:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
Dinner – Health Professions Building |
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8:30 – 10:00 p.m. |
Lecture- Dr. Brandon Beck and Mr. Stephen Ritchie |
Saturday, October 20, 2001
|
8:30 a.m. |
Depart Shenandoah University for Jackson’s Headquarters, Winchester and Jackson’s Headquarters, Unger’s Store |
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12:00 noon |
Lunch Berkeley Spring City Park, Romney |
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4:00 p.m. |
Return to Shenandoah University |
For more information, mailings,
directions or reservations please contact
Jo Miller 540-545-7215 or email: jmille3@su.edu
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