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The Mason-Dixon Civil War Round Table’s annual Civil War Symposium is scheduled for April 6, 2013. The Symposium will be held at the Erickson Alumni Center located on the West Virginia University Evansdale Campus. The Symposium registration cost is $25.00. Registration includes lunch and breakfast pastries. Registration starts at 8:30 and the presentations begin at 9:00. To register for the Symposium, please send a check to: Jack Bowman 28 Vintner Place Morgantown, WV 26505 Please include your mailing address as well as your email address with your registration. On April 6, 2013 the Mason Dixon Civil War Round Table and the West Virginia Commission for the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War will host a Civil War Symposium at West Virginia University’s Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown, WV. The symposium will focus on West Virginia’s involvement in the American Civil War. The conference is a single day event with 4 speakers. . Besides four great presentations the symposium will also feature exhibits of Civil War memorabilia, vendors of books relating to the period, and Civil War living history. There will be unique West Virginia Civil War artifacts that have never or rarely been on display. The Mason Dixon Civil War Roundtable (www.wvmasondixoncwrt.org) in Morgantown, WV will also serve as a co-sponsor of this event. The following is the schedule: 8:30-9:00 Registration 9:00-9:10 Welcome 9:10-10:00 West Virginia Statehood – Joe Geiger 1000-10:50 The Jones and Imboden Raid – Steve French 10:50-11:10 Break (Opportunity to visit exhibits) 11:10-12:00 Battle of White Sulphur Springs: Averell vs Patton – Eric J. Wittenberg 12:00-1:00 Lunch (Opportunity to visit exhibits) 1:00-1:50 Lincoln’s Statesmanship – Dr. Joseph Fornieri 1:50-2:30 Exhibits and book sales available |
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