Programs

RELIGION IN THE CIVIL WAR SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Don’t miss this opportunity to examine the role that religion had throughout the duration of the Civil War and hear from some of the most respected historians from across the region. The day’s events will include great speakers, lunch, a bus tour of those churches and religious institutions in Columbia that played a significant role in the Civil War and a curator-led tour of the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum’s newest exhibit, 
Through Fiery Trials: Religion in the Civil War.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
George C. Rable, author of God's Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War
Rable holds the Charles G. Summersell Chair in Southern History at the University of Alabama. He is author of Civil Wars: Women and the Crisis of Southern Nationalism, The Confederate Republic: A Revolution against Politics, and Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!, which won the Lincoln Prize.  God's Almost Chosen Peoples also won the 2010 Jefferson Davis Award from the Museum of the Confederacy.

FEATURED SPEAKERS
Dr. John Brinsfield, retired US Army Chaplain Historian, author of The Spirit Divided: Memoirs of Civil War Chaplains and Faith in the Fight
Dr. W. Eric Emerson, co-author of Faith, Valor, and Devotion: The Civil War Letters of William Porcher DuBose
Karen Stokes, co-author of Faith, Valor, and Devotion: The Civil War Letters of William Porcher DuBose

SCHEDULE
8:30 - 9:00 – Arrival & Registration at the Archives & History Center
9:00 - 9:45 – Joe Long - Carolina Soldiers & Their Faith
9:45 - 9:50 – 10:20 - Break
9:50 - 10:35 – Dr. John Brinsfield - Civil War Chaplains
10:35 - 10:40 – Break
10:40 - 11:25 – Dr. Eric Emerson & Karen Stokes - Faith, Valor & Devotion
11:25 - 11:30 – Break
11:30 - 1:00 – Dr. George Rable & Lunch - A Religious History of the Civil War
1:00 - 2:00 – Bus Tour
2:00 - 3:00 – Curator-led museum Tour
3:00 - 4:00 – Reception in museum atrium
4:00 - 4:30 – Return to Archives & History Center

REGISTRATION
Registration is $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Fee includes all refreshments, lunch, bus tour, and museum admission. To register, complete the online form or contact Kaela Harmon at 803-737-8094 or kharmon@crr.sc.gov. If registering online, please mail a check for your registration fee to:

SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum
ATTN: Kaela Harmon
301 Gervais Street
Columbia, SC 29201

LOCATION
The symposium begins at the South Carolina Department of Archives & History, features a bus tour, and concludes at the SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum (bus will take attendees back to SC Department of Archives and History following the reception).

INFORMATION
For more information contact Kaela Harmon at 803-737-8094 or kharmon@crr.sc.gov.

Caption: Sunday morning mass in the camp of 69th N.Y.S.M., courtesy Library of Congress