Saturday, July 17, at the Morgantown Ramada Inn

This day-long symposium will focus on various developments in the Civil War in West Virginia and will demonstrate how those developments were precursors of the future.

The keynote address will be delivered by Barry Stevenson, a retired officer of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and a former instructor at the National War College. Mr. Stevenson will speak on Gettysburg: A Victory for All-Source Intelligence Gathering and Analysis.

8:30-9:00 - Registration

9:00-9:15 - Welcome - Stephen Walker, President, WV Mason-Dixon Civil War Round Table

9:15-10:00 - Images of the Civil War - Ron Rittenhouse, Chief Photographer, Morgantown Dominion-Post. Mr. Rittenhouse will demonstrate, using period photos and primitive equipment of the time, how photographers of the Civil War era were able to record people and scenes of the time.

10:00-10:30 - Break (and opportunity to visit exhibits)

10:30-11:15 - The Battles of Philippi & Laurel Hill - Lars Byrne, Editor, The Barbour Democrat. How the early battles of Philippi and Laurel Hill, though minor in terms of troops engaged and casualties, had an importance exceeding that of later, more well-known battles.

11:15-12:00 - The Covered Bridge at Philippi - A Key to Northwestern Virginia - Dr. Emory Kemp, Professor Emeritus of Engineering, West Virginia University, and founder of WVU’s Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology. The design and performance of the Philippi Covered Bridge, its history, and its role in the Civil War.

12:00-1:15 - Lunch (Provided) (and opportunity to visit exhibits)

1:15-2:00 - Gettysburg: A Victory for All-Source Intelligence Gathering & Analysis - Barry Stevenson, retired CIA officer and Lecturer at the National War College. The development of "all sources" intelligence gathering by the Army of the Potomac, its special role in securing the Union victory at Gettysburg. (Mr. Stevenson’s presentation is open to the public free of charge.)

2:00-2:45 - Drill & Tactics of the Civil War - Woodrow Turner, 2004 WVU Law School graduate and graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. How Civil War citizen-soldiers were drilled, how they were maneuvered on the battlefield, and how the tactics of that day were precursors of today’s battlefield tactics.

2:45-3:15 - Break (and opportunity to visit exhibits)

3:15-4:00 - Demonstration of Civil War Drill, Rifle firing, and Cannon firing A "hands-on" demonstration of "the school of the soldier" of the Civil War.

Please note there will be exhibits of books, Civil War relics, etc., available for participants.

Registration, which includes lunch, is $40.00 (if paid by July 1), $50 thereafter. Registration for students and for members of the sponsoring groups [Mason-Dixon CWRT; WVU History Dept; Pricketts Fort Foundation; and Stonewall Jackson CWRT] is $25.00 (if paid by July 1), $35 thereafter.

To register, send checks (made out to "Mason-Dixon CWRT") to:
Lou and Dady Dadyburjor
645 Sylvan Place
Morgantown, WV 26505

The symposium has been made possible by a grant from the WV Humanities Council.

For more information, email fbowman@adelphia.net