Augusta and Thecivil War Symposium Series Symposium Series

Augusta, Georgia 30901 Georgia Augusta, Augusta Museum of History, Augusta, Georgia. Augusta, History, of Museum Augusta Laboratory, Works image: Charles Front Schaler Smith, 1450 Greene Street 1450 Greene Augusta and the Civil War Symposium Series undated. Drawing on paper. Courtesy of the Courtesy of paper. on Drawing undated. The leading heritage and cultural institutions in Look Like a Little Lowell’: The Textile Industry Augusta, Georgia, present Augusta and the Civil in Augusta, 1861–1865,” lecture by Keith Bo- War, a symposium series focused on the Civil hannon, PhD, Associate Professor of History, War’s impact on this city. The series frames Au- University of West Georgia Confederate Powder States gusta’s experience within the larger context of the • 10:30–11:15 a.m.: “Rebel Genius: The Con- war and the social changes it produced. Annually, federate Powder Works at Augusta,” lecture during the Civil War’s sesquicentennial, a theme is by Gordon Blaker, Director and Curator, U.S. explored through lectures by nationally recognized Army Artillery Museum, Fort Sill, Oklahoma scholars, tours, and visits to historic sites. This • 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.: Lunch and “Interpret- year’s theme, “Making War,” focuses on Southern ing the Confederate Powder Works for the 21st industrialization, reflecting Augusta’s significant Century,” the Augusta Canal National Heritage role in the manufacture of gunpowder, ordnance, Area’s plans for a Powder Works sesquicenten- ammunition, and other materiel for the Confeder- nial interpretive plaza. ate forces. • 12:45–1:00 p.m.: Travel by personal vehicles to Friday, November 9, 2012 Augusta Canal Interpretive Center Location: The Morris Museum of Art, Augusta Afternoon Session • 6:30 p.m. lecture, 7:30 p.m. reception Location: The Augusta Canal Interpretive Center at The Edward J. Cashin Memorial Woodrow Enterprise Mill Wilson Lecture • 1:00–1:15 p.m.: Check in Sponsored by the Center for the Study of • 1:30 p.m. or 3:00 p.m.: Petersburg boat guided Georgia History at Augusta State University canal tour: “Food, Fabric and Firepower: Au- and Historic Augusta, Inc. Mary DeCredico, gusta Canal and the Civil War” PhD, Professor of History, United States Naval • 1:30 p.m. or 3:00 p.m.: “How to Make Gun- Academy, presents “Georgia’s Industrialization powder in 18 Not-So-Easy Steps and Not Blow and the Confederate War Effort”. Friday’s key- Yourself and Everyone Else to Kingdom Come,” note address, reception, and book signing are lecture by Gordon Blaker Symposium Series free and open to the public. Seating is limited; • 1:15–4:30 p.m.: Civil War book fair and Augus- preregistration is required. ta Canal Interpretive Center self-guided tour Saturday, November 10, 2012 Saturday’s events are $35 per participant and Morning Session include all lectures, lunch, and the boat tour. Making War: Location: The Kroc Center, Augusta Advance registration is required; call Holley 348 No. Permit GA Augusta, Paid Postage U.S. ORGANIZATION NON PROFIT Southern Industrialization • 8:30–9:00 a.m.: Registration Madden at the Augusta Canal, 706-823-0440, November 9–10, 2012 • 9:00–10:15 a.m.: “‘Augusta Really Begins to ext. 7. civil-war-bro12.indd 1 9/6/12 3:49 PM Boykin Chesnut: A Confederate Woman’s Life Keith Bohannon, PhD, Registration Information (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002; Madison House, associate professor of Friday’s keynote address, reception, and book 1996), and many chapters to books and articles history at the University signing are free and open to the public. Satur- for refereed journals. of West Georgia, teaches day’s events are $35 per participant and include A member of the Board of Directors and the courses on the history all lectures, lunch, and the boat tour. Advisory Council of the National Civil War of Georgia, the antebel- Registration is required for both days. Museum, the Georgia Historical Society, the lum South, Jacksonian Southern Historical Association, the Museum America, and the United There are three ways to register: of the Confederacy, and the Society of Civil States Civil War and Reconstruction. His 1. Call: 706-823-0440, ext. 7 War Historians, she currently focuses on the research focuses on the interaction between soldiers and civilians on the battlefield and 2. E-mail: [email protected] Unknown, Confederate Honor Roll, detail, ca. 1890. Morris Richmond, Virginia, home front during the home front, particularly in Georgia, during the Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia. American Civil War. 3. Mail a check or money order (made Civil War. Dr. Bohannon, historian and exhibits out to the Augusta Canal Authority) planner, received his PhD in American history Gordon Blaker to Holley Madden, Augusta Canal, from Pennsylvania State University in 2001. He Meet the Presenters is the director and cura- 1450 Greene Street, Suite 400, Au- coedited Campaigning with “Old Stonewall”: tor of the U.S. Army gusta, Georgia, 30901. Include your Keynote Speaker: Confederate Captain Ujanirtus Allen’s Letters Artillery Museum in name, address, phone number, e-mail Mary DeCredico, PhD, to His Wife (Louisiana State University Press, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. 1998) and coauthored Hallowed Banners: address, the number of attendees, and a professor of history at The 38,000-square-foot Historic Flags in the Georgia Capitol Collection the days you wish to attend. the United States Naval facility houses seventy- (Georgia Capitol Museum, Office of the Secre- Academy in Annapolis, five artillery pieces dating tary of State, 2005). Maryland, where she has The registration deadline is from the sixteenth century to the present, November 5, 2012. taught since 1986, earned with another eighty-five artillery pieces in the her PhD in American outdoor museum park. A retired army offi- history from Vanderbilt University in Nash- cer, Blaker is best known to Augustans as the Participating organizations include the Augus- ville, Tennessee. Her first book, Patriotism for director of curatorial services at the Augusta ta Canal National Heritage Area, the Augusta Profit: Georgia’s Urban Entrepreneurs and the Museum of History from 1997 to 2006. Blaker Civil War Roundtable, the Augusta-Richmond Confederate War Effort (University of North coauthored the definitive book on the Con- County Historical Society, the Augusta Museum Carolina Press, 1990) received the Museum federate States Powder Works, Never for Want of History, Historic Augusta, Inc., the Center of the Confederacy’s Jefferson Davis Award of Powder: The Confederate Powder Works in for the Study of Georgia History, the Lucy Craft in 1991 for outstanding scholarship on the Augusta, Georgia (University of South Carolina Laney Museum of Black History, and the Morris Thomas Satterwhite Noble,The Price of Blood, 1868. Morris Museum Confederacy. She is also the author of Mary Press, 2007). of Art, Augusta, Georgia. Museum of Art. civil-war-bro12.indd 2 9/6/12 3:49 PM.

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