Monday, April 22, 2013

10:40 a.m. Keynote Lecture: Jeff Shaara

Keynote Lecture – Jeff Shaara, best-selling author of Gods and Generals

In 1996, Ballantine Books published Jeff's first novel, Gods and Generals, the prequel to his father Michael Shaara's great work The Killer Angels, which was the basis for the motion picture “Gettysburg”. Gods and Generals leapt onto the New York Times Bestseller List, and remained there for fifteen weeks. Critics nationwide praised the book and Jeff's writing ability, and the book was awarded the American Library Association's Prestigious "Boyd Award".

Jeff will discuss his latest and first book in his new Civil War trilogy, A Blaze Of Glory

2:40 p.m. Lecture – Garry Adelman

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Garry Adelman is the author, co-author or editor of more than thirty books and articles concerning the Civil War. He is the vice president of the Center for Civil War Photography and has been a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg for 16 years. He works full time as Director of History and Education at the Civil War Trust.

Topic: The Nuts and Bolts of Fighting the Civil War

Military tactics in the Civil War were far more complex, far more challenging and even far bloodier than most people realize. The two-day Battle of Shiloh alone was bloodier than all previous American wars combined. Officers who had never commanded more than 20 soldiers found themselves in command of armies with tens of thousands to troops in four different branches of military service. Naval officers and engineers building fortifications found that their entire concept of how to fight a war changed literally overnight. This session will endeavor to uncover some of the truths about fighting the Civil War.

8:05 p.m. Evening Entertainment: Bob Zeller

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Bob Zeller is one of the country's leading authorities on the imagery of the Civil War.

He is the author of several ground-breaking books in the field, including The Blue and Gray in Black and White: A History of Civil War Photography (Praeger, 2005), the first narrative history about the war's photographers, what they did and why they did it.

Zeller pioneered the modern presentation of stereoscopic Civil War photography with The Civil War in Depth (Chronicle Books, 1997), the first 3-D photo history of the war, and The Civil War in Depth Volume II (Chronicle Books, 2000).

Program: The Civil War in 3D

Take a fascinating 3-D journey into the depths of Civil War photography when writer and Civil War photo expert Bob Zeller presents a photographic history of the Civil War in stereo.

Wearing 3-D glasses, you’ll feel as if you can literally step into the tableaus of many of the most famous photographs of the Civil War as the images are projected on a large screen in their original stereoscopic format. Many of the reproductions are ultra high-resolution scans made directly from the original 150-year-old glass plate negatives, providing unmatched clarity and vividness.

The secret that Ken Burns never revealed in his series on the Civil War is that most of its documentary photographs were created in 3-D. And most Americans saw them in 3-D during the war. Stereo views were the videos of the era – the primary form of home entertainment. Many of the more than 120 images in the program are well-known photos, but some are rare, recent discoveries.