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22nd Annual Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War: To the Gates of Washington, Jubal Early's 1864 Maryland Campaign


  • Middleburg Community Center 300 West Washington Street Middleburg, VA, 20117 United States (map)

Join the Mosby Heritage Area Association for our 22nd Annual Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War. This year’s conference covers Confederate General Jubal Early’s 1864 campaign into Maryland, including the battles of Monocacy, Fort Stevens, and Cool Spring.

This year’s list of speakers and topics for the include:

  • Marc Leepson, “Scaring Abe Lincoln Like Hell: An Overview of Jubal Early’s Maryland Campaign”

  • Scott Patchan, “Shenandoah Summer: Early’s Valley Campaign, July 18 to August 8, 1864”

  • Keven Walker, “Inheriting Stonewall’s Valley: The Unsung Brilliance of Jubal Early”

  • Ryan Quint, “Determined to Stand and Fight: Lew Wallace and the Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864”

  • Steve Phan, “Early at the Gates: The Battle of Fort Stevens”

  • Eric Wittenberg, “Bound to Fail: The Johnson-Gilmor Raid”

  • Matt Borders, “The Battle of Cool Spring, July 18, 1864”

  • Kevin Pawlak, “A Civil War No More: Hard War in Early’s 1864 Campaign”

The conference will be held at the Middleburg Community Center (300 West Washington Street, Middleburg, VA 20117). Talks will be held Friday evening and all day Saturday. There is a Saturday evening dinner and a Sunday bus tour for those who purchase a full registration.

Partial registration tickets cost $225 while full registration is $450. All registrants will receive a $50 discount if they sign up before May 31, 2019. Partial registrants may be purchase tickets for Saturday’s dinner at $40 per person.

To download this year’s conference brochure click here

Tickets can be purchased below or by calling (540) 687-6681.

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