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WVU history professor to speak at Civil War Studies conferences
Peter Carmichael, the first Eberly Family Professor of Civil War Studies in the West Virginia University Department of History, will present lectures at two Civil War conferences this October.
The first conference is the annual Lee Memorial Program at Washington and Lee University Oct. 8 in Lexington, Va. This year’s event, “The Historical Legacy of Robert E. Lee,” will commemorate the 137th anniversary of Lee’s death.
Carmichael will give the keynote address, “Truth is Mighty and Will Eventually Prevail: Why Americans Disagree About the Historical Legacy of Robert E. Lee.” His talk will address how Lee is represented and interpreted at today’s historic sites.
He will also speak at the 10th annual Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War Oct. 13 in Middleburg, Va., where he will present the lecture, “So Far From God and So Close to Stonewall Jackson: The Execution of Three Shenandoah Valley Soldiers.”
Carmichael is a faculty member in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at WVU. He earned his bachelor’s in history from Indiana University at Indianapolis in 1988, and his master’s and doctorate from Penn State University in 1992 and 1996, respectively.
He was named a Mellon Research Fellow at the Virginia Historical Society in 2002 and also served as a scholar in residence at the Gettysburg National Military Park.
He has written and edited several books including “The Last Generation: Young Virginians in Peace, War and Reunion,” “Lee’s Young Artillerist: William R.J. Pegram” and “Audacity Personified: The Generalship of Robert E. Lee.”
He is currently working on the book, “Black Rebels,” which explores the experience of slaves who served as Confederate soldiers.
The Eberly Family Professorship of Civil War Studies is supported by the Wellington F. Morrison and Sheldon C. Morrison Civil War Program Enhancement Fund, which was established by James S. and Laura C. Walker of Morgantown.
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