2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War and the beginning of the end of slavery in America.
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities joins the Virginia Sesquicentennial Commission in commemorating this tumultuous chapter in America’s history.
Here is a compilation of some of the work VFH is engaged in related to the Civil War and its anniversary.
This conference brings together noted Civil War historians to consider how the Civil War changed Virginia and the nation in the year of the war’s turning point, 1863.
University of Virginia art history professor Maurie McInnis has been awarded the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art for her book "Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade."
The 1st of 5 discussions on “Making Sense of the Civil War” based on three texts: “March” by Geraldine Brooks; “Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam” by James McPherson; and “America’s War: Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 150th Anniversaries,” an anthology edited by national project scholar and President of the University of Richmond [...]
The 2nd of a 5-part discussion series "Making Sense of the Civil War,” based on the following texts: March, Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam, and America's War: Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 250th Anniversaries.
The Confederate battle flag, initially authorized for units of the Confederate armed forces during the American Civil War (1861–1865), has become one of the most recognized, misunderstood, and controversial symbols in American history.
