Conference Schedule
The Civil War Consortium at ¸£Àû¼§ aims to promote research and academic community engagement related to the U.S. Civil War and its era. The conference is open to anyone in the interested public—from students to life-long learners, from those with a strong background in Civil War history to those who are merely novices.
Friday, June 18, 2027
| Time | Friday, June 12 Events |
|---|---|
| 8:15 am | Doors Open and Registration Begins |
| 8:45 am | Welcome and Overview |
| 9:00 am | The Trans-Mississippi in the Civil War: An Overview Brian Matthew Jordan, Co-Director, Civil War Consortium at ¸£Àû¼§ |
| 9:50 am | Break |
| 10:00 am | Treasure and Empire: The Confederacy’s Struggle for The Desert Southwest Neil P. Chatelain, Lone Star College and President, Emerging Civil War |
| 10:50 am | Break |
| 11:00 am | Sam Houston’s Civil War: A Tour of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch and Student Poster Session |
| 1:00 pm | Panel Discussion: Did the Trans-Mississippi Matter? Discussants: Neil Chatelain, Matthew Stith, Fay Yarbrough, Jane Johannson Moderators: Evan Rothera and Brian Matthew Jordan |
| 1:50 pm | Break |
| 2:00 pm | Choctaw Confederates: The U.S. Civil War in Indian Territory Fay Yarbrough, Rice University |
| 2:50 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm | Albert C. Ellithorpe and the First Indian Home Guards M. Jane Johansson, Rogers State University |
| 4:00 pm | Faculty Book Signing |
| 5:30 pm | Dinner (on your own) |
Saturday, June 19, 2027
| Time | Saturday, June 13 Events |
|---|---|
| 8:15 am | Doors Open |
| 9:00 am | The Battle of Milliken’s Bend in History and Memory Linda Barnickel, Independent Scholar |
| 9:50 am | Break |
| 10:00 am | Making A Place on the War’s Ragged Edge: USCT Women in Little Rock Kelly Houston Jones, Arkansas Tech University |
| 10:50 am | Break |
| 11:00 am | Camp Ford’s Civil War: Captivity and Community in the Trans-Mississippi Theater Matthew Stith, University of Texas at Tyler |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch and Student Poster Session |
| 1:00 pm | The Last Battle of the Civil War: Palmetto Ranch, Texas Jeffrey William Hunt, Director, Texas Military Forces Museum |
| 1:50 pm | Break |
| 2:00 pm | The First Juneteenth: The Houston Origins of June 19 Celebrations Caleb McDaniel, Rice University |
| 2:50 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm | Commemorating the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi West Lindsey Peterson, University of South Dakota |
| 4:00 pm | Book Signing/Farewell |