Annual Civil War Lecture Series Starts January 24 at McClung Museum
The McClung Museum will host its sixth annual Civil War Lecture Series starting at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 24.
History Professor Wins Book Award
The Kentucky Historical Society awarded Associate Professor of History Luke Harlow its 2015 History Award, honoring his book Religion, Race, and the Making of Confederate Kentucky, 1830–1880.
McClung Museum Hosts Noted Civil War Film Director Ron Maxwell May 2
Civil War filmmaker and director Ron Maxwell will screen excerpts from his movies and discuss the films at the McClung Museum on Saturday, May 2.
McClung Museum’s Annual Civil War Lecture Series Starts January 18
Knoxville’s Civil War era churches and cemeteries will be the topic of a lecture at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture on Sunday, January 18. The event kicks off the fifth annual McClung Museum Civil War Lecture series, which focuses on the places and people of the Civil War in East Tennessee.
Professor’s Civil War Book Wins Critics Choice Award
The Civil War changed a lot in America. Hundreds of thousands died. Millions of slaves were freed. And the country’s higher education system was transformed. A book by a UT history professor—which explores how the war reshaped colleges—is being honored with a prestigious book award.
UT Libraries Marks Battle of Fort Sanders with Lecture, New Digital Collection
UT Libraries will commemorate the bloody Battle of Fort Sanders, the 1863 climactic clash in the siege of Knoxville during the Civil War, with a lecture Thursday, November 14, by Tracy McKenzie, author of the authoritative book on the subject, Lincolnites and Rebels: A Divided Town in the American Civil War.
Newly Uncovered Civil War Site on UT’s Morgan Hill to Be Honored
A newly uncovered Civil War battle site on the land known as Morgan Hill on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus will be honored as the land around it is put to use as sorority housing. The site, which consists of Confederate cannon emplacements and trenches facing the Fort Sanders area, was uncovered during archaeological
Once-Stolen Civil War Diary Sheds Light on Time Period
The News Sentinel ran this front-page story on a UT Libraries project to scan, digitize and post online the Civil War diary of Henry Pippitt, who was in a Union Army regiment that fought battles around Nashville as well as in other states.
UT Libraries Digitizes Union Soldier’s Civil War Diary
The latest addition to the University of Tennessee Libraries’ digital collections provides an intimate look into the daily life of a Civil War soldier. Three journals kept by Union soldier Henry Pippitt describe life in Company G of the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which fought in battles in Nashville and Franklin, Tenn., during the American