Symposium Speakers:
Chris Mackowski : The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson.
Philip Leigh: Causes of the Civil War
Bill Potter: General Robert E. Lee and the Verdict of History
Memorial Speaker:
Ann McLean, Ph.D.
Jackson's Gala:
Ron Kennedy, SCV Chief-of-Heritage Operations
Ann McLean, Ph.D. is a Richmond area historian and founder of Hunter Classical Christian School with an academic background in art and architectural history. She gained notoriety in August of 2022 when she was pressured to resign from the Virginia Board for Historic Resources for her defense of protecting Confederate monuments from destruction.
Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Emerging Civil War and the series editor of the award-winning Emerging Civil War Series, published by Savas Beatie. Chris is a writing professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, NY, where he also serves as associate dean fo
Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Emerging Civil War and the series editor of the award-winning Emerging Civil War Series, published by Savas Beatie. Chris is a writing professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, NY, where he also serves as associate dean for undergraduate programs. Chris is also historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the Spotsylvania battlefield in central Virginia. He has worked as a historian for the National Park Service at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, where he gives tours at four major Civil War battlefields (Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania), as well as at the building where Stonewall Jackson died.
Chris has authored or co-authored nearly two dozen books and edited a half-dozen essay collections on the Civil War, and his articles have appeared in all the major Civil War magazines. Chris serves as vice president on the board of directors for the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, he serves on the advisory board of the Civil War Roundtable Congress and the Brunswick (NC) Civil War Roundtable—the largest in the country. He is also a member of the Antietam Institute and the U. S. Grant Homestead Association. In 2023, he was honored with the Houston Civil War Round Table’s Frank Vandiver Award and also selected as the Copie Hill Fellow at the American Battlefield Trust.
During the Civil War Sesquicentennial from 2011 to 2015, Philip Leigh wrote 24 articles about the era for the New York Times. Since then he has written several books about the American Civil War and Reconstruction, including “Trading With the Enemy,” “Lee’s Lost Dispatch,” “The Confederacy at Flood Tide,” “U. S. Grant’s Failed Presid
During the Civil War Sesquicentennial from 2011 to 2015, Philip Leigh wrote 24 articles about the era for the New York Times. Since then he has written several books about the American Civil War and Reconstruction, including “Trading With the Enemy,” “Lee’s Lost Dispatch,” “The Confederacy at Flood Tide,” “U. S. Grant’s Failed Presidency,” and “Southern Reconstruction.” He holds a B. S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School.
Bill Potter is a reoccurring favorite speaker the event. An experienced historian and avid bibliophile, Bill Potter combines a lifelong study of American history with an uncommon ability to captivate audiences of all ages as he traces the providential acts of God throughout the ages. Mr. Potter has taught history in high schools and
Bill Potter is a reoccurring favorite speaker the event. An experienced historian and avid bibliophile, Bill Potter combines a lifelong study of American history with an uncommon ability to captivate audiences of all ages as he traces the providential acts of God throughout the ages. Mr. Potter has taught history in high schools and colleges, has led many tours of American and European historical sites and brings to each event a wealth of experience and knowledge. An experienced researcher and writer, Mr. Potter possesses a practical knowledge of antiquarian books, documents, and artifacts and has published several short books and has penned many articles and book reviews for publication. Bill has earned a well-deserved reputation as a man gifted in communicating the story of God’s providential hand in American history. As a father of eight children, he appreciates the necessity of passing on to the succeeding generations the richness of both our regional and national history. He and his wife, Leslie, reside in Virginia.
2023 - Bill Potter, Kevin Pawlak, Norman Dasinger, Jr., Laura Elliott, Eric Buckland
2022 - Susan Lee, Bill Potter, Eric Buckland, Shane Anderson, Dan Phelps
2021 - Teresa Roane, Philip Leigh, Tim Smith, Bill Potter, Creighton Lovelace
2020 - Author Philip Leigh, Author Bill Potter, B. Frank Earnest, Shane Anderson
2019 - Matt Atkinson ~ Gettysburg. Author Bill Potter, Pastor Butch Pugh, Beth White,
Ph.D.,
2018 - Pastor Crieghton Lovelace. Sypmosium: Travis Toombs, Fred D. Taylor, Esq.,
Pastor Creighton Lovelace, Kenny Rowelette, Assoc. Professor, ret., Christopher
Smith, Ph.D.
2017 - Teresa Roane ~ Former MOC Libranrian/Archivis, UDC Archivist
Symposium ~Beth White Ph.D., Kenny Rowlett, Susan Boardman, Bill Potter, Chris
Mackowski,Ph.D
2016 - Chris Mackowski,Ph.D ~ Author, Educator, NPS Tour Guide, Blogger
Symposium ~Kenny Rowlett, Paul J. Bennett, MD, Beth White, Ph.D.
2015 - Ben Jones ~ Actor, Musician, Politician, Entrepreneur
Symposium ~Chris Mackowski, D.Jonathan White, H.V.'Bo' Traywick, Jr., Steve
French
2014 - Dr. Mathew Lively ~ Physician, Author
Symposium ~ Beth White, William Connery, Rev. Herman White, and Dr. Mathew
Lively.
2013 -Charles Kelly Barrow ~ Educator
Symposium ~ Stephen Lee Ritchie, Richard G. Williams, Jr., Doug Batson, B. Frank Earnest, Charles Kelly Barrow, Rev. Herman White
2012 - Stephen Lee Ritchie - Historian (Lee Chapel). Kelly Atkins Henson (VMI).
Symposium - R. Michael Givens, Charles Kelly Barrow, Timothy Manning, Sr. David Chaltas, and Stephen Lee Ritchie.
2011 - Kenny Rowlett - Assoc. Professor Liberty University
2010 - Pastor John Weaver - Past Chaplain-in-Chief, Sons of Confederate Veterans
2009 - Dr. Michael R. Bradley (Lee Chapel), John Vinson (Jackson's grave)
2008 - Charles E. Baker, D.D. (Lee Chapel) , Peter R. Furmick (Jackson's grave)
2007 - David P. Chaltas, D.D. (Lee Chapel), Richard G. Williams, Jr. (Jackson's grave)
2006 - Rev. Kenneth Studdard (Lee Chapel), Richard G. Williams, Jr. (Jackson's grave)
2005 - Rev. Lloyd Sprinkle
2004 - Richard G. Williams, Jr.
2003 - D. Min. H. Rondel Rumburg ~ The Christian Legacy of Lee and Jackson. Charles "Chuck" Eberle ~ Lee Remembers Jackson
2002 - Charles "Chuck" Eberle ~ Duty and Honor to God, Country, and Banner. Stephen Cassle ~ The Life of Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson
2001 - J. Holt Merchant - Professor of History, Washington & Lee University
2000 -Nora Brooks - as Mrs. Robert E. Lee
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