Today I arrived in Gettysburg for the start of the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute's conference on the Future of Civil War history. The conference runs through Saturday and features academic and public historians discussing various ways to reach new generations with Civil War history in a meaningful and engaging manner.
The opening panel discussion was misconceptions on Civil War military history, and it was quite interesting. Some of the misconceptions discussed included how tactics affected casualties, the question of whether the Civil War was a "total war", and how West Point theories affected Civil War battles.
I look forward to posting about and discussing some of the things discussed at the conference on here in the near future.
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