Events
"Nashville Women During the Civil War"
Lunch-and-Learn
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Time: Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Fort Negley Visitors’ Center
For more information: 615-862-7970
Join the Metro Historical Commission and Fort Negley Visitors’ Center on March 20 to celebrate Women’s History Month at a Civil War Sesquicentennial Event. Krista Castillo, the director of the Fort Negley Visitors’ Center, will present a talk on “Nashville Women during the Civil War” beginning at noon on Tuesday, March 20.Bring a lunch with you for the talk, and then afterward, take a guided tour of Fort Negley (weather permitting). No charge, but seating is limited. RSVP to the Historical Commission, 615-862-7970.
To learn more about Fort Negley, visit www.nashville.gov/parks/historic/fortnegley/index.asp
Scenic Tennessee's 2011-2012 Photo Contest
"Living Legacies: Capturing the Scenic Beauty of Tennessee's Civil War Heritage"
Submission deadline: April 1, 2012
For more information: www.scenictennessee.org
In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, Scenic Tennessee’s 18th annual (now biennial) photo contest commemorates Tennessee’s distinctive Civil War sites and landscapes. Scenic Tennessee, in partnership with the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, invites submissions to “Living Legacies: Capturing the Scenic Beauty of Tennessee’s Civil War Heritage.”
The “Living Legacies” photo contest has three goals:(1) To commemorate the sesquicentennial anniversary of the American Civil War across the state of Tennessee. (2) To use photography to tell Tennessee’s full Civil War story, by capturing its military, home front, occupation and emancipation landscapes.(3) To showcase the photographer’s art in framing, interpreting and deepening our understanding of those places and times.
The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area partners with the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and the Tennessee Department of Transportation to implement the statewide Tennessee Civil War Trails marker and signage program. Contest entrants are encouraged to use the Trails marker program as a guide to find numerous subjects across the state, including historic landscapes, period buildings and architecture, monuments and final resting places.Go to www.civilwartrails.org to follow the Trail throughout the state.
An online brochure outlining the categories and submission guidelines can be accessed at www.scenictennessee.org click on Photo Contest.The contest ends April 1, 2012, with the winning photographs exhibited at The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County (www.hcmrc.org) from June through August 2012. The winning photographs exhibit will then travel to other places across the state. For further information about the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, go to www.tncivilwar.org.
“City Under the Gun: Images of Occupied Nashville”
First Tuesday at the Metropolitan Archives
Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Time: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Archives, 3801 Green Hills Village Drive
For more information: 615-862-5880
Every first Tuesday of the month, the Metropolitan Archives hosts an afternoon program featuring a different topic in state and local history. The monthly programs are free and open to the public.
Join The Friends of the Metro Archives on April 3, 2012, when Jim Hoobler discusses “City Under the Gun: Images of Occupied Nashville” featuring slides from his book Cities Under The Gun: Images of Occupied Nashville and Chattanooga.
2012 Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Signature Event
“Invasions by Rail and River: The Battle of Shiloh”
Date: April 4-5, 2012
Location: Pickwick Landing State Park, Pickwick Dam, Tennessee
For more information: www.tncivilwar150.com
Join the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission in April at Pickwick Landing State Park as presenters discuss the battles, events and stories of the Civil War. The symposium will be jointly sponsored by the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area and Tennessee Historical Society.
Date: April 6-7, 2012
Location: Shiloh National Military Park
For more information: www.nps.gov/shil/
Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of The Battle of Shiloh, one of the Civil War’s most bloody battles, with Special Extended Tours and the Grand Illumination of Shiloh National Battlefield.
The above events are free and open to the public, but seating is limited. For hotel information, event agenda, or to register, visit www.tnvicilwar150.com.
Tennessee In the Civil War
Book Series
The Tennessee Historical Society recently launched "Tennessee in the Civil War: The Best of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly" featuring series editor Dr. Carroll Van West, director of the Center for Historic Preservation and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area at Middle Tennessee State University.
Tennessee in the Civil War is a twelve-volume series which will reprint more than 400 articles from the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, which were published between 1942 and 2010. First in the series is also entitled Tennessee in the Civil War. Additional volumes, to be published through 2015, will examine great battles, controversial leaders, firsthand accounts, occupation, experiences on the homefront, women's roles, the triumph of African Americans, and the legacy of the Civil War. The series is an official project of the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission.
Copies of the books are available online and at various events throughout the Sesquicentennial. More details are available at: http://tennesseehistory.org/TennesseeintheCivilWar.htm. For more information about the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, visit www.tncivilwar150.com.
Nashville Civil War Roundtable
Date: 3rd Monday of Each Month
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Location: Fort Negley Visitors Center, 1100 Fort Negley Blvd.
For more information: nashvillecivilwarroundtable.wordpress.com/
Nashville Metro Parks in cooperation with the MTSU Chapter of the Society for Military History presents the Nashville Civil War Roundtable. The CWRT of Nashville meets monthly at the Fort Negley Visitors Center and is open to anyone interested in the American Civil War. The CWRT of Nashville offers guest speakers, presentations on a variety of topics, historic site tours, and support for historic presentation. Share your enthusiasm for one of the most pivotal periods of American history in a relaxed and fun environment!
Programs for 2012:
January 2012 – Kraig McNutt, historian/author/blogger
“Robert Smalls: From Slave to Congressman”
February 2012 – Myers Brown, Tennessee State Museum/author
“Tennessee’s Confederates” (based on his recent book)
March 2012 – Jim Brooks, Austin Peay State University
“Jefferson Davis”
April 2012 – Mark Christ, historian/author
“The Civil War In Arkansas 1863” (based on his recent book)
May 2012 – Nancy Baird, Western Kentucky University/author
“Josie Underwood’s Civil War; A Union Girl in Bowling Green, KY”
June 2012 – Gordon and Traci Belt, authors
“Onward Southern Soldiers: Religion in the Army of Tennessee”
For more information about Fort Negley, visit www.nashville.gov/parks/historic/fortnegley or call 615-862-8470.
Filtered through Time
Call for Submissions of Original Poetry and Fiction
Date:Through May 2012
For more information: Email beechcreek@mindspring.com
Filtered through Time is an anthology of original fiction and poetry reflecting how a variety of traditions and reactions to the Civil War have come down through the generations for 150 years.
There are many excellent history books covering the war and the years before and after that conflict. In this new book, we are seeking examples of how the war plays out in the community’s memory and consciousness as expressed in imaginative writing.
Deadline for submissions is May 2012.
All work must have a Civil War theme but not necessarily a Civil War setting. A story or poem may well describe the long term effect of the war on a family or reflect the feelings of someone to whom the war seems irrelevant. We welcome a variety of viewpoints.
Maximum length for fiction is 5,000 words. Maximum for poetry is 150 lines single-spaced.
Submissions may be sent electronically to S.R. Lee c/o beechcreek@mindspring.com. Email for where to mail hard copy submissions.
This book is being promoted, edited, and financed by a small group of interested writers under the direction of S.R. Lee, author/editor, and Rick Warwick, Williamson County historian, with the assistance of an editorial committee. Email beechcreek@mindspring.com for complete submission guidelines and for additional details about publication and sale of the anthology.
Civil War Newspapers
Exhibit/Available Upon Request
Date: Through the Civil War Sesquicentennial
Location: Metropolitan Archives, 3801 Green Hills Village Drive
Cost: Free
For more information: 615-862-5880
Ongoing through the Civil War Sesquicentennial, the Metropolitan Archives will have a set of original newspapers from the Civil War for each year of the war available for viewing. The Metropolitan Archives is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. No appointment is needed.