The Conference on Women and the Civil War: A Live Zoom Event

• Jonathan A. Noyalas will speak about Rebecca McPherson Wright, the Union spy who was critical to the success of Sheridan’s 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

• Sarah Bierle will give us a civilian-focused tour of New Market Battlefield in the Shenandoah Valley. Sunday, July 25, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

• Megan Hildebrand reviews the relationships between Roman Catholic nuns serving as nurses and their Protestant soldier patients.

• Steve Magnusen discusses the Cutler, Dawes, and Gates women of Marietta, Ohio.

Registration fee: $25.  Zoom log-in information plus an electronic “conference notebook” will be emailed to participants in advance of the event.

More information:  2021 Virtual Conference Details – Society for Women and the Civil War (swcw.org) Registration: SWCW 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM – Society for Women and the Civil War Registration Deadline is July 22!