2010 Seminar

October 9 and 10, 2010

From Manassas to Appomattox: James Longstreet, Civil War General

Gainesville, Georgia

· Overview of James Longstreet as Civil War General with expert presentations and lectures

· Tour of Longstreet sites in Gainesville

· Longstreet’s Piedmont Hotel maintenance project

· Silent auction

· Evening social

· 4 Meals included

Featuring:

Dr. William Garrett Piston has been teaching in the History Department at Missouri State since 1988. His fields of specialization are American military history and the Civil War and Reconstruction. Piston is the author of Lee’s Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History

Dr. Rich DiNardo is Professor for National Security Affairs at the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College and author of James Longstreet: The Man, The Soldier, The Controversy

Colonel Blackjack Travis has written several historical articles for national publications, such as The Civil War News, Artilleryman Magazine, and the Confederate Veteran. Col. Travis was the founder of Alexander's Battalion of Artillery attached to Longstreet’s Corps consisting of 25 guns and over 400 re-enactors

Richard Pilcher. President of the Longstreet Society. Will speak at the Piedmont Hotel on the people who visited there and why they came.

Seminar registration fees are as follows:

$155 members; $135 Life members; $185 new members

The seminar is headquartered at The Holiday Inn Lanier Centre Hotel, 400 E.E. Butler Parkway, Gainesville, Georgia 30501, (P) 770-531-0907, (F) 770-531-0788. The hotel sleeping room rate for seminar attendees is $75 a day. The hotel costs are not included in the seminar registration fees.