Unintended and Unexpected: Lee’s Army after Appomattox
January 19, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Annual Lee Lecture: Unintended and Unexpected: Lee’s Army after Appomattox
Sunday, January 19, 2025 2 PM
Stratford Hall is delighted to announce that Caroline E. Janney will deliver the 2025 Lee Lecture in the Jessie Ball duPont Memorial Library at Stratford Hall.
Caroline E. Janney is the John L. Nau III Professor of the American Civil War and Director of the John L. Nau Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia. A graduate of the University of Virginia, she worked as a historian for the National Park Service and taught at Purdue University before returning to Virginia in 2018. An active public lecturer, she has given presentations at locations across the globe. She is a speaker with the Organization of American Historians’ Distinguished Lectureship program and has appeared numerous television programs including the History Channel’s Grant and Lincoln. She serves as a co-editor of the University of North Carolina Press’s Civil War America Series and is the past president of the Society of Civil War Historians. She has published eight books, including Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation (2013) and Ends of War: The Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox, winner of the 2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. One of four Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Board members wrote that “This book places you beside the Confederate soldier as he wrestles with surrender, the nature of the war’s ending, and the cause for which he sacrificed. A groundbreaking work.”
This program will be offered in-person and hybrid via Zoom.
Program Pricing Options:
In-Person Admission – $10
Attend the program on-site and enjoy the live presentation.
Virtual (Hybrid via Zoom) – $5
Join the program remotely via Zoom and contribute any amount that you wish.
If you sign up to attend remotely, the Zoom link will be sent via email prior to the program.
Register in advance at https://www.simpletix.com/e/unintended-and-unexpected-lees-army-after-tickets-185701.