2011 West Coast Civil War Conference
Sacramento, CA November 11, 12, & 13
Friday, November 11, 2011 Schedule
3:00 - 5:00 Registration, Doubletree Hotel Lobby 4:30 - 5:30 No host cocktails 5:30 - 5:45 Opening welcome remarks by President Don Hayden 5:45 - 6:45 Dinner 6:45 - 7:00 Break 7:00 - 7:45 Ron Perisho - 1861 in 3D 7:45 - 9:00 Craig Symonds – Causes, goals, and readiness – North and South
Saturday, November 12, 2011 Schedule
8:00 - 9:00 Jack Davis – 1860 election; secession; Sumter 9:10 - 10:10 Craig Symonds – Strategies North and South 10:20 - 11:20 Brian Wills – First Manassas 11:35 - 12:25 Lunch 12:25 - 12:45 Raffle drawings 1:00 - 2:00 Jim Stanbery – Highlights of 1861 battles other than Manassas 2:10 - 3:10 Larry Tagg – Abraham Lincoln 3:20 - 4:20 Jack Davis – Jefferson Davis 5:30 - 6:30 Social Hour (no host cocktails available) 6:30 – 7:30 Dinner 7:45 - 9:00 Brian Wills – Competition for the border states
Sunday, November 13, 2011 Schedule
8:00 - 8:50 Jim Stanbery – Two New Nations 9:00 - 9:50 Jack Davis – Looking back over 1861; ahead to 1862; what did they see? 10:00 - 11:00 Brunch & Raffle 11:00 - 12:30 Panel – Jim Stanbery, moderator; members – Symonds, Davis, Wills, Tagg – questions in advance from planning staff and audience
