Date/Time
Date(s) - Tuesday, September 10, 2024
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Emerson Library
Adult Event
Come for a viewing of the lecture series from the WV Humanities Council.
“What were Federal troops doing in West Virginia four years after the end of the Civil War? Former state historian and state archivist Joe Geiger reviews the elections leading to secession, civil war, and the creation of West Virginia. In the war’s aftermath, violence marked state and local elections as Union leaders used test oaths and registration boards to prevent former Confederates from voting, practicing law, serving as jurors, and more. Joe Geiger is a part-time curator/librarian in the Special Collections Department of Marshall University Libraries. He is the former director of the West Virginia State Archives and was an adjunct instructor for twenty years in the history departments at Marshall University and West Virginia State University. He is the author of several articles and three books, including Holding the Line: Confederate Defense of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, 1861-1862 and Disorder on the Border: Civil Warfare in Cabell and Wayne Counties, West Virginia, 1856-1870.” – youtube.com description
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