Upcoming Civil War Events

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Historian Bud Bowie looks at how Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ miscalculations doomed the South economically even as it was winning on the battlefield.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Journalist and author Guy Gugliotta discusses his new book about the raising of the U.S. Capitol, a project meant to symbolize national unity even as the country slid ever closer to secession and Civil War.

Civil War Exhibits at the Library

There are no Civil War related exhibits on display at this time.