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Thomas will present “Promoting Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter: Lincoln's Campaign Biographies and the Shaping of an Image in 1860”. This relates to his book, Lincoln’s Campaign Biographies, published by Southern Illinois University Press.

Tom is an Associate Professor in the History Department, Bridgewater State University.

Associate Professor, College of Distance Education
Program Manager, Graduate Degree Education
U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
Lt. Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired

Andrew Zwilling's current research centers on the Mediterranean region and the British Empire during the late eighteenth century early nineteenth century, and also studies on Colonial America. Today, however, we are focused on the Battle of New Orleans.

Dr. Zwilling is an associate professor of strategy and war in the College of Distance Education at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I. Before joining the resident faculty in Newport in 2018, he served as an adjunct professor of strategy and war in the College of Distance Education on location for 6 years. He holds a Ph. D. in History from Florida State University.

Kevin Levin is an experienced and award-winning educator, author, and historian.

Kevin has a long history with the New Bedford Civil War Round Table and we are pleased to welcome him back. His two previous appearances featured his books, The Crater and Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth.

Kevin has turned his attention to scholarship on Robert Gould Shaw. March’s lecture will cover ground that has not been researched in the last 25 years.

This will be our first in-person meeting for the new year. Please consider bringing a friend and introduce them to Civil War history.

Edward Achorn is the author of Every Drop of Blood and The Lincoln Miracle.

It is March of 1865, the Civil War had slaughtered more than 700,000 Americans and left intractable wounds on the nation. After a rain-drenched fury, tens of thousands crowded Washington’s Capitol grounds to see Abraham Lincoln take the oath for a second term. As the sun emerged, Lincoln rose to give perhaps the greatest inaugural address in American history.

In indelible scenes, Achorn vividly captures the frenzy in the nation’s capital at this crucial moment in America’s history, soon to be heightened by Lincoln’s assassination.

Ed Achorn’s book, Every Drop of Blood, offers new understanding of our great national crisis and echoes down the decades to resonate in our own time.

Dan Vermilya is a Park Ranger at Eisenhower National Historic Site, Gettysburg, and author of That Field of Blood: The Battle of Antietam.

John C. Rodrigue is a Professor of History, Lawrence and Theresa Salameno Professor of History, at Stonehill College.

Dr. Rodrigue will discuss his latest book, Freedom’s Crescent: The Civil War and the Destruction of Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley. This geography is more than just a distinct part of the United States, it was central to the outcome of the Civil War and the destruction of slavery in the American South.

Beginning with Lincoln’s 1860 presidential election and concluding with the final ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, Freedom’s Crescent explores the four states of this region that seceded and joined the Confederacy: Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

John C. Rodrigue identifies the Lower Mississippi Valley as the epicenter of emancipation in the South. A sweeping examination of one of the war’s most important theaters, this book high-lights the integral role this region played in transforming United States history.