This session will focus on the wars that came immediately before and after the Civil War and the changing character of war as it was fought over the course of the nineteenth century, placing a particular emphasis on the experience of the soldiers who fought at Gettysburg and speaking to the way emerging technologies and evolving tactics affected the way the war was experienced on the ground and how the repercussions of the war affected the lives of survivors.

Facilitator: Dr. Ian Isherwood, Associate Professor of War & Memory Studies at Gettysburg College