Join us for the Civil War Speaker Series as guest lecturer Dr. Lindsay Rae Smith Privette of Anderson University brings history to life with “Bodies on the Brink: The Surgeon’s Dilemma and the Vicksburg Campaign.” This event is open to the public and no registration is required.

Privette's presentation will explore the role that surgeons played in the Vicksburg campaign, a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, MS.

The Civil War Speaker Series furthers the College of Arts and Sciences' mission of fostering the development of knowledge and skills essential to continued learning, as well as cultivating habits of inquiry. The U.S. Civil War is perhaps the most popular American history topic among the general public — judging by book sales, TV programs and internet searches. These speakers allow the campus community and the greater community to learn more about current historical interpretations as well as expose them to new and creative ways of understanding the war and its aftermath.

Learn more at history.appstate.edu/events/civil-war-speaker-series.