February 6-7, 2001

Tuesday, February 6th

3 pm Union Small Auditorium, Starkville Campus

Documentary Film: "The Cause" by Ken Burns
Moderator: Professor Robert L. Jenkins
Panel:

• Nicki Walker Carroll
• James S. Robinson
• Edward J. Robinson
• All of Mississippi State University

7 pm Simrall Auditorium, Starkville Campus
(With interactive tv to Meridian Campus)

"The Civil War as Fought in the West, Was it Different?"
Russell Weigley
Temple University

Wednesday, February 7th

10 AM Simrall Auditorium, Starkville Campus

"The Confederate Military Effort in the West"
Craig L. Symonds
United States Naval Academy

10 AM Meridian Campus Auditorium

"Political Leaders and Their Impact on the Military Effort in the West"
Steven Woodworth
Texas Christian University

2 PM Simrall Auditorium, Starkville Campus

"The Union Military Effort in the West"
John Y. Simon
Southern Illinois University

2 PM Meridian Campus Auditorium

"The Role of the Trans-Mississippi Region on the Military Effort in the West"
Anne J. Bailey
Georgia College and State University

7:30 PM Simrall Auditorium, Starkville Campus
(With interactive tv to Meridian Campus auditorium)

"The Significance of the Western Theater in the Civil War"
Panel discussion
All five speakers

History Forum Committee: John F. Marszalek (chair), Michael B. Ballard, Ward Calhoun, Phillip Crenshaw, Bonnie Feig, Dennis J. Mitchell, Duffy Neubauer, Godfrey N. Uzoigwe

For further information, please contact John F. Marszalek at the phone number or e-mail address listed below.