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Connecticut Goes to War:
The Fort Sumter Crisis and the Call to Arms,
with Dr. Walter Powell at the Gunn Museum
| Location: | Connecticut, United States |
| Lecture Date: | 2011-03-12 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2011-02-28 |
| Announcement ID: |
183441 |
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Dr. Walter L. Powell will present the lecture Connecticut Goes to War: The Fort Sumter Crisis and the Call to Arms at 2:30pm on Saturday March 12th in the Wykeham Room of the Gunn Memorial Library in Washington. His lecture will explore the political reaction to the Fort Sumter Crisis, the role of Connecticut Governor Buckingham and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles (a Connecticut native), and the efforts to mobilize the state for War after President Lincoln’s “Call For Volunteers” in April 1861. The Gunn Memorial Library and Museum’s year long commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War commences with this lecture. To learn more about their other commemoration events go to www.gunnlibrary.org.This event is free and open to the public. The Gunn Memorial Library and Museum is located at 5 Wykeham Road, at the intersection of Wykeham Road and Rt. 47, on Washington Green. Call the Museum at 860-868-7756 for more info.
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