Regiments of North Carolina
5th Civil War Symposium
Kinston, NC
March 1 - 3, 2007

Thursday, March 1, 2007

6:00 p.m. Opening reception for Exhibition of 19th Century Quilts and Handcrafts

Community Council for the Arts

400 N. Queen Street

Host: The Kinston Art Study Club


Friday, March 2, 2007

Cost: $20.00 per person

Dinner & Keynote Speaker

Community Council for the Arts

400 N. Queen St.

6:30 pm Social Hour with cash bar

Music: Huckleberry Players

7:00 p.m. Dinner

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Roy Heidicker, Wing Historian, Seymour-Johnson AFB

"Glory and Disaster at Gettysburg"

The 26th North Carolina Regiment


Saturday, March 3, 2007

Cost: $20.00

8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

8:30: Registration, Main Building, Lenoir Community College

8:45: Chris Bingham, Historian, Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia

History of the 27th North Carolina Regiment

9:30: Break

9:45: Dr. Roy Heidicker, Wing Historian, Seymour-Johnson AFB

History the 55th North Carolina Regiment

10:30: Break

10:45: Jennifer Wisener & Jan Tyler, Historians

Living on the Home Front

11:30: Break

11:45: Jeff Stepp, Historian

Homeguards and the Junior Reserves

12:30: Lunch on Site

1:00: Dr. Lonnie Blizzard & Reginald Stroud, Historians

History of the 61st North Carolina Regiment

1:45: Break

2:00: Dr. Donald Collins, author "Justice or Atrocity: The Real Story of the Hangings at Kinston"

2:45: Kelly Cauley, Historian

History of the 66th North Carolina Regiment

3:30: Drawing for the print of The Final Mission

Additional Information

Raffle tickets for print of Mort Kunstler's painting of The Final Mission will be available throughout the symposium.

C.E.U. credit available to teachers with employer's approval.