U.S. Navy Memorial Hosts Educational Symposium to Highlight the 150th Anniversary of the Commencement of the Civil War:
The United States Navy Memorial is holding a symposium to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The U.S. Naval Institute and the U.S. Naval History &
Heritage Command will co-host the event, highlighting the U.S. Navy’s role in, and contributions to, the outcome of the war. The event will kick off with keynote speaker Craig Symonds, renowned author of award-winning books Lincoln and His Admirals and The Civil War at Sea, and will include historians and authors who can speak about the blockading efforts, riverine warfare, and the major sea battles of the four-year war. In addition, historic memorabilia and artifacts from the war will be on display.
The Civil War is perhaps the most studied war in the history of the United States. This war resulted in two outcomes that directly shaped the face of America as we know it: American slavery was abolished and the unity of our states was re-established, confirmed, and upheld. While the key land battles are taught in schools today, less attention is given to the Navy’s critical role in securing victory for the Union and the major naval technological advances made during that time.
(2) Keynote Address: "Civil War Navies: An Overview" -- Craig L. Symonds
The award-winning naval historian will provide an overview of the role of United States and Confederate naval forces in the Civil War.
Our keynote speaker, Dr. Craig L. Symonds is Professor Emeritus of History at the U.S. Naval Academy. The first person to win both the Naval Academy’s “Excellence in Teaching” award (1988) and its “Excellence in Research” award (1998), he also served as History Department chair from 1988 to 1992, and received the Department of the Navy’s Superior Civilian Service medal three times. He was Professor of Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island (1971-74) and at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England (1994-95).
Symonds is the author or editor of twenty-five books, including prize-winning biographies of Joseph E. Johnston (1992), Patrick Cleburne (1997), and Franklin Buchanan (1999), as well as The American Heritage History of the Battle of Gettysburg (2001). Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History, won the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize for Naval History in 2006. His 2008 book, Lincoln and His Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War, won the Barondess Prize, the Laney Prize, the Lyman Prize, the Lincoln Prize, and the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award. He also won the Nevins-Freeman Prize in 2009. His latest work is The Battle of Midway, which will be published by Oxford University Press in October 2011.
He and his wife Marylou live in Annapolis, Maryland. They have one son and one grandson.
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