Conference Schedule
Friday 10/12/2018
8:00 AM – Open/Registration
9:45 AM – Welcoming Remarks
10:00 AM – The Confederate Surgeons General presented by Guy R. Hasegawa, Pharm.D.
11:00 AM – Vaccination Pure and Spurious: The Confederate Vaccination Crisis of the Civil War presented by Dr. Robert Hicks
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM – Lunch
1:15 PM – The Army of Northern Virginia’s Medical Corps in the Gettysburg Campaign presented by Kevin Pawlak
2:15 PM – Revealing the Chaos and Carnage of the Hospitals of First Manassas presented by Paige Gibbons Backus
3:15 PM – Break
3:30 PM – Modern-Day Military Medicine presented by CAPT Frank K. Butler, MD, US Navy (Ret.) – Winner of the 10th Annual Jonathan Letterman Award
4:30 PM – Trying to Cure Cowardice presented by Dr. Peter Carmichael
5:30 PM – End of Day 1
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM – Happy House with Staff
Saturday, 10/13/2018
7:30 AM – Open
8:30 AM – After Letterman: The Army of the Potomac’s Medical Department in the Overland Campaign presented by Jake Wynn
9:30 AM – Flowers to Pharmaceuticals: Lessons from a 19th Century Medicinal Garden presented by Greg Susla, Pharm.D.
10:30 AM – Break
10:45 AM – “The Suffering We Get Used To:” Sensory History and Civil War Nurses presented by Melissa DeVelvis
11:45 AM – Break & Box Lunch
12:30 PM – Load Bus at Gettysburg Hotel
1:00 PM – Arrive at Seminary Ridge Museum
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Guided Tour of the Seminary Ridge Museum
5:00 PM – Optional Walking/Pub Tour
Sunday, 10/14/2018
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM – Meet and load bus
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM – Travel to Gettysburg Battlefield
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Battlefield Tour with Wayne Motts of the National Civil War Museum
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM – Travel back to Gettysburg Hotel
1:30 PM – Thank yous and good-byes