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2025-26 Year in Review

As we wrap up the 2025-26 academic year, we want to share with you all of the exciting recent events from the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. This year we sponsored several free guest lectures from prominent Civil War historians, hosted more than 100 attendees at the annual Civil War Weekend (a tradition for more than 30 years) and presented a Civil War history program to more than 400 fourth-grade and fifth-grade students across the New River Valley. 

Dr. Stuart Marshall speaking at a podium.
Dr. Stuart Marshall presenting a free lecture on Civil War history as part of our speaker series.
Virginia Tech graduate students Sterling Bryant and Madison Smith speaking to a fourth-grade class.
Virginia Tech graduate students presenting the Traveling Trunk to a fourth-grade class.
A cannon facing the ocean at a Civil War site in South Carolina.
Spring Campaign 2026 attendees touring a Civil War site in South Carolina.

We also funded research grants for visiting Civil War scholars, funded paid summer internship programs for Virginia Tech students studying Civil War history, and led a tour of Civil War sites in South Carolina. 

You can view videos of our recent events on YouTube and C-SPAN. And if you are in Southwest Virginia, check out our newly-updated Civil War Driving Tour with several 2026 additions. 

Stay tuned for 2026-27 programming news coming soon! 

A man playing a fiddle.
Geoff White played Civil War-era songs at a VCCWS event in 2026.
A group of people standing in front of the ruins of an 1800s church.
A Virginia Tech tour of Civil War ruins in South Carolina in 2026.
Man dressed as General U.S. Grant.
Dr. Curt Fields as General U.S. Grant.
Virginia Tech professor Kurt Luther speaking at a podium
Virginia Tech professor Kurt Luther
Dr. Margaret Humphreys signing a book
Dr. Margaret Humphreys signing a book for an attendee.
Large bronze sculpture sitting outside and covered in engraved names.
Memorial honoring enslaved people connected to Roanoke College, dedicated in 2025 and added to our Civil War Driving Tour this year.
Fourteen foot tall monument with a bronze sculpture of a USCT soldier.
Fourteen foot tall monument with a bronze sculpture of a USCT soldier, standing in Rocky Mount and added to our Civil War Driving Tour this year.
A historical marker on the Smithfield property
A historical marker on the Smithfield property, recently installed and added to our Civil War Driving Tour this year.

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Save the date for    Civil War Weekend!

Civil War Weekend 2027 will be March 19-21, 2027, at the Inn at Virginia Tech. Click HERE to book your room today! 

CWW 2026 attendees enjoying a break.
CWW 2026 attendees enjoying a break.
CWW 2026 speaker Jonathan White speaking to a full room.
CWW 2026 speaker Jonathan White.
A women standing at a podium
Professor Margaret Humphreys speaking at CWW 2026.
People sitting at tables eating in a ballroom
CWW attendees enjoying a delicious meal at the Inn at VT in 2026.