2011 Signature Conference "Military Strategy in the American Civil War" Dr. James I. Robertson, Conference Chair $25.00 + S/H *Shipping and Handling calculated at checkout Qty Order by mail Military Strategy in the American Civil War Edited by James I. Robertson Hard cover, 130 pages $23.95 + S/H *Shipping and Handling calculated at checkout Qty Order by mail

The third annual Signature Conference, Military Strategy in the American Civil War, was held in May 2011 at Virginia Tech and featured renowned Civil War historians discussing military strategy.

Panel I: Military Strategy in the American Civil War

James I. Robertson, Jr.
America as a Battleground

Dennis E. Frye
Harpers Ferry: The Spark for War

Richard J. Sommers
The U.S. Army and Military Thinking in 1861

Panel II: The Eastern Theater

Richard J. Sommers
Union Strategy in the Eastern Theater, 1861-1862

Gary W. Gallagher
Union Strategic Thinking in 1863

Joseph T. Glatthaar
Union and Confederate Final Strategy, 1864-1865

Panel III: The Western Theater

William C. Davis
Military Affairs in the West, 1861-1862

Richard M. McMurry
Confederate Fiasco in the West, 1863

Steven E. Woodworth
The Western Theater, 1864-1865

Panel IV: Forgotten Elements of the Civil War

J. M. Bowen
Horses--the Other Casualty of War

William C. Davis
At War with the Elements: Weather in the Civil War

James I. Robertson, Jr.
The Forgotten Element of Water