E. Warren Perry, Jr.

Recent lecture by Warren Perry at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, GA

On Thursday, November 13, 2014, Warren Perry spoke at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia, in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition An Artist's Story: Civil War Drawings by Edwin Forbes. The lecture, entitled "Guns, Horses, Uniforms, and More Guns: Themes of American Civil War Visual Culture," discussed some of the general material and visual culture of the Civil War and specifically the battlefield drawings of artist Edwin Forbes, whose work will be on display at the Morris Museum of Art until February 15, 2015.

 

Battle of Cedar Creek Lecture will air on CSPAN November 1

Warren Perry's recent Civil War lecture, "The Battle for Cedar Creek: Crossroads in the Fight for the Shenandoah Valley," which he gave at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC on September 16, will air tonight, November 1, 2014, on CSPAN-3 at 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm EDT. 

The lecture was sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates and the National Park Service to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle. 

For the link to the CSPAN video page, click here.