Sacred Trust Talks 2024 | Elizabeth R. Varon, Ph.D.

Reconsidering Longstreet: Gettysburg, Appomattox, New Orleans with Elizabeth R. Varon, Ph.D. --- General James Longstreet is remembered by many as a prominent Confederate general during the American Civil War. He also was reviled by generations of white Southerners as an apostate—both for criticizing the generalship of Robert E. Lee and becoming a Republican during Reconstruction. Varon's lecture focuses on his influential postwar political career and connects it to the perennial debates over his wartime record. Elizabeth R. Varon, Ph.D. is Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia and a member of the executive council of UVA's John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History. Varon grew up in northern Virginia. Her books include Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War, which won the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. Her most recent book is Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South (Simon & Schuster, 2023). Join us to commemorate the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg with Sacred Trust 2025 Talks & Book Signings at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center. Details to be announced in the spring of 2025. For more information, visit https://www.gettysburgfoundation.org/...