{"id":6831,"date":"2012-05-16T16:16:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T20:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=6831"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:12:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:12:47","slug":"university-hosts-civil-war-historians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/05\/university-hosts-civil-war-historians\/","title":{"rendered":"University hosts Civil War historians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>From the Chickamauga Battlefields to Signal Point to the National Cemetery, Chattanooga\u2019s rich history made it the perfect place for Civil War historians to gather to discuss research and see the historical sites firsthand.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The group, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/05\/9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" data-attachment-id=\"6832\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/05\/university-hosts-civil-war-historians\/wtha2012-17\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/05\/9.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"840,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T1i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Western Theater Historians Association\\nUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga\\nFriday, 11 May 2012&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1336750942&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;WTHA2012 - 17&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WTHA2012 &amp;#8211; 17\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Members of the Western Theater Historians Association visiting campus&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/05\/9.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6832\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/05\/9-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/05\/9-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/05\/9.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>, was co-founded in 1998 by Drs. John Marszalek and Michael Ballard. Its purpose is to provide historians an informal way to share information and ideas. Each spring, the group holds a conference that includes a day of discussion and another day of sightseeing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our second time hosting this conference. Historians from all over the country come to this conference, so it\u2019s helped the University establish ties with researchers, authors, and academics interested in the Civil War,\u201d Dr. Kit Rushing, Associate Dean for the UTC College of Arts and Sciences and Interim Head for the Department of History, said.<\/p>\n<p>Chattanooga has multiple significant landmarks related to the Civil War. The Battle of Chattanooga, a turning point in the war, took place on Missionary Ridge, a steep ridge located about 20 miles from the city. Craven House, located on the top of Lookout Mountain, served as a lookout and headquarters for both Union and Confederate soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>The Chickamauga Battlefield, located just minutes from downtown, has monuments dedicated to the soldiers who fought in the Battle of Chickamauga there. The group toured several of those areas, including the Chattanooga National Cemetery, Orchard Knob, and Missionary Ridge<\/p>\n<p>According to Rushing, the Civil War\u2019s importance in U.S. history cannot be overstated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA quote from author Shelby Foote best sums it up, \u2018The Civil War is when the U.S. became a singular instead of a plural noun.\u2019 That change in philosophy had a profound impact on what we\u2019ve become in the 20<sup>th<\/sup> and 21<sup>st<\/sup> centuries. It changed our lives. 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