The 10th annual Civil War Seminar, which is free and open to the public, will be held all day Saturday, Feb. 28

The 10th annual Civil War Seminar, which is free and open to the public, will be held all day Saturday, Feb. 28, in Orr Auditorium (room 132) of the Hull Education Center. This year's program is "Secret Missions and the Uncivil War." Presentations include "‘Gentlemen, You Have Played This Damned Well': the Execution of Confederate Spies Colonel William Orton Williams and Lieutenant Walter Gibson Peter," "Like the Crater of a Volcano: The Ordnance Wharf Explosion at City Point," "Sheridan's Scouts: Cheerfully going wherever ordered," "Black Flag Warfare: When Lincoln Tried to Kill Jefferson Davis (The Dahlgren Raid)," and "John S. Mosby and Partisan Warfare." The seminar, which begins at 9:35 a.m. (doors open at 9:15) and ends with a question and answer session at 3:30 p.m., is sponsored by Appomattox Court House National Historical Park; the Longwood Department of History, Political Science & Philosophy; and the Center for Southside Virginia History at Longwood. Parking is available on the Longwood campus except in 24-hour reserved spaces, handicapped or tow-away zones, and lunch is available in Dorrill Dining Hall. For more information, contact Dr. David Coles at (434) 395-2220 or Patrick Schroeder at (434) 352-8987, extension 32.