2014 Illinois History Symposium

“Copperheads, Contraband, and the Rebirth of Freedom"

Booth Library

Eastern Illinois University

The Civil War,Part III:

The Civil War,Part III:

March 27-28, 2014March 27-28, 2014

Register online at http://www.eiu.edu/adulted/ISHS.phpor call 217-581-5114 for more information

Sponsored by The Illinois State Historical

Society, Booth Library,

the History Department at EIU, the Coles County Historical

Society, and

The Illinois State GenealogicalSociety.

The Civil War, Part III:

TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM (All meals extra)(If registered by February 15. After February 16, add $10)

ISHS Members $40 ($45 after February 16, etc.)Non-members $45 ($50 after February 16 EIU Students FreeEIU Alumni (With ID) $40

ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM (All meals extra)(Thursday or Friday)If registered by February 15. After February 16, add $10)

ISHS Members $30 (After February 16, add $5)Non-members $35EIU Students FreeEIU Alumni (With ID) $30

Number of registrants ________

Which Day(s)? � Thursday � Friday

SUBTOTAL $ ___________

MEALS (Extra)

LUNCH THURSDAY....................................... $20 MEMBERS LUNCH FRIDAY............................................... $15 MEMBERS For meal rates (including banquet) you must be registered by March 1; Walk-ins and late registration add $5 per each meal)

BANQUET THURSDAY EVENING ............. $50

TOTAL WITH MEALS ADDED $ ______________

A BLOCK OF ROOMS HAS BEEN SET ASIDE AT UNIQUESUITES, CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS, FOR ISHS SYMPOSIUMPARTICIPANTS. Call 217-348-8161 TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS.

2014 Illinois History Symposium

March 27-28, 2014Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois

REGISTRATION FORM

The Civil War, Part III:“Copperheads, Contraband, and the Rebirth of Freedom"

Eastern Illinois UniversityEIU History Department

Booth LibraryIllinois State Genealogical Society

University of Illinois PressThe Coles County Historical SocietyThe Illinois State Historical Society

Thanks to our Symposium SponsorsThanks to our Symposium Sponsors

Thursday, March 27thRegistration/Vendors Open (7:45-8:30)

Session I (8:30-10:15) Edgar RoomContentious Repertoires: Resistance on the Civil WarHome Front‘The Movements of the Copperheads in Egypt’:The Army and Dissent in Civil War Illinois-Keith Altavilla, Rowan Postdoctoral Fellow, United StatesMilitary Academy

For Cause, Community, and Kin: ContextualizingFurloughed Soldiers’ Violence on the CentralIllinois Home Front-Jason Miller, MetriTech, Inc., Champaign, IL

Soldiers of Long Odds: Confederate OperativesCombat the United States from Within- Stephen A. Thompson, Intrepid Consulting Services, Mattoon, IL

Chair:

Comment: Dan Monroe, Associate Professor, Department ofHistory, Millikin University

Session II (8:30-10:15)Library Conference Room:Contentious Repertoires: Partisan Politics in the PrairieState“‘Illinois is Rotten with Traitors!’: The 1862Election in Illinois”-Bruce Allardice, Professor, Department of History, SouthSuburban College

“Pivotal Presidential Elections in Civil RightsHistory: Comparing 1864 and 1964”-Nicole L. Anslover, Assistant Professor, Department of History,Indiana University Northwest

“Illinois and the 13th and 14th Amendments to theConstitution,”-Philip A. Grant, Jr., Professor of History Emeritus, PACEUniversity, Bronxville, New York

Chair: Comment: Christopher Olsen, Professor, Department ofHistory, Indiana State University

Session III (8:30-10:15)Northwest Reading RoomSpotlight on TeachingIllinois Agricultural History, 1860s to the Present:Existing Sources, New Delivery Methods, andFuture Research- Deb Reid, Professor, Department of History, Eastern IllinoisUniversity- Robert Warren, Curator of Anthropology, Illinois State Museum

ChairComment: Laura Milsk Fowler, Associate Professor,Department of History, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Coffee Break & Exhibit Viewing(10:15-10:30)

Session IV (10:30-12:00)Library Conference RoomSpotlight on TeachingDigital Humanities and Illinois History: DigitizedDatabases of Primary Sources

- James Willaert, M.A. Candidate, Historical AdministrationProgram, Department of History, EIU- Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowska, Assistant Professor,Department of History, EIU- Aaron M. Lisec, Research Specialist, Special CollectionsResearch Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale

Chair: Comment: Newton Key, Professor, Department of History, EIU

Session V (10:30-12:00) Edgar RoomSpotlight on TeachingThe Global Civil War: Teaching the American CivilWar From a Transoceanic Perspective

- Amy Powers, Assistant Professor, Waubonsee CommunityCollege- Timothy Dean Draper, Associate Professor, WaubonseeCommunity College

Chair:Comment: Charles Titus, Professor, Department of History,Eastern Illinois University

2014 Illinois History Symposium Program

Lunch 12:00-1:45

** State of Illinois Museums Luncheon

Session VI (1:45-3:15)Northwest Reading Room:Lincoln’s Copperhead Opponents: BiographicalExplorations“The Rev. Rumsey Smithson’s Civil War: OneCopperhead Preacher’s Illinois Experience”- Bryon Andreasen, Curator of Church History, LDS Church, SaltLake City, UT

“A Copperhead in Quincy Goes to Washington:Senator William A. Richardson”- Shawn Hale, M.A. Candidate, Department of History, EasternIllinois University

“Wilbur F. Storey: How One Man ImpactedChicago News, the Civil War and the FirstAmendment”- Nancy Schumm, Schumm Consulting LLC, Lake Barrington, IL

Chair: Comment: Erik B. Alexander, Assistant Professor, Departmentof History, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Session VII (1:45-3:15)Library Conference Room:The Private/Public Civil War: Representing Illinois’s War inLetters and in Art“‘Keep It Secret’: Privacy, the Sanctity of the Mail,and Networks of Information as Seen in theLetters of Civil War Soldiers”- Bao Bui, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University ofIllinois Urbana-Champaign

“Juliette Kinzie’s Civil War”- Ann Durkin Keating, Professor, Department of History, NorthCentral College

“Roosters in the Henhouse: Suspicion and Shamein David Gilmour Blythe’s Civil War –Era Art”- Dana Ostrander, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art History,University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

ChairComment: Margaret Storey, Associate Professor, Departmentof History, DePaul University

Coffee Break and Exhibit Viewing(3:15-3:30)

Session VIII: Plenary (3:30-5:15)Rethinking Civil War Dissent in the MidwestOliver P. Morton and the Northwest Conspiracy�

- A. James Fuller, Professor, Department of History, University ofIndianapolis

Detectives and Secret Agents: Military IntelligenceOperations in Illinois during the Civil War

- Stephen E. Towne, Associate University Archivist, IndianaUniversity-Purdue University Indianapolis

The Loyalty Issue in Illinois and the Midwest: PastInterpretations and New Directions

- Thomas E. Rodgers, Instructor of History, Department ofHistory, University of Southern Indiana

Chair/Comment: Nicole Etcheson, Alexander M. BrackenProfessor, Department of History, Ball State University

Symposium Banquet

6:00 Social hour, 7:00 Banquet, 8:00Guest Speaker: Dr. Brian Dolinar

Dr. Brian Dolinar is a scholar ofAfrican-American literature andculture from the Depression era.He is the author of The BlackCultural Front: Black Writers andArtists of the Depression Generation(University Press of Mississippi,2012) and editor of The Negro inIllinois: The WPA Papers (Universityof Illinois Press, 2013). He completed his Ph.D. in CulturalStudies at Claremont Graduate University in 2005. Hecurrently teaches in the Department of History at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has taughta variety of classes in ethnic studies, education, U.S. his-tory, composition, and literature. His writings haveappeared in African American Review, Langston HughesReview, Southern Quarterly, and Studies in American Humor.

Friday, March 28Registration & Vendor Opening(8:00-8:45 a.m.)Booth Library

Session IX (8:45-10:30)Northwest Reading RoomFive Score and Fifty Years Ago Today – Remembering andRemixing the Charleston Copperhead RiotIndividual and Collective Memory and theCharleston Riot, 1870s-present

- Alex Gillespie, M.A. Candidate, Department of History,EIU- Michael Ludwinski, M.A. Candidate, Department ofHistory, EIU- Alex Scalise, undergraduate student, Department ofHistory, EIU- Amy Wywialowski, undergraduate student, Departmentof History, EIU

ChairComment: Robert D. Sampson, Department of History, MillikinUniversity

Session X: (8:45-10:30)Library Conference RoomSpotlight on Genealogy and the Civil War Following the 10th Illinois Infantry- Jane C. Haldeman, President, Illinois State GenealogicalSociety

Civil War Military Records- Janice A. Fritsch, PLCGS, Sandwich, IL

Researching Contraband Camps- Tony Burroughs, CEO, Center for Black Genealogy

Chair:Comment:

Coffee Break and Exhibit Viewing(10:30-10:45)

Session XI (10:45-12:15)Edgar Room:Fighting for Freedom & Union: The Soldiers’ War“Defending Lincoln and Emancipation: ReverendFrancis Springer Presents his Case to Soldiers ofthe First Arkansas Infantry (Union)”- William Furry, Executive Director, Illinois State HistoricalSociety, Springfield

The Chicago Light Artillery at Vicksburg- Bjorn Skaptason, Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Chicago

"A Regiment of Coppersheads? The 128th IllinoisVolunteer Infantry Goes to War,"-Gillum Ferguson, J.D., Retired lawyer, author, and independentscholar, Naperville, Illinois.

ChairComment: Robert I. Girardi, Board of Editors, Journal of theIllinois State Historical Society, Chicago; Chicago Civil WarRoundtable

Session XII (10:45-12:15)Northwest Reading RoomLegacies of Freedom: Race and Society in post-Civil WarIllinoisWhite Agrarian Writers and the Construction ofBlackness in Rural Illinois, 1870s-1900s - Philip Mohr, Curator of Collections and Interpretation, DesPlaines History Center

“Is Your Neighbor A Kluxer?”: Race, RuralMigrants, and the Ku Klux Klanin 1920s Chicago- Mike Swinford, Ph.D Candidate, Department of History,University of Illinois Chicago

Chair:Comment: Matthew Holden, Jr., Wepner DistinguishedProfessor in Political Science, University of IllinoisSpringfield

Session XIII (10:45-12:15)Library Conference RoomLegacies of Freedom: “Pray for the Dead and Fight LikeHell for the Living”: Preserving the History of IllinoisLabor

The Mother Jones Memorial, Mt. Olive, IL- Rosemary Feurer, Professor, Department of History, NorthernIllinois University

The Illinois Labor History Society- Thomas Suhrbur, Illinois Education Association

Oral History and Illinois Workers- Michael Matejka, Laborers Local 362

Chair: Edmund Wehrle, Professor, Department of History,Eastern Illinois UniversityComment: Nora Pat Small, Professor, Department of History,Eastern Illinois University

Lunch 12:15-1:45

Getting Published in IllinoisHeritage and Journal of the IllinoisState Historical Society Luncheon

Session XIV (1:45-3:30)Library Conference RoomThe Political Culture of Antebellum Free Blacks in Illinois‘A Strong Deep Commitment to Resist’: African-American Church and School Formation inAntebellum Illinois- Jennifer Harbour, Assistant Professor, Department of BlackStudies, University of Nebraska Omaha

Missing Voices: Blacks at the Charleston Lincoln-Douglas Debate- Charles R. Foy, Assistant Professor, Department of History, EIU

ChairComment: John R. McKivigan, Professor, Department ofHistory, IUPUI

Coffee Break and Exhibit Viewing(3:15-3:30)

Session XV (1:45-3:30) Edgar RoomThe Politics of Slavery and War in Illinois

Good Government and Universal Liberty: TheStruggle over Slavery in Eastern Illinois- Richard Chrisman, Bloomington, IL

Elijah P. Lovejoy, Anti-Catholic Abolitionist- John Duerk, Assistant Professor, Department of PoliticalScience, Lone Star College – CyFair Campus

Politically Divided, Patriotically United: Quincy,Illinois Views the “Ninety-Days” War - Kara Batts, M.A. Candidate, Department of History, EasternIllinois University

Chair: Comment: Donovan Weight, Department of History, Universityof Southern Indiana

Session XVI (3:45-5:15) Plenary

Reconciling and Reuniting the Nation: HowAmericans Have Remembered the Civil WarCaroline Janney, Associate Professor, Department of History,Purdue University

Chair: Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz, Assistant Professor,Department of History, EIU

Comment:TBA

Harold HolzerCharleston Riot Keynote Speaker

World-renowned Lincoln scholar HaroldHolzer will be the guest speaker for theCharleston Riot Commemoration banquet onSaturday evening, March 29 from 5-10 p.m. atthe Charleston Moose Lodge. Tickets are $30each. The Illinois State Historical Society hasreserved two tables at this event (10 seats pertable) and the tickets are first-come, first-serveto those who make reservations on or beforeMarch 1. After March 1st you must makereservations through the RecreationDepartment in City Hall, 520 East Jackson Ave,Charleston, Illinois.

“Mattoon's Union Agriculture Fairgrounds and Civil War Camp Grant.” Illinois State Historical Marker dedication, Saturday, March 28, 2 p.m.

Mattoon's former Union Agriculture Fairgrounds. Please join us in commemorating a significant landmark in Coles County history.

Friday- March 28, 20143:00 pm Event kick off, with wreath laying at the site of

the Charleston Riot marker on the square bydescendants of participants. If you are a descen-dant, please contact us and let us know if youwill be present (annewc615@aol.com)

Civil War Encampment begins.*

7:30 pm Original Play, “A Question of Loyalty” written for the event by Earl Halbe Charleston Christian Church, 411 Jackson Ave.

Geocaching

Saturday- March 29, 20148:00 am Union Soldiers begin march from Sarah Bush

Lincoln North parking lot to the Coles CountyFairgrounds.

9:00 am Square activities beginFood and Craft vendors open on the square.Shuttle bus service begins from Fairgrounds to sitesOld Time Medicine Show throughout the day:Sandford Lee presents Professor Farquar Historical Tours of the Charleston SquareCharleston Courthouse and TunnelPeriod Music throughout the day, at the Gazeboon the NW corner of 6th and Monroe Tin Type Photography

Historical Tours of Old City and MoundCemeteries, where participants are buried.Illinois State Genealogical Society will be thereto answer the question for you, “was my ancestorin the Civil War?”

9:30 am 5K and 2 Mile Fun Walk “Reflections of the Riot”Register Online or Print a registration form.

10:00 am-4:00 pm Historic House Tour

821 Monroe, built in 1836 by Charles Morton106 Harrison, built in 1864 by Robert Hodgen. 200 Harrison, built in 1870’s 948 Sixth Street, built in 1863 by Colonel J.A.Connelly. Connelly was a member of the honorguard at the funeral of President Lincoln. Helater was elected to the Illinois State Legislatorand was appointed U.S. District Attorney forSouthern IL895 Seventh Street, built in 1892 by Charles D.Mitchell, well known Charleston architect. TheQueen Anne style home is on the NationalRegister of Historic Places

11:00 am Troops arrival at the Coles County Fairgroundsgreeted by 33rd Illinois Volunteer RegimentBand, “President Lincoln” Joe Woodard andCongressman John Shimkus

12:00 pm “A Visit With Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln” For children at the Charleston Public LibraryMr. and Mrs. B.F. McClerren present

12:30-4:30 pm Speakers series at the Coles County Courthouse

Charleston Riot 150th Anniversary(These events will be held in conjunction with the 2014 Illinois History Symposium,

but are sponsored by the 150th Anniversary of the Charleston Riot Committee. For specific information on these events go to: www.charlestonillinoisriot.org)

12:30 pm Courtroom #1 Room #296 Guy Fraker author of “Lincoln’s Ladder to thePresidency” Presents: “Lincoln, Linder andFicklin:Law and Politics”

1:30-2:30 Courtroom #3 Room #242 Michael Kleen author of “Tales of Coles County”

2:30-3:30 Courtroom #1 Room #296R. Eden Martin author and descendant ofCongressman John R. Eden

3:30-4:30 Courtroom #3 Room #242Trial and Tribulations the Matsen Slave Trials

Book signings by Lincoln/Coles County History authors throughout the day at Pensees Bookshop on the square

1:00-2:30 pm 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band performs

at the Gazebo corner of 6th and Monroe

Civil War Encampment continues

5:00 pm Activities on the square close

5:00-10:00 pm Charleston Riot Dinner $30.00

The Charleston Moose Lodge Keynote Speaker: Harold Holzer, Lincoln Scholar Get your tickets online or at the RecreationDepartment in City Hall, 520 Jackson Ave,Charleston, IL.

Entertainment by The 33rd Illinois VolunteerRegimental Band; Introductions by PresidentLincoln (Joe Woodard)

Sunday March 30, 20149:00 am Cemetery and Square Tours continue

Vendors around the squarePeriod MusicSandford Lee presents, Professor Farquar andPole Cat Annie

12:00-2:45 pm Speakers series at Charleston Public Library

prior to Charleston Riot ReenactmentSpeakers: Dr. Bob Sampson, Author and HistorianDr. John Scott Parkinson, Assistant Professor ofHistory, Ball State UniversityDr. Robert Sterling, Retired Professor of History, Eastern Ilinois University Harold Holzer, Senior VP of External Affairs forthe Metropolitan Museum of Art New York,Lincoln Scholar and author of “How AbrahamLincoln Ended Slavery in America”

3:00 pm Live Reenactment of The Charleston Illinois Riot

*Are you interested in joining The Civil War Encampment?

Contact Western Federal Blues

Encampment Schedule March 29-30, 2014 Visitors welcome to view activities Saturday:0600 Revelry0700 Depart for trip to Mattoon0900 Step off from Mattoon Armory for march to

Charleston1100 Arrival at Coles County Fairgrounds1200 Mess Call1300 Battalion Drill- company drill1430 Guard Mounts1700 Dress Parade1830 Supper Call2030 Tatoo

Sunday:0700 Revelry0800 Breakfast Call1030 Church Service1200 Mess Call1300 Nap sack inspection1500 Charleston IL Riot on Courthouse Square

If you are a descendant of a participant, we would like tohear from you. Please contact

Ann Winkler Hinrichs @ Annewc615@aol.com Please join our Facebook Page

The Charleston Riot

Several activities with the Charleston Riot re-enact-ment will be staged on the grounds of the ColesCounty Courthouse. Photo by Joey Phoenix.