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- Oct. 8, 2009 -- New lecture series established; will bring Civil War historians to Blacksburg, Roanoke
- August 2008 -- Louisiana State University Press has published John Washington's Civil War: A Slave Narrative, edited and with notes by Virginia Tech Professor of History Crandall Shifflett.
- July 21, 2008 -- VCCWS director to be featured on "With Good Reason"
- August 24, 2007 -- Robertson's radio commentary on Civil War ends after 14 years.
- October 12, 2007 -- State commission awards grant to Virginia Tech's Civil War center.
- August 4, 2006 -- Robertson appointed to state Civil War commission.
- April 21, 2005 -- Virginia Tech to host seventh "Conference on Women and the Civil War."
- July 22, 2003 -- Teachers from across country flock to Virginia Tech to learn how to teach Civil War History.
- June 11, 2003 -- "Campaigning with Lee," the oldest summer Civil War seminar in the country, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in June.
- Feb. 21, 2003 -- Official artist of "Gods and Generals" visits campus.
- Jan. 30, 2003 -- Virginia Tech Special Collections receives confederate cavalryman "Jeb" Stuart materials.
- Jan. 22, 2003 -- "Gods & Generals" director/producer will present movie clips and answer questions in visit to Virginia Tech.
- Nov. 12, 2002 -- Virginia schools receive classroom guide for teaching Civil War.
- Oct. 9, 2002 -- Booksigning scheduled for two new Civil War books; one making national debut.
- Jul. 29, 2002 -- Virginia Tech professor receives honorary degree, delivers commencement address at Shenandoah University.
- Nov. 1, 2001 -- As part of its chief goal to educate the nation’s young about the Civil War, Virginia Tech’s Virginia Center for Civil War Studies has distributed a two-volume video set, West Virginia as a Child of the Civil War, to every elementary and middle school and to every library in West Virginia.
- Oct. 5, 2001 -- When James I. Robertson answered the phone and heard someone say, "Hello, Dr. Robertson. This is Robert Duvall," Robertson's first thought was "Oh, right, and I'm the king of...." But as he listened to the familiar voice that started asking him about the character of Robert E. Lee in the film-in-progress "Gods and Generals," Robertson realized he really was talking to one of the actors he admired most.
- Aug. 31, 2001 -- James I. Robertson Jr., historical consultant for the movie "Gods & Generals," now being shot in Lexington, Va., and executive director of Virginia Tech's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, will be the featured speaker at a social and dinner at the Nansemond-Suffolk Academy Cafetorium.
- March 10, 2001 -- Sandra C. Cupp, widow of prominent Blacksburg businessman Patrick D. Cupp, has created a charitable trust in excess of $1 million at Virginia Tech, half designated for the university's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and the remainder for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in recognition of her late husband.
- Nov. 2, 2000 -- Internationally acclaimed historical artist Mort Künstler visited Virginia Tech to sign a special Virginia Tech limited edition print of his latest painting "The Winds of Winter: Jackson's Romney Campaign January 1862."
- May 5, 2000 -- William C. Davis, an award-winning author of numerous books on the American Civil War and a nationally noted consultant on the period, will join the Virginia Tech faculty as director of programs for the university's new Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.
- April 26, 2000 -- Greystone Communications, an award-winning production company based in North Hollywood, will produce two videos on West Virginia as a Child of the Civil War for Virginia Tech's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.
- April 18, 2000 -- Virginia Tech's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies will produce two videos about West Virginia as a Child of the Civil War with a grant from the Hugh I. Shott Jr. Foundation, an independent foundation that supports secondary and higher education, historic preservation, the arts, community development, and health in West Virginia and Virginia.
- April 5, 2000 -- From traumatic injuries and widespread infection to epidemics and hygiene, the American Civil War was the spawning ground for a number of modern medical practices. One hundred fifty-five physicians from Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, Indiana, and Louisiana gathered in Roanoke to examine the influence of the mid-1800s conflict on their profession.
- April 21, 1999 -- Fifth-grade students at Gilbert Linkous Elementary School in Blacksburg spent time raking leaves, pulling weeds, planting flowers, babysitting, washing cars, and doing other odd jobs to raise money for Virginia Tech's proposed Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.
- March 12, 1999 -- Building on the reputation of nationally renowned Civil War historian James I. Robertson Jr. and a massive collection of Civil War books, Virginia Tech announced that it has initiated a $3-million fund drive to establish the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.
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