Third Annual Civil War Lecture Series to Feature Pulitzer-Prize Nominated Historian

John A. Logan College will host the third annual Civil War Lecture series on Wednesday, October 17 in the College's conference center. This year's event features noted Civil War Historian Dr. Steven Woodworth a professor of history at Texas Christian University and the author, co-author or editor of twenty-seven books. He is a two-time winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award of the New York Civil War Roundtable (for Jefferson Davis and His Generals and Davis and Lee at War), a Pulitzer-Prize nominee for Davis and Lee at War, a two-time finalist for the Peter Seaborg Award of the George Tyler Moore Center of the Study of the Civil War (for While God is Marching On and Nothing but Victory), and a winner of the Grady McWhiney Award for the Dallas Civil War roundtable for lifetime contributions to the study of Civil War history.

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and participants can register in advance at www.jalc.edu/cont_ed/ or at the event. For more information contact the office of Continuing Education, Ext. 8248 at one of the following numbers: CARTERVILLE AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY - 985-3741 (operator) or 985-2828 (direct extension access); CARBONDALE AND JACKSON COUNTY - 549-7335 (operator) or 457-7676 (direct extension access); DU QUOIN - 542-8612; WEST FRANKFORT - 937-3438; CRAB ORCHARD, GORHAM; AND TRICO AREAS - 1-800-851-4720; AND TTY (deaf and hard of hearing) - 985-2752.