24 Geology and the Civil War

Friday, 31 March 2017
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Potomac G

Presentations

• 1:20 PM
  GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
  Francis Galgano, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
  291573 (Symposia Sessions)
• 1:40 PM
  BAY, RIVER, AND VALLEY: HOW VIRGINIA'S GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY IMPACTED CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES IN THE CIVIL WAR
  Robert C. Whisonant, Radford University, Radford, VA
  289046 (Symposia Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  AN ANTICLINAL TRAP FOR THE UNION ARMY: HOW GEOLOGY INFLUENCED THE APPROACH TO THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA
  Stephen W. Henderson, Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, GA
  289913 (Symposia Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  STUART, CUSTER, KILPATRICK AND FARNSWORTH: TOPOGRAPHY, MILITARY GEOLOGY AND DRAMA OF THE EAST AND SOUTH CAVALRY FIELDS AT THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 3, 1863
  John C. Neubaum, Middletown, PA and Richard C. Keen, Middletown, PA and Jon D. Inners, Camp Hill, PA and Morgan B. Lee, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ
  289139 (Symposia Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONFEDERATE TEMPORARY COASTAL FORTIFICATIONS
  Scott P. Hippensteel, Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
  290687 (Symposia Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  A MODERN GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF COCKSPUR ISLAND AND FORT PULASKI, GA
  Clark Alexander, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA and Colby Peffer, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA
  291429 (Symposia Sessions)
• 3:40 PM
  HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: GEOLOGIC CONTEXT OF THE CAMP NELSON CIVIL WAR DEPOT IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  William Andrews, Kentucky Geological Survey, Univ of Ky, Lexington, KY
  290923 (Symposia Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  SCARPS, RIDGES, AND SWALES: THE ROLE OF COASTAL PLAIN GEOLOGY AT THE BATTLE OF GREEN SPRING, AMERICAN REVOLUTION
  Christopher M. Bailey, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA and C.R. Berquist, Williamsburg, VA
  289985 (Symposia Sessions)