WLA/WHS – The American Civil War Series, Part II:

A Connecticut Focus – Dione Longley
Sunday, February 26, 4-5:30 pm at Wilton Library
In this second lecture of the annual collaboration between the Wilton Library and the Wilton Historical Society focusing on the American Civil War, Part II, Dione Longley will discuss the role of Women in the Civil War. She includes many quotations from the women themselves–their letters and diaries–as well as from the soldiers. She prefers to use real stories about specific people to illustrate the points she is emphasizing, and as she puts it, ”And boy, are there a lot of great stories.” Ms. Longley graduated from Wesleyan in 1982. She worked in the curatorial department of the Connecticut Historical Society and for two decades was the director of the Middlesex County Historical Society in Middletown. She recently annotated The Old Leather Man (Wesleyan University Press), and she is writing a book on Connecticut in the Civil War with Peter A. “Buck” Zaidel. Reception following the talk. No charge, but donations are always welcomed. Series sponsored by Wilton Bank. Series hosts-Louise Herot and Greg Chann. Program sponsored by Nancy Pantoliano. The moderator is Max Gabrielson. Registration essential. The remaining lectures are as follows – please note location of each lecture: March 4 at the Wilton Historical Society-“Connecticut’s African-American Soldiers” – David Koch; March 18 at the Wilton Library-“The Artist in the Civil War” – Don Troiani.