Southeastern Section - 66th Annual Meeting - 2017

Session No. 24
Friday, 31 March 2017: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Potomac G (Omni Richmond Hotel)

S4. Geology and the Civil War

 

Robert C. Whisonant and Stephen W. Henderson, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:20 PM
GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
GALGANO, Francis, Geography and the Environment, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085, francis.galgano@villanova.edu, francis.galgano@villanova.edu
1:40 PM
BAY, RIVER, AND VALLEY: HOW VIRGINIA'S GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY IMPACTED CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES IN THE CIVIL WAR
WHISONANT, Robert C., Geology, Radford University, Department of Geology, PO Box 6939, Radford, VA 24142, rwhisona@radford.edu, rwhisona@radford.edu
2:00 PM
AN ANTICLINAL TRAP FOR THE UNION ARMY: HOW GEOLOGY INFLUENCED THE APPROACH TO THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA
HENDERSON, Stephen W., Geology, Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, GA 30014, shender@emory.edu, shender@emory.edu
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
NEUBAUM, John C., Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057, KEEN, Richard C., Pennsylvania Geological Survey (retired), 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057, INNERS, Jon D., Pennsylvania Geological Survey (retired), 1915 Columbia Avenue, Camp Hill, PA 17011 and LEE, Morgan B., Department of Geology, Stockton University, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205, jneubaum@pa.gov, jneubaum@pa.gov
2:40 PM
SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONFEDERATE TEMPORARY COASTAL FORTIFICATIONS
HIPPENSTEEL, Scott P., Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, shippens@uncc.edu, shippens@uncc.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
3:20 PM
A MODERN GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF COCKSPUR ISLAND AND FORT PULASKI, GA
ALEXANDER, Clark, University of Georgia, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and PEFFER, Colby, University of Georgia, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA, clark.alexander@skio.uga.edu, clark.alexander@skio.uga.edu
3:40 PM
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: GEOLOGIC CONTEXT OF THE CAMP NELSON CIVIL WAR DEPOT IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY
ANDREWS Jr., William, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining & Mineral Resources Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, wandrews@uky.edu, wandrews@uky.edu
4:00 PM
SCARPS, RIDGES, AND SWALES: THE ROLE OF COASTAL PLAIN GEOLOGY AT THE BATTLE OF GREEN SPRING, AMERICAN REVOLUTION
BAILEY, Christopher M., Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 and BERQUIST Jr., C.R., Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, cmbail@wm.edu, cmbail@wm.edu
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