David Blight discusses the place of Bruce Catton’s novels writing during the Civil Rights Era, 100 years after the end of the Civil War. His talk was part of the Huntington Conference “Civil War Lives,” held at the Huntington Library in October 2011. Blight is the author of “American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era” (2011); he is the Class of 1954 Professor of History at Yale University.

Caroline E. Janney’s full title for her talk is “‘One of the Best Loved, North and South’: George E. Pickett’s Widow and Civil War Reconciliation.” She spoke at the conference “Civil War Lives,” held at the Huntington Library in October 2011. Janney is associate professor of history at Purdue University and author of “Burying the Dead but Not the Past: Ladies’ Memorial Associations and the Lost Cause” (2008).

Stephen Cushman spoke about Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and his numerous accounts about Appomattox at the conference “Civil War Lives,” held at the Huntington Library in October 2011. Cushman is Robert C. Taylor Professor of American Literature and Poetry at the University of Virginia.

James M. McPherson spoke about Civil War admirals David Farragut and Samuel Francis Du Pont at the conference “Civil War Lives,” held at the Huntington Library in October 2011. McPherson is George Henry Davis ’86 Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton University.

Brooks D. Simpson’s discussion about Ulysses S. Grant was part of the conference “Civil War Lives,” held at the Huntington Library in October 2011. Simpson is professor of history at Arizona State University.

Ronald C. White Jr. explains how Abraham Lincoln might not have kept a traditional diary, but he left us with a diary composed of written fragments on hundreds of scraps of paper. His talk was part of the Huntington Conference “Civil War Lives,” held at the Huntington Library in October 2011. White is the author of many books on Lincoln, including “A. Lincoln: A Biography” (2009).

Gary W. Gallagher discusses the various loyalties of Gen. Robert E. Lee. His talk was part of the Huntington Conference “Civil War Lives,” held at the Huntington Library in October 2011. Gallagher is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War and author, most recently, of “The Union War” (2011).

Steve Hindle and Joan Waugh welcome participants and attendees to the conference “Civil War Lives,” held at the Huntington Library in October 2011. Hindle is the W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research at The Huntington, and Waugh is professor of history at UCLA and co-organizer of the conference.