The Durham-Orange Genealogical Society of North Carolina Wednesday, 4 February 2009 -- D-OGS Meeting TOPIC: "For No God, but for Country: Understanding the Civil War Enlistment of the North Carolina Grays" SPEAKER: Ernest Dollar, Director of the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill In May 1861, a month after the start of the Civil War, ninety-two young men enlisted to fight for the new Southern Confederacy. Historians of the conflict are eager to understand when men fought, but examining the first motivated volunteers highlights the causes that drew men to war. Comparing the backgrounds and the lives of these men creates a portrait that reveals they were rebelling against more than North and became afraid they would loose all they had fought hard to achieve. Recounting their stories, recreates the world of Orange, Wake, and Chatham Counties as they stood on the brink of war. Ernest Dollar is a Durham native who received his a B.A. in History and B.F.A. in Design from University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1993. Since then he has worked at several historic sites in North and South Carolina including Middleton Place National Historic Landmark, North Carolina Museum of History, and the Orange County Historical Museum. Currently, he serves as the Director of the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill. In 2008, Ernest published his first book as part of the Images of America series on the town of Morrisville and will be teaching a class as part of Duke's OLLI program on the Civil War in the Triangle. Preservation Society of Chapel Hill: http://www.chapelhillpreservation.com/ D-OGS Meeting will be held on: Wednesday evening, 4 February 2009 at 7 p.m. Duke Homestead Visitor's Center 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705 Phone: (919) 477-5498 One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175) Follow the brown historic site road signs. A Map! http://tinyurl.com/3mbuj Another Map! http://tinyurl.com/4gnkm ********************************