Home Our History Visiting Information Area Attractions See the Village Special Events Vintage Base Ball The Texas History Store The Parsonage B & B Educational Programs Special Services Get Involved Village Site Development Plan McWhiney Foundation Contact Us	The Texas Frontier Heritage and Cultural Center™ presents: Saturday, August 11, 2007 11:00-12:30 in the Village Gallery Admission: $10 (includes a light snack) RSVP By 5:00 PM, August 10: (325) 572-3365 You don’t have to be a Civil War buff to have heard of battles like Bull Run or Gettysburg or the siege of Vicksburg. Less known is the battle of Corinth, Mississippi, in the fall of 1862. Corinth was a major railroad junction, and its possession was critical for both the North and the South if they were to be successful in the western theater of the war. Today, the National Park Service maintains an interpretive center in Corinth for visitors from across the nation. Our ninth Chautauqua lecture will be presented by Than Dossman, who has literally written the book on the battle. The book is Campaign for Corinth: Blood in Mississippi, a volume in the McWhiney Press Battles and Commanders of the Civil War series. Than researched and wrote the initial manuscript as his honors thesis at McMurry University, where he was awarded his B.A. degree in 2006. He is currently a graduate student in history at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Copies of the book can be purchased in the Village mercantile, and at an attractive discount from the official retail price. Our Chautauqua Learning Series is based on the Chautauqua movement which spread throughout the rural United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It provided educational lectures and entertainment for average Americans before the advent of mass media like radio and television. The Texas Frontier Heritage and Cultural Center™ is proud to continue the spirit of that tradition in the unique setting of the Buffalo Gap Historic Village.