Civil War Lecture Series: “It Was As If It Were Not: Legal Dimensions of the Civil War” with Dr. Mark Weitz

Dr. Mark Weitz Weitz, who holds a Juris Doctor from the Baylor University Law School and a doctorate from Arizona State University, will present “It Was as if it Were Not,” focusing on legal dimensions of the Civil War. He has been widely published in American legal/constitutional history and military history with a special emphasis on the American Civil War and has held teaching positions at several universities.

“From the moment the first shot was fired at Fort Sumter, the American Civil War became a conflict that ultimately found resolution on the battlefield,” Weitz said. “However, from the decision to secede through to the post-war efforts to resolve issues of Confederate debt and the extent of executive power during war, the Civil War also played out in legal battlefields on both sides.”

The Civil War Lecture Series, organized by ASU’s History Department to commemorate the 150^th anniversary of the conflict, will conclude on April 9, the corresponding month and day of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox in 1865. The Fort Concho Foundation and the ASU Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences provided funding to make this event possible.

For more information, contact the History Department at 325-942-2324 or  civilwar150@angelo.edu or go online to www.angelo.edu/CivilWarLectures.