Sacred Trust Talks 2023 | William C. "Jack" Davis

The success or failure of a democracy at war depends heavily on the relations between the commander-in-chief and his military chieftains. There is no question that Jefferson Davis' relations with his army commanders deeply impacted the conduct of the Confederate cause. For all the failures Davis had with Joseph E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard and others, his interaction with Lee was almost a model of what such a relationship should be, and both employed considerable restraint to make it work.


William C. “Jack” Davis, retired Executive Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and professor of history at Virginia Tech, formerly spent 31 years in editorial and marketing management in the book and magazine publishing industry. He has been consulted for numerous film and television productions, and was senior advisor for the A&E and History Channel series Civil War Journal. Davis is the author or editor of more than 50 books in Civil War and Southern history, and most recently co-edited with Sue Heth Bell, The Whartons’ War: The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton & Anne Radford Wharton, 1863-1865. He is currently working with Ron Maxwell, director of the epic films Gettysburg and Gods and Generals, on two docudrama series for television.

Join us to commemorate the 161st anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg with Sacred Trust 2024 Talks & Book Signings at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center.

Details to be announced in the spring of 2024. For more information, visit https://www.gettysburgfoundation.org/...