Torn in Two is a multimedia exhibit featuring maps, photos and more.

The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War with an exhibit entitled Torn in Two. This multimedia exhibit frames the conflict in cartographic and geographic context and features historic maps, photographs, prints, diaries, political cartoons and more. On September 21 (10 AM to 3 PM), there will be a symposium featuring:

•  Debra Newman Ham: Thenceforward and Forever Free: A brief Overview of the Quest for Emancipation in the United States
• Susan Schulten: Mapping the Sectional Crisis: Cotton, Slavery, and the Strength of the Rebellion
• Richard Miller: The Battle of Balls Bluff: Would Terrain Maps Have Made a Difference?
• Ronald Grim: Remembering the War through Maps: Creating the Gettysburg Post-Battle Maps

Throughout 2011 and 2012 there will be more Civil War experts visiting The Boston Public Library as a part of the Lowell Lecture Series 2011-2012: Remembering the Civil War.