Through Friday, March 20: “What They Wrote, What They Saved: The Personal Civil War,” an exhibition featuring diaries, letters, and firsthand accounts from four years of Civil War that offer intimate glimpses into the lives of men and women affected by the strife. Schlesinger Library, 10 Garden St., Radcliffe Yard; Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm. Presented by Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Admission free. Information: 617.495.8647.
 

Thursday, March 12, 6 PM: Crossing: A Lecture/Recital, featuring Matthew Aucoin ’12, composer of Crossing, a new opera about the Civil War inspired by the journals and poetry of Walt Whitman, premiering in May presented by the American Repertory Theater. Davone Tines '09, a member of the opera’s cast, will perform selections from the score. Paine Hall, Music Building, 1 Oxford St. An Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seminar on Violence and Non-Violence presented by the Mahindra Humanities Center.
Admission free. Information: 617.495.0738.
 

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COMING IN APRIL: Deep Wounds, large-scale, site-specific interactive installation by artist Brian Knep, commissioned by the Office for the Arts at Harvard…“A Measure of Devotion: Bearing Witness to the Civil War,” featuring Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society …“Remaking American Liberty: Race and Due Process from Abolitionism to Civil War,” colloquium by Kate Masur, Andrews Fellow, Hutchins Center… Up-Close Seminar: “The Civil War in American Art” led by curator Ethan Lasser, Harvard Art Museums.

For more information and updates about the Harvard Civil War Project, visit the HCWP website.