 24 July 2010 - The Appomattox Campaign, April 1865
Speaker: James Falkner
The talk will look at the campaign between the time Lee leaves his Lines at Petersburg through the harrowing fighting withdrawal to the surrender to Grant. It will look at the tactics of Phil Sheridan, at the command organization ... read more ›
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 15 May 2010 - Lessons of a "Magnificent Catastrophe": Impact of the Crimean War on the American Civil War
Speaker: Will Hutchison
The Crimean War was arguably the most mismanaged military campaign in modern European history. The Crimean War began as an extremely idealistic affair, officers and enlisted soldiers solemnly pledged "death or glory.” ... read more ›
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 13th March 2010 - O.O.Howard “The Christian General”
Speaker: David Thomson
Howard was a graduate of Bowdoin College and West Point. From very early on in his life he was a religious man and this continued at West Point. We had a picture of Howard as a bit of loner, not having many friends due to his ... read more ›
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 23 January 2010 - Lancashire and the American Civil War
Adapted by Greg Bayne from the Len Ellison lecture to the ACWRTUK, January 2010.
In the early 1860's, the Lancashire cotton industry, which dominated the mid-19th century British economy, was devastated by a political event beyond its control, the Civil War in the United ... read more ›
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 28 November 2009 - The Alleged Rifle Revolution
Speaker: Paddy Griffith
Report by John Laskey
Paddy Griffith addressed the last meeting of 2009 with a thought-provoking challenge to the notion that ‘better weapons kill more people’. At least that is what ... read more ›
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 17/18 October 2009 - ACWRT (UK) Lincoln Weekend
2009 is the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln. The Round Table held its Lincoln Weekend in Oxford, England. The following notes of some of the preentiaons first appeared in 'Crossfure 91 (December 2009).
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 8 August 2009 - Engagements at Auburn, Va. October 1863
Speaker: Joe Whitehorne
Most studies of the Gettysburg campaign end with the Army of Northern Virginia’s 16 July 1863 crossing of the Potomac River back into Va. A few acknowledge that the last pursuit engagements occurred at Wappings near Front ... read more ›
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 23 May 2009 - Admiral Du Pont
Speaker: Kevin Weddle
Highly entertaining - not Greg's effort to make the computer and projector work, but the May talk by Kevin Weddle on the life and career of Admiral Du Pont.
Kevin started off by giving us an overview of the ... read more ›
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 18 April 2009 - Custer: The Union's Prince Rupert
Speaker: Kevin Galvin
The April meeting saw an overview of the Civil War career of George Armstrong Custer by Kevin Galvin. Kevin explained that the phrase "Cavalier" emerged from the South after the war ended perhaps as a "foil" ... read more ›
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 31 January 2009 - British Political and Public Involvement with the Union & Confederate Propaganda Movements
Speaker : Tom Sebrell
Tom was preparing a PhD on British Propaganda in the American Civil War. This required him to evaluate the propaganda war and assess its role in keeping Britain neutral during the conflict. He looked forward to completing it ... read more ›
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