December 14 Meeting

Our December meeting will feature Jeffery Seymour, the Director of History and Collections at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus.  The title of Jeffery's presentation is "Gunboats on the Hooch."  Join us on December 14 and learn about the brown water navy in our own backyard! 

See the current issue of Battle Lines for more information on our speaker and the program.   

You may register by mail or by the Paypal button on this page. 

Round Table Field Trip

On November 20 about a dozen Round Table members joined a tour of Moccasin Bend led by Jim Ogden, Park Historian at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Thanks to Trail Boss John Miller for organizing this and other field trips for the Round Table. And, as aways, we appreciate the efforts of Jim Ogden to contribute to our understanding of the pivotal campaigns fought in the area.  See the activities page for more photos on the activities page and for information on upcoming tours. 

Harwell Award Winner Stephen Davis Addresses November Meeting

Stephen Davis addressed our November 9 meeting and was presented with the Round Table’s Richard Barksdale Harwell Award for the best book published on a Civil War topic in 2021.

The prize-winning book, Into Tennessee and Failure: John Bell Hood, is the second volume of Steve’s study of General Hood’s performance in 1864, following Texas Brigadier to the Fall of Atlanta: John Bell Hood, published in 2019.

At the November meeting Steve’s presentation was entitled “Two Magnificent Foredoomed Attacks: Lee’s Charge at Gettysburg, Hood’s Charge at Franklin: A Comparison.”

Congratulations to Steve for his outstanding works on General Hood.