by cvanornum | Nov 26, 2017 | Meeting Topics
December 19, 2023 “General Grant as Commander-in-Chief of the Union Armies” – Christopher L. Kolakowski December 19, 2023 Ulysses S. Grant became a Lieutenant General and Commander of the U.S. Army in 1864. In contemporary eyes, this was a major...
by cvanornum | Nov 26, 2017 | Meeting Topics
January 16, 2024 “Civil War Ciphers & Codes Wartime Evolution” – Derek Lee January 16, 2024 Beginning with a history of cryptography, this presentation briefly examines the evolution of code systems prior to the Civil War. With the advent of...
by cvanornum | Nov 26, 2017 | Meeting Topics
February 20, 2024 “The Concept of “Cowardice” in the Civil War” – Dr. Lesley Gordon February 20, 2024 The 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment went to war with high expectations that they would perform bravely in battle. Soon after their baptism of fire...
by cvanornum | Nov 26, 2017 | Meeting Topics
March 19, 2024 “Food and Hunger During the Civil War” – Prof. Anne Rubin March 19, 2024 “Food and Hunger in the Civil War South” explores what ordinary people ate as the war disrupted the Confederate food supply. Elite Confederates became...
by cvanornum | Nov 26, 2017 | Meeting Topics
May 21, 2024 “U.S. Colored Troops at War” – Dr. David Wright Falade May 21, 2024 Professor Faladé will speak on his research and discoveries while writing Black Cloud Rising, concerning the U.S. Colored Troops and their activities in North Carolina and the...