by cvanornum | Jan 15, 2018 | Meeting Topics
September 16, 2025 Nashville: Sirens Song of the Western Confederacy – Greg Biggs September 16, 2025 In December, 1864, the Confederate Army of Tennessee laid siege to the massive Union fortifications and garrison of Nashville. In a two-day fight, that army was...
by cvanornum | Jan 14, 2018 | Meeting Topics
October 21, 2025 Belmont to Fort Donelson – Curt Fields as General Grant October 21, 2025 In November of 1861, Brigadier General U. S. Grant was ordered by Theater commander, John C. Fremont, to make a demonstration on the Mississippi river at Columbus,...
by cvanornum | Jan 13, 2018 | Meeting Topics
November 18, 2025 The Real Horse Soldiers – Tim Smith November 18, 2024 Benjamin Grierson’s Union cavalry thrust through Mississippi is one of the most well-known operations of the Civil War. There were other simultaneous operations to distract Confederate...
