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UP-COMING LOCAL CIVIL WAR EVENTS OF NOTE
NEW ENTRIES:
November 19, 2009--1st Annual Civil War Lecture Series, Bandy Heritage Center, Dalton State College,
Dalton, Georgia, Dr. Keith Hebert, Assistant Professor of History, State University of West Georgia, presenting
"FROM RELUCTANT CONFEDERATES TO BOISTEROUS REBELS: BARTOW COUNTY AND NORTHWEST
GEORGIA DURI9NG THE SECESSION CRISIS," 7 pm, Room 105, The James E. Brown Center on the Dalton
State campus, hhowell@daltonstate.edu, 706-272-4452, Free
December 12, 2009--"Hell on the Hatchie:" Davis Bridge Battlefield Tour, a Tennessee Civil War
Preservation Association THREE STAR TOUR. The tour begins at 9:30 am at Davis Bridge battlefield near Pocahontas,
TN, and will finish by 12:30. The tour is open to the public and there is no fee; parking is available at the Metamora
Ridge pull off on the Pocahontas Road. The tour will “go” – rain or shine. Warm clothing and comfortable hiking or
walking shoes are recommended. (Rain gear if needed). Shiloh National Military Park historians and Tennessee
Wars Commission Program Director Fred Prouty will lead participants over the battlefield for a new opportunity to
view this recently protected battlefield site. The battle at Davis Bridge in October, 1862, occurred in the aftermath
of the Battle of Corinth as Confederate General Earl Van Dorn attempted to withdraw and William S. Rosecrans'
Federals attempted to pursue. The tour will explore the State Line Road, Burr’s Branch, and the Davis Bridge site,
as well as the Confederate positions east of the Hatchie River. And… You’re Invited to the Battlefield Tour Reception
on Friday Night, December 11th. Tour participants are invited to a reception kicking off the TCWPA THREE STAR
TOUR program on Friday, December 11, 2009, 6:30 pm, at the National Park Service Visitor Center in Corinth, MS.
Join TCWPA’s Board of Directors and fellow tour participants at the reception. Note: If you’re staying overnight in
Corinth, we’ll caravan to Davis Bridge, making a few stops at historic sites along the way before the tour begins at
9:30 Saturday morning. There is no charge for the reception. RSVP by Wednesday, December 9th. Please let
us know as soon as possible if you plan to attend the tour and reception. While there’s no charge for either event,
if you’d like a box-lunch and beverages for Saturday, there will be an approximate $10.00 fee to help defray the cost,
payable at the tour. To RSVP or for additional information (including information on lodging), please email Mary Ann
Peckham, Executive Director at mapeckham@aol.com; write to TCWPA at P.O. Box 148535, Nashville, TN, 37214,
or call 404-550-5092.
PREVIOUS ENTRIES:
Ongoing--Special John Bell Hood exhibit, Carnton Plantation, Franklin, www.carnton.org, exhibit
includes artifacts from the Hood family and the Museum of the Confederacy
November 12-14, 2009—17th Annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War,
and Free Expression, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Department of Communications;
for more information, see
http://www.utc.edu/Academic/SymposiumOnThe19thCenturyPress/ or http://www.utc.edu/commdept/conference, or call 423-425-4219.
November 14-15, 2009--Knoxville Civil War Round Table Living History Weekend at Fort Dickerson Park,
Chapman Highway, Knoxville, infantry and artillery demonstrations, medical demonstration and talk, presentations on the
Siege and Battle of Knoxville, fort tours; for more information see http://www.discoveret.org/kcwrt/events/Livinghistory.html
November 21, 2009--Fort Negley Park, Nashville, Civil War Conference, 8:30 AM CT to 4:30 PM CT, $45, includes lunch,
speakers include Sarah Boyd, a noted Williamson County history teacher presenting "The Roots of the Civil War:
How Our Forefathers Passed the Buck," and Carole S. Boyd, a history professor at Volunteer State Community College on
"Storm Clouds On The Horizon: Nashville In The Decade Before the Civil War," and Myers Brown, Extension Services Curator
of the Tennessee State Museum speaking on "Spies, Scouts and Guerrillas: Irregular Warfare in Middle Tennessee," Krista Castillo,
Museum Coordinator, Ft. Negley Park, on "Finding Peace: Reconstructing Middle Tennessee," Thomas Flagel, a history professor at
Columbia State Community College on "Appomattox: The Place of Lee's Surrender and a National Resurrection," and John Allyn of the
Battle of Nashville Preservation Society and the Nashville City Cemetery Association, on "The Nashville City Cemetery;"
there will also be a tour of the City Cemetery; Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, c/o Fort Negley Visitors Center,
1100 Fort Negley Blvd., Nashville, TN 37203
November 21-22, 2009--146th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battles for Chattanooga, presented by
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, includes tour of the fortifications on Moccasin Bend and tours of
the Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge battlefields; see ENCLOSED and www.nps.gov/chch, look under "Plan Your Visit" and
then "Things To Do."
November 24, 2009--N. B. Forrest Camp No. 3, Sons of Confederate Veterans, meeting, East Ridge Community
Center, 6:30 PM, Mike Shuttle on "Marshall's Tennessee Battery" and David Scott on "Barry's Lookout Light Artillery"
November 24, 2009 - Kent Moran (Memphis State University) - "The Long Goodbye: The End of the Isham Harris
Administration and His Exile," a program commemorating the 145th Anniversary of Hood's Middle Tennessee Campaign, Fort Negley
Park and the Tennessee Historical Society, 5:30 PM CT, Fort Negley Park, for more information contact THS at www.tennesseehistory.org
or call (615)741-8934 or email at info@tennesseehistory.org
December 5-6, 2009—23rd Annual Middle Tennessee Civil War Show & Sale, Tennessee State Fairgrounds,
Nashville, 9-5 CT Sat., 9-3 CT Sun.; the LARGEST Civil War show in the U. S., over 1,000 tables in four exhibition halls.
And you thought the Dalton show was large. Admission, but free parking.
December 8, 2009--UTC Professor Dr. Kit Rushing speaks to the Chattanooga Area Historical Association
on "Judge Garnett Andrews and the Founding of Chattanooga," 6:30 PM, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library,
1001 Broad Street
December 8, 2009 - Timothy B. Smith (University of Tennessee-Martin) - "What Could Have Been: Battlefield
Preservation at Franklin," a program commemorating the 145th Anniversary of Hood's Middle Tennessee Campaign, Fort Negley
Park and the Tennessee Historical Society, 5:30 PM CT, Fort Negley Park, for more information contact THS at
www.tennesseehistory.org or call (615)741-8934 or email at info@tennesseehistory.org
February 6 & 7, 2010—Great Chickamauga Southern Civil War Show & Sale, Northwest Georgia Trade
and Convention Center, Exit 333, Dalton, Georgia; for more information,
www.mikekentshows.net, mlkshows@yahoo.com, 770-267-0989.
March 11-14, 2010--Georgia Battlefield Association 2010 Bearss Tour, this year Hood's October, 1864,
North Georgia Campaign; retired National Park Service Chief Historian Ed Bearss will take the group important points of
the campaign including Palmetto, Lost Mountain, Allatoona Pass, Resaca, Tilton, Dalton, and Ship's Gap. $395 per person;
based out of Fairfield Inn, Cartersville. Georgia Battlefield Association, 7 Camden Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309,
www.georgiabattlefields.org, info@georgiabattlefields.org, for more information
March 12-13, 2010--Chickamauga "Seminar in the Woods," this year following, on Friday, Confederate
Commander Braxton Bragg in the days leading up to and including the battle--Lee & Gordon Mills, LaFayette, Leet's Tanyard,
Thedford's Ford, etc.; and on Saturday Cleburne's Sunday assault and the fight on the Union left; for more information,
dpowell334@aol.com
September 25, 2010--2010 Forrest Seminar, hosted by N. B. Forrest Camp No. 3, Sons of
Confederate Veterans, focusing on Forrest in the Chickamauga Campaign, talks and tour, to be held at the Colonade Civic
Center on Old Mill Road off Battlefield Parkway (Ga. Hwy. 2) between Ringgold and Fort Oglethorpe; more details later. |
