The Stamford Historical Society takes pleasure in hosting the
Civil War Roundtable of Fairfield County
1508 High Ridge Road
Stamford, CT 06903
Directions: Merritt Parkway, Exit 35 to High Ridge Road, North 3/4 mile to 2-story, c.1915 fieldstone building located on the left, past gas station.
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Tuesday, Jan. 10, 7:30 pm
SPEAKER: Jeffry Wert
TOPIC: Lee's Glorious Army
ADMISSION: Free
QUESTIONS: Guy DeMasi, 203-322-7853 or
Steve Laird, 203-227-2581
Dues for 2012 are now due!
Send $35 check made out to CWRT of FC and mail to Guy Demasi, 83 Mohawk Trail, Stamford, CT 06903
Jeffry Wert's talk tonight is based on his recently published book, A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee's Triumph 1862-1863. In May of 1862 the Army of Northern Virginia was on the brink of defeat under the command of Joseph E. Johnston. With Johnston's wounding at Seven Pines, Lee assumed command on June 1, 1862. In the estimation of his foremost biographer, Douglas Southall Freeman, his appointment marked "the turning point of the war in the East." During the next thirteen months Lee and his army crafted a record of achievement unmatched by any army in the annals of American military history. They won four major victories – the Seven Days, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville – held the bloody ground at Antietam, and were on the march to a reckoning at Gettysburg.
Jeff's talk will focus on these triumphant days, when the Confederate Army was reborn under Robert E. Lee. Jeff is an old friend of our Roundtable, having spoken to us on George Custer in 2001 and on Longstreet in 2003. He is one of the leading independent scholars of the Civil War. His prolific bibliography covers a variety of fascinating topics:
Mosby's Rangers (1991)
Longstreet (1994)
Custer (1996)
Shenandoah 1864 (1997)
Common Soldiers: Stonewall Bg & Iron Bg (2000)
Gettysburg Day 3 (2002)
Army of the Potomac (2006)
JEB Stuart (2008)
Join us for his latest achievement, Lee's Glorious Army (2011)
Books
Civil War books on this site
Links
Civil War Collections at the Connecticut Historical Society
The Sneden Civil War Collection
Civil War Preservation Trust
The Civil War Home Page
Civil War Education Association
Civil War Studies at The Smithonian Associates
American Battlefield Protection Program, National Park Service
Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg
Welcome to Virtual Gettysburg
Blue & Gray Magazine
North & South - the Official Magazine of the Civil War Society
Civil War Interactive - A Free Online Civil War Magazine
Selected Civil War Photos
Civil War Information Resources on About.com
United States Military History on About.com
About.com usually provides excellent resources
The American Civil War on Wikipedia
The Denbigh Project
supervised by J. Barto Arnold III (Institute for Nautical Archaeology, Texas A&M).
Denbigh, Archaeology of a Civil War Blockade Runner
Stamford Historical Society
Exhibit: Stamford's Civil War: At Home and in the Field
Record Group 16: The Diaries of Noah W. Hoyt: Summary, excerpts & bibliography
Blogs
Hoofbeats and Cold Steel
