Welcome to
the Most important Round Table, in the Most important small town,
at the Most important Battlefield,
in the Most important Country
in the World.
Joe Mieczkowski, Past President
Thursday, Dec. 3rd Grant’s Last Battle: The Story Behind The
Presented by Chris Mackowski
PLEASE NOTE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER MEETINGS WILL BE RECORDED AND THE LINK POSTED. THESE TALKS WILL NOT BE LIVE. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE
Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., is co-founder and editor-in-chief emeritus of Emerging Civil War and the series editor of the award-winning Emerging Civil War Series, published by Savas Beatie. He is a writing professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, NY, where he also serves as associate dean for undergraduate programs. He is the historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the Spotsylvania battlefield in central Virginia. He has worked as a historian for the National Park Service at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, where he gives tours at four major Civil War battlefields (Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania), as well as at the building where Stonewall Jackson died.
Chris has authored or co-authored nearly two dozen books and edited a half-dozen essay collections on the Civil War, and his articles have appeared in all the major Civil War magazines. He is an inaugural member of the Gettysburg History Council, and he serves as a Copie Hill Civil War Fellow at the American Battlefield Trust. He also serves on the advisory board of the Civil War Roundtable Congress and the Brunswick (NC) Civil War Roundtable—the largest in the country—and he has formerly served on the board of directors for the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust. He is also a member of the Friends of Grant Cottage, the U. S. Grant Homestead Association, and the Antietam Institute.
Grant’s Last Battle: The Story Behind The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Facing financial ruin and struggling against terminal throat cancer, Ulysses S. Grant fought his last battle to preserve the meaning of the American Civil War. His war of words, The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, would cement his place as not only one of America’s greatest heroes but also as one of its most sublime literary voices.
Meetings are held between September and May, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Adams County Historical Society.
During the Summer we meet on the battlefield.Please check our further meeting page for our summer excursions. These are not live streamed.
You can view September's Meeting at the link below:
Civil War Roundtable Meeting - 9.24.26.mp4 - Google Drive
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