Saturday April 19th, 2014
Round Table member Jonathan Beasley has graciously extended an invitation to all Southern Maryland Civil War Round Table members and their families to his annual Author’s Party, Saturday, April 19th, 2014 at 6PM. In addition to meeting local author’s from this area, we will also have the opportunity to view Jonathan’s collection of Historical Maryland Memorabilia. Jonathan has brought samples of his collection to past meetings and his entire collection will be on display at the Charles County Public Library later this year!
Jonathan has requested that if you are interested in attending, please RSVP with a head count by April 12th, so that he can finalize all of the necessary arrangements. For more information and to RSVP, please email bsunderland@somdcwrt.org. Hope to see you there!
Maryland Civil War Round Table as we welcome our tour guide; Phillip Greenwalt. Mr. Greenwalt will give us an overview of the sites, sounds and events from the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House Battlefields in May 1864, that we will visit in person on the 26th. These battles mark the first encounters with the Army of Northern Virginia by the Army of the Potomac under the command of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Among the areas to be discussed will be the fighting at Saunders Field, the Widow Tapp Field and the Orange Plank Road in the Wilderness and the “Bloody Angle” at Spotsylvania. These two battles set the stage for what would become known as the Overland Campaign and the desperate struggle between Grant, Lee and their armies.
The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864″, part of the Emerging Civil War Series was published by Savas Beatie LLC in November 2013. Mr. Greenwalt’s second book, also co-authored with Dan Davis, entitled “Hurricane From the Heavens, The Battle of Cold Harbor”, is due out in June 2014. He is also a full-time contributor to the blog, Emerging Civil War (www.emergingcivilwar.com) and has spoken at lecture series and history round tables in numerous states.