January 14, 2014
The Southern Maryland Civil War Round Table is pleased to announce that its next meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 7:00pm at the College of Southern Maryland’s Center for Business and Industry, Chaney Enterprise Conference Room BI-113, at 8730 Mitchell Road, LaPlata, MD.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Bradley Gottfried
The Southern Maryland Civil War Round Table will host its first repeat speaker, who just happens to be the Round Table President, Brad Gottfried. The title of tonight’s presentation is “What Happened After Gettysburg: The Fall and Winter 
1863-64 Campaigns.” Few individuals interested in the Civil War are aware of the two campaigns that occurred after the Battle of Gettysburg and prior to the Wilderness Campaigns. In this presentation, Brad will cover the Bristoe Station and Mine Run campaigns. While not bloody actions in comparison with other pitched battles, they continued the interactions between Robert E. Lee and George Gordon Meade, which began at Gettysburg. Other actions that will be covered tonight include Auburn, Rappahannock Station, Kelly’s Ford and Payne’s Farm. All of these actions would set the stage for the arrival of General Ulysses S. Grant in the spring of 1864.
Come on out and shake those post holiday doldrums with an enthralling evening of Civil War discussion. All are welcome to attend, but membership is recommended.
Professor Emeritus from Virginia Tech and author of over 20 books, whose works include “Stonewall Jackson, The Man, The Myth, and The Legend”, “Civil War!”, “America Becomes One Nation”, “General A.P. Hill”, and “Soldiers Blue and Gray”.
The True High Tide of the Confederacy at Gettysburg.” On the 3rd day at Gettysburg, Gen. Robert E. Lee launched an attack unsurpassed for its pageantry, but destined to fail from its outset. Mr. Tucker sets out to make the case that true high tide of the Confederacy came the day before, July 2nd, when a small Mississippi brigade led by Gen. William Barksdale launched what one Union observer called “the grandest charge that was ever seen by mortal man.”
presentation on the first Civil War Hospital in Southern Maryland; Hammond Hospital. Susan will tell us about the trials and tribulations experienced by the hospital staff as the first Civil War medical facility in the Southern Maryland area was established. This lecture will serve as a preview for our fall field trip on Saturday September 14, 2013. The day will begin with a tour of Civil War sites in St. Mary’s County and after a break for lunch at the Brome Howard Inn, we will proceed to Point Lookout, where Susan’s husband, TJ Youhn, will give us a tour of Fort Lincoln and tell us about the Prison Pen and the fortifications that remain at Point Lookout State Park. Meeting times, meeting places and cost to be announced.
of the College of Southern Maryland. The Meeting will be held in the Business and Industries building, Chaney Enterprises Conference Room; Room BI-113.
engineering marvels and all were constructed to help keep the enemy out of Washington. MacNeill will lecture on location and composition of forts and their strategic purpose. While most of these forts are gone, some, like Fort DeRussy, Fort Foote, Fort Marcy, Fort Stevens, Fort Ward and Fort Washington are partially or wholly intact.