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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
The first meeting of new year for the Venice Civil War Roundtable will be on
Thursday, January 14, 2021. This year marks the fifteenth consecutive year that
Civil War buffs will be gathering to enthusiastically talk and learn about the
American Civil War ( 1861 - 1865 ).
Please be aware that this free event is open to the public and will be conducted
under the existing City of Venice standards: Masks are required, social distancing
will be in effect. The Community Room at Venice City Hall will be pre - sanitized by
City Hall custodians. The meeting will be from 7:00 - 8:45 pm.
The featured presentation on the agenda is the Shenandoah Valley Campaign
( June - October of 1864). Wayne Hall , a charter member of our Venice Civil War
Round Table, will describe the events that ravaged people and property in this critical war zone that ranged from southern Pennsylvania to the Virginia borders with eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.
Additionally, Wayne Hall will present evidence of savagery in combat by troops of the Federal government, Confederate States of America, and their CSA partisan auxiliaries (bushwackers).
Wayne Hall, a graduate of Wake Forest University and Emory Law School
was an active leader in the Sarasota Civil War Roundtable before joining the
Venice Civil War Roundtable in 2006.
He will not only outline strategies and tactics of the military leaders, as
US General Phil Sheridan and CSA General Jubal Early, but also some of the
unintended consequences and surprising twists that affected the outcomes of
battles during the campaign (Lynchburg to Cedar Creek).
Finally, "the assembled multitude" at our meeting will be schooled about the
significance of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign for the final outcome of the
American Civil War, when CSA General in Chief, Robert E. Lee surrendered to U.S.
General in Chief, Ulysses S Grant, "The Savior of the Union".
For more information, consult our website: venicecwrt.org or call ( 941) 480 9892.
Lawrence Glynn, emeritus professor of history, Delta College, University Center, MI.
Co-founder and active member of the Civil War Roundtable ( 2006 - 2021 ).
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