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Knoxville Civil War Roundtable | |
Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month, at the Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike (on the south side of Kingston Pike, 0.2 mile east of Northshore Drive and just west of Buddy's Bar-B-Q). All meetings are open to the general public, and anyone with an interest in the Civil War, or a specific speaker or topic, is both welcome and encouraged to attend.
A dinner
buffet is
served at 7:00 p.m. Cost is
$15.00 for members and $17.00 for nonmembers. Reservations must be made
or
cancelled not later than 11:00 am on the day before the meeting. Call
(865)
671-9001 to make or cancel reservations.
Roundtable
business
is conducted at
approximately 7:45 p.m.
A guest speaker, normally an author, educator, or historian of national prominence in his or her field, speaks for approximately one hour, on some aspect of the American Civil War. This address is followed by a brief question and discussion period. Cost (for those not dining) is $3.00 for members and $5.00 for nonmembers.
The normal schedule of events at each meeting is as follows:
| DATE | February 12, 2008 - Tuesday |
| SPEAKER | Alyce Gray-Army |
| TOPIC | Red, White and Blue-Gray: The Gettysburg Reunions of Civil War Veterans |
| DATE | March 11, 2008 - Tuesday |
| SPEAKER | Ed Bearss, NPS Chief Historian Emeritus |
| TOPIC | Forrest at Parker's Crossroads, TN: Charge 'em both ways! |
| DATE | April 8, 2008 - Tuesday |
| SPEAKER | Nathaniel C. Hughes, Jr., Author and Historian |
| TOPIC | Quiet Places: The Burial Sites of Civil War Generals in Tennessee |
| DATE | May 13, 2008 - Tuesday |
| SPEAKER | Kent Wright, US Navy Veteran, Member of the Tennessee Valley Civil War Roundtable |
| TOPIC | Naval War On The Western Waters |
| DATE | June 10, 2008 - Tuesday |
| SPEAKER | Russell Bonds, Attorney and Author |
| TOPIC | Stealing the General, The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor |
| DATE | July 8, 2008 - Tuesday |
| SPEAKER | Ed Archer, Author, Historian and great grandson of General James J. Archer |
| TOPIC | The Life of Confederate General James J. Archer |
| DATE | August 12, 2008 - Tuesday |
| SPEAKER | Robert E. Lee ("Bobby") Krick |
| TOPIC | TBA |
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September 9, 2008 - Tuesday |
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SPEAKER
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Ben H. Severance |
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TOPIC
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General Joseph A. Cooper, an East TN Unionist and a Radical |
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October 14, 2008 - Tuesday |
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November 11, 2008 - Tuesday |
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SPEAKER
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Glenn LaFantasie, Historian & Author |
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TOPIC
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The Military Rise of Ulysses S. Grant |
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December 9, 2008 - Tuesday |
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SPEAKER
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Jim Ogden Chief Historian Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park |
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TOPIC
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Telegraphing Knoxville: Bragg's First Two Moves Toward Burnside |
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January 13 , 2009 - Tuesday |
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