Louisville Civil War Round Table


Field Trip - April 17-21, 2024

 The Wilderness and Spotsylvania

Battle of Giants: Lee vs Grant with Gordon Rhea 

We are going to Virginia to cover the beginning of the Overland Campaign, the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania.  The dates are April 17-21, 2024.  Our guide will be renowed Civil War historian and author Gordon Rhea. He has written seven award-winning books about the American Civil War, including The Battle of the Wilderness, The Battles at Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, To the North Anna River, Cold Harbor, On To Petersburg, Carrying the Flag, and In the Footsteps of Grant and Lee.  He has conducted numerous tours of these battlefields and has been involved in their preservation.  These two battles which occurred over May 5 – May 12, 1864 marked the beginning of the titantic confrontation of the war’s two greatest generals, Robert E. Lee and U.S. Grant and would to a large extent determine the outcome of the Civil War.  When the Army of the Potomic numbering some 120,000 men crossed the Rapidan River on May 4 and entered the tangled undergrowth of the Wilderness, Robert E. Lee responded by having his 55,000 Army of Northern Virginia break camp and march directly towards Grant’s army.  What followed was some of the war’s most savage and dramatic fighting resulting in enormous casualties on each side.  We will walk this hollowed ground and cover in detail what unfolded.  You can sign up now by emailing John Davis at johnd.davis@twc.com or you can sign up at the meetings beginning in September. 

For those wishing to attend the April 2024 Field, the balance of $275 is now due

The deadline for making this payment is April 13.

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