Meeting Dates
The organization meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month September through May. Meetings are held in the Williamsburg Regional Library Theatre located at 515 Scotland St in Williamsburg, VA, unless otherwise posted. The meetings begin at 7 PM. Membership is open to the general public.
This Month's Speaker
On Tuesday January 22, 2019, Matt Atkinson will present “Vicksburg”.The
Campaign for Vicksburg is one of the most well recognized but
understudied events during the Civil War. The campaign to capture the
Hill City encompassed over a year in time. Matt's presentation
titled “Vicksburg: A Campaign for the Ages” will focus on the final
campaign of 1863. Grant's subsequent offensive featured five battles in
three weeks, and a forty-seven day siege. The end result is the capture
of an entire Confederate army, the opening of the Mississippi River to
Union control, and the cementing of Ulysses S. Grant's career. This is
a lot of information for an hour program so grab a chair and strap on
your seat belts! Matt promises a whirlwind program.
Matt Atkinson hails from Houston, Mississippi. (Grierson’s Raid came
through his town.) He attended Ole Miss and graduated with a Bachelor
of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts in History. In 2016,
Matt earned a Master of Arts in History at the University of Louisiana –
Monroe. His thesis is on the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou or, as he would
like to call it – “Dead Yankees in a Swamp.”
CWI-CWRT CONGRESS PARTNERSHIP details
Visit the American Battlefield Trust site to view animated Peninsula Campaign map
Visit the Williamsburg Battlefield Association (view
newsletter)
(http://www.williamsburgbattlefieldassociation.org/)
(https://www.facebook.com/WilliamsburgBattlefieldAssociation)