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 6:30 PM. Membership is open to the
general public.
January's Speaker
MONTHLY MEETING NOTICE
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 6:30 PM
Kevin Pawlak
"In The Wake of Antietam - The Loudon Valley Campaign of 1862"
On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 -Kevin Pawlak will
present “In the Wake
of Antietam – The Loudon Valley Campaign of 1862”.
Following the bloodiest single day in American history at the Battle
of Antietam, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia
rested and refitted on either side of the Potomac River. By late October
1862, the Federal army crossed into Virginia once more, armed with a
plan to capture Richmond and defeat the Confederacy.
The ensuing battles that erupted in the Loudoun Valley and beyond raged
for two weeks and added several hundred casualties to the nation’s
growing list of names in an indecisive campaign. It proved to be George
McClellan’s last campaign as a field commander in the Civil War.
Kevin Pawlak is the Historic Site Manager of Ben Lomond Historic Site
and Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park and serves as a Certified
Battlefield Guide at Antietam National Battlefield. He graduated from
Shepherd University in 2014, majoring in History with a concentration in
Civil War and 19th Century America and minoring in Historic
Preservation. Kevin previously worked at Harpers Ferry National
Historical Park. He is on the Board of Directors for the
Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association, the Save Historic
Antietam Foundation, and the Antietam Institute. He is also a regular
contributor to the Emerging Civil War online blog. He is the author and
co-author of four books, including To Hazard All: A Guide to the
Maryland Campaign
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Previous Zoom Meeting Presentations
December 21, 2021 - Dr. Paul Severance presented
"The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies: Facts and Wishful Thinking"
view
October 27, 2021 - Doug Crenshaw presented "Fort Harrison ans
The Battle of Chiffin's Farm"
view presentation
September 28, 2021 - Chris Mackowski's
“The Battle of
Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle”.
view presentation
September 21, 2020 - Kevin Pawlak presented "Robert E. Lee Defends the Confederate High Water
Mark at Sharpsburg" (view presentation -
73 minutes)
Kevin can be reached at
https://antietamguides.com/antietam-guides/antietam-battlefield-guides/kevin-pawlak/
November 24, 2020 - Scott Mingus presented "Flames
Beyond Gettysburg - The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna
River - June 1863
(View
presentation - 85 minutes)
December 8, 2020 - Ken Rutherford presented "America's
Buried History - Landmines in The Civil War".
View
presentation - 66 minutes
January 26, 2021 - Steve Phan presented "The Capital
Can't Be Taken! The Civil War Defense of Washington"
View presentation
February 16, 2021 - Dr. Thomas G. Clemens presented
“Special Orders 191 - Myths, Misconceptions and Facts Related to Lee's
Lost Orders”.
A map of the Antietam campaign and special orders 191 are on our website
at http://www.wcwrt.org/so191.jpg
and
www.wcwrt.org/Antietam-Campaign-3-to-17-1862-June.jpg. Please
download both. Video link is
wcwrt.org/zoom/feb21-clemens.mp4
-For best viewing of entire presentation, fast forward video to 5:24
minutes
March 16, 2021 - Michael Block presented the battle of
Cedar Mountan, August 9, 1862. Video link of presentation is
wcwrt.org/zoom/mar21-Block.mp4
- 93 minutes
April 27,2021 - Chris Kolakowski presented
"Perspectives of The 1862 Virginia Campaigns".
view
presentation - 63 minutes
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)