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SPECIAL PROGRAM February 24, 2025, 7:15PM
VIA ZOOM – Registration for Zoom Required
SPEAKER: Max Hokit, American Battlefield Trust
“UPDATE: THREATS TO LOCAL HISTORIC SITES POSED BY WILDERNESS CROSSING”
Max Hokit of the American Battlefield Trust will present an update of the continuing concerns about the plans for the Wilderness Crossing project. He will also give an update on progress his organization is making in preserving historic sites in our area. TO REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM SESSION: CLICK HERE
OUR February 28, 2025 PROGRAM
Lower Level, LOWA Clubhouse, 10:30 AM
SPEAKER: Tim Talbot
“MAKING A MORE PERFECT UNION”
The soldiers who made up the United States Colored Troops regiments that fought at the Battle of New Market Heights came from both free and enslaved backgrounds, hailed from many different states, and held a diverse array of occupations before enlisting. Those soldiers who were wounded or died in the battle left a lasting legacy of service and sacrifice to the United States, while others who survived went on to lead amazing lives after the Civil War. In his presentation “Making a More Perfect Union,” historian Tim Talbott will share the life stories of a number of these men, including some of the 14 Black soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their courageous actions during the Battle of New Market Heights.
Meet our new Director: Shannon Doherty
Shannon is a native of New York and graduated from State University of New York at Binghamton. She interned with the National Park Service at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NationalMilitary Park. Before joining Historic Germanna Foundation as Education Manager, she was an NPS Pathways Park Guide at Fort Pulaski National Monument near Savannah, Georgia. If you have not yet taken the opportunity, you can view Shannon’s excellent presentation last November, “They Came From Over the River”. To view the presentation: CLICK HERE!
Looking towards future programs,
or Missed a program?
Since November 2020 we have been able to record speaker presentations. Please go to our PROGRAMS page to find the links to the recordings. CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW TO VISIT OUR PROGRAMS PAGE TO SEE A LIST OF FUTURE (OR PAST) PROGRAMS:
“… the Battle of the Wilderness: …arguably, … the most important battle in the Civil War.
- Edwin C. Bearss, National Park Service Chief Historian Emeritus
May 9, 2014 at Hanover Tavern, VA
Let us introduce ourselves:
The Civil War Study Group at Lake of the Woods, Virginia, is dedicated to historical research, preservation, and education of the public on historic events in Orange County, Virginia and the surrounding area during the American Civil War. We have no dues, no membership roster, no requirements to attend meetings or volunteer for any of our projects. We hope you’ll join us in our mission to tell the story of the May 1864 Battle of the Wilderness, as well as other tales of the Civil War here in the historic Piedmont of Virginia.
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