Our Next Meeting
When: Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Who: Eric Jacobson
Where: Tarrytown United Methodist Church, 2601 Exposition Blvd.
What:
On the night of November 28, 1864, Gen. John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee marched toward Spring Hill to get astride Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield’s Union army’s line of retreat towards Nashville. Cavalry skirmishing between Wilson’s Union cavalry and Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate troopers continued throughout the day as the Confederates advanced. On November 29, Hood’s infantry converged on Spring Hill. In the meantime, Maj. Gen. Schofield reinforced the troops holding the crossroads.
In late afternoon, the Federals repulsed a piecemeal Confederate infantry attack, and during the night, the rest of Schofield’s command passed through Spring Hill to Franklin. On the following day came the Battle of Franklin, one of the worst bloodbaths of the war.
Spring Hill was, perhaps, Hood’s best chance to isolate and defeat the Union army. The engagement and its bloody aftermath are two of the most controversial events of the entire war.
We are pleased to welcome author and historian Eric Jacobson to our Round Table to provide insights into these two critical engagements. Eric the operations director for the Battle of Franklin Trust and the author of the acclaimed book, For Cause & For Country: A Study of the Affair At Spring Hill & the Battle of Franklin. We are thrilled to have Eric at our Round Table! Please join us and help us kick off our new campaign in style!
Also, we will be debuting some great items for our Silent Auction that runs through the November meeting. Proceeds will go toward ACWRT's battlefield preservation and education efforts.
The meeting
will be held at Tarrytown United Methodist Church, 2601 Exposition Blvd. To get there, take the Westover Drive exit on the MoPac Expressway.
Travel west on Westover until you reach Exposition Blvd. Turn left and travel two blocks. The church is located on your left. There is a parking adjacent to the church and under the administration building on Greenlee Street. 6:30- 7:15
p.m. Dinner and Socializing
7:15 - 8:45
p.m. Announcements/Speaker
8:45 - 9:00
p.m. Questions and Closing Remarks
Rations
TBD. The meal is $15. To attend the meeting only, the charge is $5 (For non-members, the first meeting is free, and subsequent meetings are $10).
Reservations
Please RSVP
by 12 Noon on Tuesday, September 14, by contacting our electronic mailbox via telephone
at (512) 916-3412. If you must cancel your reservation, you must do so at
least 48 hours in advance or you will be responsible for the costs incurred.
Also, please let us know if you are attending the meeting but do not
plan to join us for dinner. Thanks!
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