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Armchair Generals

The Carolinas Campaign, Part 2
2020-01-14 11:45:00 2020-01-14 13:15:00 America/Chicago Armchair Generals A Brown Bag Civil War and Lincoln Interest Group. Commemorate events, share insights, and talk about books or experiences. Part 2 of 2. Rescheduled from October 2019. Main Library - Grove Room

Tuesday, January 14
11:45am - 1:15pm

Add to Calendar 2020-01-14 11:45:00 2020-01-14 13:15:00 America/Chicago Armchair Generals A Brown Bag Civil War and Lincoln Interest Group. Commemorate events, share insights, and talk about books or experiences. Part 2 of 2. Rescheduled from October 2019. Main Library - Grove Room

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Grove Room

A Brown Bag Civil War and Lincoln Interest Group. Commemorate events, share insights, and talk about books or experiences. Part 2 of 2. Rescheduled from October 2019.

Armchair General Bill Lax concludes a two-part series on Sherman's march through the Carolinas in 1865. Part 2 picks up where Part 1 ends. In Part 2, Bill details the convoluted and controversial surrender negotiations between Sherman and Johnson and the acrimonious aftermath that nearly ends the Union General's military career. Part 2 of 2.

For more information, contact Ben Bahl at bbahl@gailborden.info or 847-608-5012.

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