September 22

Greg Biggs, Historian, Nashville, TN

Greg Biggs is the former associate editor of Blue & Gray Magazine, actively involved in numerous Civil War related activities and events, tour guide, lecturer, and author of numerous articles. Join us on September 22, 2010 as he discusses “NASHVILLE: THE SIREN’S SONG OF THE WESTERN CONFEDERACY.”
In December, 1864, the Confederate Army of Tennessee laid siege to the massive Union fortifications and garrison of Nashville. In a two-day fight, that Confederate army was all but destroyed. Their arrival at the city’s door was the culmination of Confederate strategy that began when the city was captured by Union forces in February of 1862. Nashville, thereafter, became the “Siren’s Song” for Confederate strategy in the west, luring Confederate offensives no less than five times. This program details the city’s importance and each of the five attempts to retake it.

October 27

Tim Smith, Historian, Author

December 1

Lt. Col. Harold Knudsen, CWRT St. Louis Member

January 26

Silvana R. Siddali, Assoc. Professor, History, St. Louis U.

February 23

Nicole Etcheson, Assoc. Professor, History Dept, Ball State U.

March 23

Mark Plummer, Professor Emeritus, Illinois State U.

April 27

Peter Cozzens, Historian, Author

May 25

Earl J. Hess, Historian, Author