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UPCOMING PROGRAM
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"Hell by the Acre: A Narrative History of the Stones River
Campaign,
November 1862 -- January 1863"
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Monday,
March 9, 2026
Presenter: Dan Masters
Gather at 6 p.m., Program begins at
6:30 p.m.
Duckett Hall Auditorium, The Citadel
Sponsored by The Citadel's Department of History |
The Battle of Stones
River, Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
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Program: The
Battle of Stones River
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The waning days of 1862 marked a
nadir in the fortunes of the
United States. After major
defeats at Fredericksburg in
Virgnia and Chickasaw Bayou in
Mississippi, it fell to Maj.
Gen. William S. Rosecrans and
his Army of the Cumberland to
secure a victory that would give
military teeth to the
Emancipation Proclamation set to
take effect on Jan. 1, 1863.
On the day after Christmas,
Rosecrans moved his army
southeast out of Nashville to
Murfreesboro, Tenn., met Gen.
Braxton Bragg's Army of
Tennessee, and fought one of the
largest and bloodiest battles of
the war. The opposing
armies -- 44,000 men under
Roseccrans and 37,000 under
Bragg -- locked bayonets on Dec.
31, 1862, in some of the hardest
fighting of the war.
Bragg's initial attack drove the
Federals back nearly three
miles, captured nine cannons and
thousands of prisoners.
Somehow, the Union lines held
firm during the critical
fighting along the Nashville
Pike that afternoon against
repeated determined attacks that
left both armies bloodied and
exhausted. The decisive
moment came two days later when,
in the fading afternoon of
Jan. 2, 1863, Bragg launched an
assault on an isolated Union
division on the east bank of
Stones River. The
Confederates once again enjoyed
initial success only to be
repulsed by 58 Union guns
combined with a daring
counterattack. This
repulse broke Bragg's hold on
Murfreesboro. He retreated
the following night, leaving
Rosecrans and his Cumberland
army victors of the field.
Presenter:
Dan Masters,
from Perrysburg, Ohio, is an
award-winning author of 10 books
most focusing on the experiences
of the Western Theater common
soldier. Masters will talk
about his latest book, Hell by the
Acre: A Narrative History
of the Stones River Campaign,
November 1862 -- January 1863.
Published by Savis Beatie, this
book recently won the Atlanta
Round Table's Hartwell Award for
the best Civil War book
published in 2025.
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4th Annual Fort Sumter
Civil War Round Table Banquet |
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For an evening of
history, comaraderie and
delicious food, please join us
from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, May
11 at Mark Clark Hall, The
Citadel, for the 4th Annual Fort
Sumter Civil War Round Table
Banquet.
Sign-up
here.
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Dennis B. Conklin II
Program Speaker |
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Fall Field Trip to be held Oct. 16 & 17 in Wilmington, N.C.
More information to be provided soon!
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Chris E. Fonvielle, Jr.,
author of The Wilmington
Campaign, Last Rays of Departing
Hope (1997), will
conduct the fall tour.
Shown above is a painting of the
second Battle of Fort Fisher
(Jan. 13 - 16, 1865),
a Union victory and part of of
the Wilmington Campaign (Dec. 7,
1864 - Feb. 22, 1865). |
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Fort Sumter Civil War Round Table Recognizes Its
Three Founding Members
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Cliff Roberts (left), newly-elected
president of the Fort Sumter Civil War Round Table, on February 9 recognizes
the three
founding members of the FSCWRT who recently completed six years on the
board -- (left to right) Jim
Morgan,
immediate past president (2025); Rick Hatcher; and Dr. Kyle Sinisi
(president, 2024). |
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Fort Sumter Civil War Round Table Achieves Goal!
Organization Raises Enough Money to
Replace "UNION IS DISSOLVED!" Marker |
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The Fort Sumter
Civil War Round
Table (FSCWRT)
has raised
$3,000 through
donations to
replace the S.C.
Historical
Marker, "UNION
IS DISSOLVED,"
that vandals
knocked down and
stole in March
from its
location at 134
Meeting Street
in Charleston.
The FSCWRT will
be credited on
the new marker
for its
successful
effort when the
City of
Charleston
installs the new
marker in
January.
Why This
Matters:
South Carolina
delegates signed
the Ordiance of
Secession on
Dec. 20, 1860 at
Institute Hall
adjacent to St.
Michael's Church
where the S.C.
Historical
Marker was
previously
located and
where it will be
positioned
again.
This privotal
act marked the
beginning of the
South's
secession from
the Union and
the start of a
series of events
that led to the
Civil War.
The Ordinance of
Secession is one
of the most
significant
documents in
American
history.
It is the moment
South Carolina
officially
declared its
intent to leave
the Union,
igniting a chain
of events that
culminated in
the Civil War.
Maintaining the
marker at the
very site where
this decision
was made ensures
that future
generations will
understand not
only the gravity
of ths moment
but the lasting
impact it had on
our nation.
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past presentations. |
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Support Friends of the National Parks |
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As some of you may know,
several of the Fort Sumter Civil War Round Table members also are
associated with what, until recently, was called Fort Sumter-Fort
Moultrie Historical Trust. Not long ago, the Trust "rebranded,", i.e.,
changed its name to better represent what it does. The Trust is now Friends of Charleston National Parks. Its
mission is to help the National Park Service protect and preserve Fort
Sumter, Fort Moultrie, the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (Snee
Farm Plantation), and the U.S. Coast Guard Historic District on
Sullivan's Island (the lighthouse and the old life-saving station that
are next to each other). With that in mind, Round Table board members are passing
along this information knowing that those who are interested in one
aspect of history often are interested in others. We encourage anyone
who wishes to do so to support Friends of Charleston National Parks.
For more information, visit:
https://friendofscnp.org
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