Brandywine Valley Civil War Round Table
Come to our next meeting
January 2, 2012
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Speaker:
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Traditional Roundtable Discussion
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Topic:
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See Topics Below
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Time:
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7:00 PM
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Place:
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West Chester Borough Hall, Gay
Street
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Roundtable
Discussion Topics
- A turning point may be defined as: a
decisive moment, or the deviation from a straight course. Which of the
following was a turning point in the course of the American Civil War? 1)
The death of Albert Sydney Johnson at the Battle of Shiloh? 2) Lee
replacing Johnson at the Battle of Fair Oaks? 3) "Stonewall"
Jackson dying of pneumonia following his wounding at Chancellorsville.
EXPLAIN
- Clearly General
McClellan seemed to have all the tools to be a succesful general for the
Union. However it became clear he was no battlefield commander. He lacked the ability to deal with the
horrors of battle or take risks during combat. If McClellan was less of an egotist
would there have been a way he could have made a positive contribution to
the war effort?
- Gettysburg today is
seen as the major turning point in the war and also the start of the
decline of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. However
contemporaries just after the battle did not view Gettysburg in this way.
Why is that?
- Discuss how the
tactics specifically later in the war i.e. Petersburg contributed to the
thoughts and methodology used on the Western Front in World War I
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