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  • 2024 Gettysburg Lecture Series

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  • George Sykes: V Corps, Gettysburg

    Ranger and historian John Hoptak will profile the life and military record of Major General George Sykes, commander of the Fifth Army Corps at Gettysburg. Despite Sykes’s contributions at Gettysburg, he remains a relatively obscure general officer. This program will illuminate his service on and ...

  • Bragg's Heartland Campaign: Bragg Invades Kentucky

    Months after the disastrous battle of Shiloh and the fall of the vital rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi, Major General Braxton Bragg is chosen by President Jefferson Davis to lead the revitalized Confederate forces in the western theater against the stagnating Federal troops under Major Gene...

  • Second Battle of Corinth - "Darkest Days of the War"

    After the fall of Corinth to Halleck's gigantic at the end of May 1862, many Confederates dream of retaking the vital rail junction in Northern Mississippi. However, with the Federal forces under Ulysses S Grant and William Rosecrans anchoring their new defensive line on the town, it will prove t...

  • Battle of Perryville: Battle for Kentucky

    After weeks of marching around Tennessee and Kentucky, the Confederate Army of Mississippi under the command of General Braxton Bragg nears its ultimate prize. The jewel of Kentucky, the city of Louisville. Yet, due to decisions made while dealing with the pesky Munfordville garrison, Don Carlos ...

  • If This Valley is Lost

  • The World on Fire: Sheridan's 1864 Shenandoah Campaign