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Seminar in the Woods, 2026, one final revision:
Seminar Update time is now 7:30 pm Friday March 6, 2026 Revised Meeting site: Fort Oglethorpe field house gymnasium, 211 2nd Street, Fort Oglethorpe, GA
It was pointed out to me that given our Friday schedule over on the west side of town and of Lookout Mountain, it could be tight getting back to Chickamauga and holding our gathering by 7 PM, so I have pushed it back half an hour, to 7:30. That is
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“For reasons that remain obscure, Ingraham’s body was never removed from the battlefield. After the war, the Reed family marked his grave with a proper headstone and encircled it with an iron fence.”
― The Chickamauga Campaign—Barren Victory: The Retreat into Chattanooga, the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle, September 21 to October 20, 1863
― The Chickamauga Campaign—Barren Victory: The Retreat into Chattanooga, the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle, September 21 to October 20, 1863
“Though not widely understood at the time, this lack meant that the average soldier suffered from a deficiency of Vitamin A, which rendered men night-blind—a condition noted in some letters and diaries, though the writers had no explanation for the cause.”
― Battle above the Clouds: Lifting the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Lookout Mountain, October 16 - November 24, 1863
― Battle above the Clouds: Lifting the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Lookout Mountain, October 16 - November 24, 1863
“Tullahoma was one of the more remarkable campaigns of the Civil War. It was a brilliantly conceived and executed piece of strategy in a conflict better known for command snafus and artless bloodbaths. A such, it deserves closer study. It was a masterpiece of organization, logistics, deception, and maneuver, and it will stand as William Rosecrans’s most impressive military achievement.”
― Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863
― Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863
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