I attended my first Civil War Round Table meeting a couple of weeks ago, and I think I lucked out. John Hennessy gave a talk about the first battle of Manassas, but it ended up being much more than that. He started to talk about the new edition of his book on First Manassas, but instead of a lot of X's and O's, he used the battle as a launching pad to talk about many of the larger issues related to the war, our perception of it, how we deal with our history, and some parallels between what happened in 1861 and what's happening now.
It was one of the most insightful talks I've heard about the war and it touches on some of the discussion topics that come up on this forum often. I thought many here would find it of interest.
Here's a link to the page with the audio recording (about an hour long) and presentation slides: http://brcwrt.org/?page_id=158
I'd be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on the talk.
It was one of the most insightful talks I've heard about the war and it touches on some of the discussion topics that come up on this forum often. I thought many here would find it of interest.
Here's a link to the page with the audio recording (about an hour long) and presentation slides: http://brcwrt.org/?page_id=158
I'd be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on the talk.