Join us on Friday, May 15, for our annual Nye-Sommers Lecture, delivered by one of Dr. Richard J. Sommers’ closest friends, celebrated author and historian A. Wilson Greene, who is coming all the way from Tennessee to honor Dr. Sommers’ memory.
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant managed one of the Civil War’s most spectacular logistical operations in June 1864 when he moved from the Cold Harbor battlefield to and across the mighty James River under the nose of General Robert E. Lee. Grant and his generals, however, squandered the advantage they gained through a number of errors that prevented his forces from capturing Petersburg on June 15, 1864, mistakes that led to three more days of brutal combat and Confederate control of Petersburg for nine more months.
A. Wilson Greene completed a 44-year career in public history and battlefield preservation in 2017. He is the author of six books and more than twenty articles and essays on the American Civil War. He is currently at work on the third of three volumes on the Petersburg Campaign entitled A Campaign of Giants, published by the University of North Carolina Press. The second volume, published in 2025, is dedicated to Dr. Sommers. Greene holds degrees in American history from Florida State University and Louisiana State University and resides in Walden, Tennessee.
Dinner reservations for this event must be made by noon on Sunday, May 3.RSVP to our membership chair, Michael Margolius, atmembership@harrisburgcwrt.org
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