Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
The Civil Warriors Civil War Round Table will hold its next meeting at 7:00PM Pacific Daylight Time on Wednesday, May 11, via Zoom. We will be hosting a presentation by historian and author John Scales who will talk about “Did Forrest Make a Difference?” Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest has been celebrated as one of the most capable and effective senior leaders on either side during the American Civil War, even as he has been reviled for the slaughter at Fort Pillow and his association with the Ku Klux Klan after the war. In that brief four years Forrest rose from the rank of private to lieutenant general while gaining fame for his various exploits. His service was entirely within the Western Theater of War; that is, between the Appalachian Mountains on the east and the Mississippi River on the west. If you accept that the West was the decisive theater, as many if not most historians do, then it becomes important to ask: “What difference, if any, did Forrest make in the overall conduct of the war?” So, learn about one historian’s opinion by attending John Scales’ presentation, “Did Forrest Make a Difference?” John R. Scales is a retired Special Forces brigadier general with more than three decades of service, including combat tours in Vietnam and Afghanistan. He also has a Ph.D. in engineering and worked in that field after retiring from the military. In addition to receiving six patents for inventions, General Scales has written two other military history books: "Sherman Invades Georgia" (Naval Institute Press, 2006) and A Reluctant Hero’s Footsteps (Westbow Press, 2012). He also wrote the present-day thriller, In Service of the Nation. A past president of the Tennessee Valley Civil War Roundtable, he leads Civil War campaign tours in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia. We will be meeting via the Zoom meeting app. We will send out the meeting on-line connection information shortly before our meeting day (5/11/22). Please plan on beginning your hookup a few minutes before the 7:00PM Pacific meeting time. If you are a first time visitor to the Civil Warriors, please contact us at cwrtsfv@gmail.com for information regarding the hookup. Guests, new members and returning members are always welcome to join us for this and future meetings! If you can’t make this meeting, please consider one of our exciting upcoming meetings noted in our Future Presentations section. Our Round Table ordinarily meets at Weiler's Deli at 22323 Sherman Way, West Hills, California. Due to the effects of COVID-19, the Civil Warriors have been unable to meet face-to-face for the past two years and have been using the Zoom app to continue our monthly educational get-togethers. We hope to resume in-person meetings later in 2022. |