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.