Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

The Civil Warriors Civil War Round Table
will hold its next meeting at 7:00PM Pacific
Daylight Time on Wednesday, July 13, via
Zoom. We will be hosting a presentation by
Dr. Jerry Wooten who will talk about
“Johnsonville.”
Come and hear Dr. Jerry T. Wooten who will
present his new research on the significance of the
Union supply depot at Johnsonville, Tennessee,
and illustrate what happened there on November
4, 1864, at the Battle of Johnsonville. His new
book, Johnsonville: Union Supply Operations on
the Tennessee River and the Battle of Johnsonville,
November 4-5, 1864, takes important steps toward
answering significant questions about the Union
logistical supply line in the Western Theater. The
1864 battle along the Tennessee River at Johnsonville has long needed a comprehensive
historical treatment. Past accounts in Tennessee
history ranked the smashing Confederate victory
as just another feather in the caps of renowned
Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and
his cavalry. Even regional and national accounts
of the Civil War in the West merely footnoted the
battle or ignored it completely. Wooten's new
book now explores how federal commanders used
both rivers and rails to supply its advancing
armies and transform understanding of how the
war was fought in Tennessee. Join us online on
July 13 where Dr. Wooten will provide insights on
why Johnsonville was such a key target for
Confederate command desperate to slow the
Federal advance southward.

Jerry T. Wooten, Ph.D., is the Park Manager for
Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville,
Tennessee. Formerly, he served as Park Manager
at Johnsonville State Historic Park, as Director of
State Historic Sites for the Tennessee Historical
Commission, and as Park Historian at the
Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of
the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia.
Originally from Clarksville, Tennessee, Jerry is an
American History and Public History graduate of
Austin Peay State University (BS), Murray State
University (MA), and Middle Tennessee State
University (Ph.D.) Jerry has researched, written,
and presented programs about the Civil War for
most of his professional life. He serves on the
Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association’s
Board of Directors and is a frequent speaker at
Civil War roundtables, historical organizations,
state and national parks, and museums.

We will be meeting via the Zoom meeting
app. We will send out the meeting on-line
connection information shortly before our
meeting day (7/13/22). 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.

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 in 2023.