Scottsdale Civil War Roundtable proudly presents Dr. Timothy Smith, “Difficult and Broken Ground: The Terrain Factor at Shiloh” on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 6:30 pm at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library Auditorium. The organization invites you to attend as their guest. Everyone is welcome.
Dr. Smith is a veteran of the National Park Service and worked at Shiloh National Military Park for seven years. Currently he teaches history at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
Well known for his numerous articles and essays, Smith is the author, editor or co-editor of twenty books, including Shiloh: Conquer or Perish, which won three major awards; and Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles of Forts Henry and Donelson, which won the Tennessee History Book Award.
His newest book, published in 2017, is Altogether Fitting and Proper: Civil War Battlefield Preservation in History, Memory, and Policy, 1861-2005. Currently, Dr. Smith is writing a book on Grierson’s Raid and is under contract to write a book on the May 1863 Vicksburg assaults.
Smith earned his Ph.D. at Mississippi State University in 2001. His main area of interest and specialty, in addition to the Civil War itself, is the history of Civil War battlefield preservation.
Scottsdale Civil War Roundtable meets the third Tuesday of every month (except June-July-August) at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library Auditorium, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale. Speakers include well known Civil War experts from around the country. The lecture series is supported by Individual and Family Memberships. The membership also supports Civil War Battlefield preservation through the Civil War Trust.
For more information: 480/699-5844 or www.scottsdalecwrt.org
SIDEBAR:
Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862
Union forces were encamped in southwestern Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing when the Confederate Army launched a bloody surprise attack, attempting to drive the Union forces north. However, the Confederates did not press on that evening and during the night Union Army reinforcements arrived. The next morning the Union unleashed a strong offensive and reversed the Confederate gains of the previous day. The Battle of Shiloh resulted in more than 23,000 casualties.
