SVBF Civil War Roundtable

The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation’s Civil War Roundtable will resume meeting in January 2021 using the Zoom online meeting platform.

Members of the roundtable will be sent an email with a link and login information before the meeting.  If you’re interested in taking part in the meetings but aren’t already a member, you can sign up for the roundtable by completing and submitting the form below.

Membership in the roundtable is open to everyone.  To be added to the e-mail list for the group, fill out the form below or call the SVBF at 540-740-4545.  For more information, call 540-740-4545 or email info@svbf.net.

Next Meeting

Date and Time:  Thursday, January 21, 2021, at 7:30 pm
Guest speaker:  Dr. Ken Rutherford
Topic: “America’s Buried History”:  Landmines in the Civil War

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About the Program:

Dr. Rutherford’s program will highlight how landmine development and tactics evolved with their widespread use in the Civil War – and how an alliance of Confederate professionally-trained soldiers, ill-equipped home guard units, businessmen and Masons succeeded in furthering landmine warfare.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Kenneth R. Rutherford is author of America’s Buried History: Landmines in the Civil War (Savas Beatie, April 2020). He is a trustee of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation and a Professor of Political Science at James Madison University. After losing his legs to a landmine in Somalia, he became a leader in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which was awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.

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