“A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death & Survival in the Union Army,”
by Brian Jordan, chairman of Department of History at Sam Houston State University in Texas
Based on Brian Jordan’s book by the same name, this presentation focuses on the 107th OVI, and the special struggles and challenges faced by its mainly German immigrant members.How did ordinary soldiers navigate the extremes of war? How did they make sense of their service and sacrifices? These are the questions at the heart of Brian Matthew Jordan’s A Thousand May Fall, an intimate chronicle of the Civil War from the common soldier’s perspective. At the heart of the tale is the 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, an ethnically German regiment caught in the crosshairs of Stonewall Jacksons flank attack at Chancellorsville–and decimated again two months later atop Blocher’s Knoll at Gettysburg. Demonstrating how soldiers from a politically divided region weathered two devastating battles, inconsistent support from home, and the ordeal of life on picket, this talk reveals the Civil War–and its long aftermath–anew.
Meetings starts at 7:00 in the large conference room in the Athens County Library at the Corner of Home and Lincoln streets in the City of Athens.
