Brian Jordan, chairman of the History Department at Sam Houston State University, will return to the Athens CWRT this year to discuss the lives of Union veterans. He describes the presentation this way “The demobilization of Civil War armies proceeded quickly in the spring and summer of 1865. But it was far easier to demobilize armies than it was to demobilize minds. This talk will demonstrate how the war continued to intrude on the bodies and minds of its participants for generations—in ways that kept the war’s embers smoldering. How did Union veterans tend to the challenges of reintegration? What did they think about the politics of Reconstruction, and how did the culture of sectional reconciliation complicate their homecoming? What lessons do Union veterans offer us today? I will explore these questions and more.”
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All CWRT presentations are free and open to the public. Totally voluntary and optional donations to help defray costs of this and future CWRT meetings will be accepted.
Meetings starts at 7:00 p.m. in the large conference room in the Athens County Library at the Corner of Home and Lincoln streets in the City of Athens
If the weather turns inclement, we will send out an email on Monday to inform you of the meeting cancellation. If you do not receive such an email notice of cancellation, you can assume the meeting will be held as scheduled. Also, a Level 2 Emergency invoked by the Athens County sheriff will automatically cancel our meeting.
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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.
