Ball’s Bluff, and Monocacy
(with a side trip to Antietam)
(with a side trip to Antietam)
Leesburg, Virginia, April 3-6, 2014
Headquarters
hotel:
Best Western Leesburg Hotel & Conference Center
726 E. Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
703-777-9400
Best Western Leesburg Hotel & Conference Center
726 E. Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
703-777-9400
Registration is $285. Registration will cover your
seat on the bus (or other transportation, such as a ferry), entrance fees, box
lunches for Friday and Saturday, and buffet dinner and presentation on Saturday
evening.
Tour guides, speakers, and expert consultants
Jim Morgan, author of, A Little Short of Boats: The Civil War Battles of Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21 - 22, 1861
B. F. Cooling, author of Monocacy, the Battle that Saved Washington, and The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: the Fort Stevens Story
Rich Gillespie, director of education for Mosby Heritage Area Association
Steve Meserve, gentleman, scholar, raconteur
Jim Morgan, author of, A Little Short of Boats: The Civil War Battles of Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21 - 22, 1861
B. F. Cooling, author of Monocacy, the Battle that Saved Washington, and The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: the Fort Stevens Story
Rich Gillespie, director of education for Mosby Heritage Area Association
Steve Meserve, gentleman, scholar, raconteur
Tentative Itinerary (subject to change):
Thursday, April 3,
1:00 p.m: optional afternoon
outing by carpool: Antietam National Battlefield. We'll begin with a
presentation by historian Ted Alexander at the Visitor Center, then make a couple
stops on the battlefield with a NPS ranger to interpret
Thursday, April 3,
6:00 p.m: informal reception, check-in, programs, name tags
(location to be announced); dinner on your own
Friday a.m., April 4:
walking tour of historic Leesburg with Rich Gillespie, including visits
to Harrison Hall (now known as the Glenfiddich House) where Lee
stayed when he passed through town on his way to Maryland in 1862, and where he
met with Longstreet, Stuart and Jackson before crossing the river. A short
distance from there is the John Janney home, where Lee made his only social
call while in town. Janney, I am sure you recall, came within a single vote of
becoming President of the United States when John Tyler was chosen instead as
Vice President to William Henry Harrison. He later served as President of the
Virginia Secession Convention and was the man who offered Lee command of
Virginia's troops in 1861. [The latter house is private, and requires special
arrangements to tour — thanks to Steve Meserve for recommending these
two stops and providing the historic background.]
Friday lunch:
picnic on the grounds of Morven Park, one-time estate of Virginia Governor
Westmoreland Davis. The Executive Director will present a talk for us while we
enjoy our lunches.
Friday afternoon:
visit to Fort Evans, then to Ball’s Bluff battlefield with Jim Morgan for
detailed battlefield hikes (3-4 hours all told).
Saturday a.m., April 5:
Frederick, Maryland — visit to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine
and, if time permits, the Barbara Fritchie House
Saturday afternoon,
April 5: Tour Monocacy battlefield, and
visit Ft. Stevens with B. F. Cooling
Saturday evening,
April 5, 6:30-10:00 p.m, in the ballroom at Morven Park Mansion:
reception from 6:30-7:00; buffet dinner at 7:00; after-dinner speaker at 8:00
p.m.
Guest speaker: Dr. Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Guest speaker: Dr. Benjamin Franklin Cooling
7 comments:
Damn. I have to get onto one of these tours. I hear Morgan's book is really good. :)
I'm reading the revised edition right now -- yes, as you well know, it's excellent. I have met Jim a couple times, and am really looking forward to his tour.
Have not yet read Cooling's books, but will try to fit them in next month, too.
Thank you for mentioning A Little Short of Boats: The Battles of Ball’s Bluff & Edwards Ferry, October 21-22, 1861 by James A. Morgan III. You can read more about the book, including an excerpt and an author interview, on publisher Savas Beatie’s website here: http://tinyurl.com/6j8opym.
A few of us at Savas Beatie have been on Morgan’s tour of the Ball’s Bluff Battlefield. It is wonderful and not to be missed!
We will be doing a sort of “book club” reading of Morgan’s book online next month. A lot of people in the group already have a copy, but several others will have to get a copy very soon. Morgan did a really nice job with it.
For the readers still looking to purchase their copy of A Little Short of Boats, remember that copies purchased through Savas Beatie come with a bookplate signed by the author. You can order directly through the website here: http://tinyurl.com/6j8opym
I will definitely encourage people to buy them from the publisher, but this crowd will likely forgo the bookplate in favor of Jim personally inscribing the books during our conference.
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