The Southern Indiana Civil War Roundtable will meet this Thursday, October 16th at 7:00 p.m. at the Fraternal Order of Police lodge at 801 Court Street in downtown Evansville. The meeting will feature a presentation from historian David Mowery discussing Gen. John Morgan’s “Great Raid.” This was an unprecedented event in American history, one historians rank among the world’s greatest land-based raids since Elizabethan times.
A military operation unlike any other on American soil, Morgan’s Raid was characterized by incredible speed, superhuman endurance and innovative tactics. One of the nation’s most colorful leaders, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan took his cavalry through enemy-occupied territory in three states in one of the longest offensives of the Civil War. The effort produced the only battles fought north of the Ohio River and reached farther north than any other regular Confederate force.
The Southern Indiana Civil War Roundtable is open to anyone interested in learning more about the U.S. Civil War. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at the Evansville F.O.P at 7:00 p.m. For more information please visit www.SICWRT.org or contact Joshua Claybourn at jclaybourn@gmail.com.
