Next Meeting - September 22, 2010
Nashville's Siren Song
Our guest speaker Greg Biggs is the former associate editor of Blue & Gray Magazine, actively involved in numerous Civil War related activities and events, tour guide, lecturer, and author of numerous articles. Join us on September 22, 2010 as he discusses “NASHVILLE: THE SIREN’S SONG OF THE WESTERN CONFEDERACY.”
In December, 1864, the Confederate Army of Tennessee laid siege to the massive Union fortifications and garrison of Nashville. In a two-day fight, that Confederate army was all but destroyed. Their arrival at the city’s door was the culmination of Confederate strategy that began when the city was captured by Union forces in February of 1862. Nashville, thereafter, became the “Siren’s Song” for Confederate strategy in the west, luring Confederate offensives no less than five times. This program details the city’s importance and each of the five attempts to retake it.
