Austin Civil War Roundtable

June  Meeting

The Austin Civil War Round Table is pleased to announce that this year's Laney Prize Winner, Dr. Timothy B. Smith of the University of Tennessee at Martin will join us for our final meeting of the 2024 - 2025 Campaign season.

He will receive the Prize for The Inland Campaign for Vicksburg:  Five Battles in 17 Days, May 1 - 17, 1863.  It is the fifth and final volume in Dr. Smith's operational history of the 9 month campaign culminating in the capture of Vicksburg by Gen. U. S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee.  His talk will shed light on these 17 days that brought Grant's army to the gates of Vicksburg on the high ground east of the City.

This will be history at its best with a Civil War historian who has written the first stand alone investigation of the Inland Campaign with new insights, keen attention to primary sources, and a clear-eyed look at how Grant achieved this victory.

Mark your calendars and we look forward to seeing you there.