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Monday, October 7, 2024

ATTENTION HISTORY BUFFS: In the Shadow of the Round Tops AND East Amwell exhibit on C. W. Larison

 

 

The League of Historical Societies of New Jersey -- www.lhsnj.org

 


 


The League of Historical Societies now has a Facebook Group Page. We encourage our members and friends to join. Here's the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/338042729711243/  

 


Thursday, October 10 -- Camden County and Virtual

The Old Baldy Civil War Roundtable

WHEN: Thursday, October 10, 2024, 7:15 PM ET

WHERE: Camden County College, William G. Rohrer Center, 1889 Marlton Pike East, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003, and simulcast on Zoom. 

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public.  

Please email oldbaldycwrt@verizon.net at least 24 hrs prior to request Zoom access.

Topic: Allen R. Thompson on “In the Shadow of the Round Tops: Longstreet’s Countermarch, Johnston’s Reconnaissance, and the Enduring Battles for the Memory of July 2, 1863”

James Longstreet’s countermarch and Samuel Johnston’s morning reconnaissance are two of the most enigmatic events of the Battle of Gettysburg. Both have been viewed as major factors in the Confederacy’s loss of the battle and, in turn, the war. Yet much of it lies shrouded in mystery.

In the Shadow of the Round Tops explores how the individual soldiers experienced, remembered, and wrote about the battle, and how those memories have created a cloud over James Longstreet’s enigmatic countermarch and Samuel Johnston’s infamous reconnaissance. Each soldier had a particular view of these historic events. Because many people saw part of the story, but no one saw all of it, each memory is a critical piece to the puzzle. By comparing the veterans’ memories and sifting through the factors that affected each memory, the picture of the countermarch, reconnaissance, and the entire battle, comes into sharper focus.

Allen R. Thompson is a practicing attorney in New Jersey, where he lives with his wife and three kids. His writing focuses on reevaluating primary source materials to examine the standard interpretations of historical subjects, from legal doctrines to historical events. His articles have appeared in the St. Thomas Law Review and Gettysburg Magazine."