from Chris

Planning continues for the Third Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, August 5-7, 2015. This year’s keynote speaker is legendary National Park Service historian James Ogden from Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Historical Park.

The theme this year is “Great Attacks of the War,” and Jim will be speaking about James Longstreet’s attack at Chickamauga. Longstreet is best-known for his work with Robert E. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia, but he served in the …