Clarksville Civil War Roundtable
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Civil War Roundtable announces its April 2019 program and speaker. The meeting is always open to interested members of the public.
The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, April 17th at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Tennova Healthcare. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall.
The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public. Members please bring a friend or two – new recruits are always welcomed.
Our speaker this month is John Cashon of Paducah, Kentucky. His topic is “Paducah In The Civil War”.
The town of Paducah, Kentucky, sitting at the confluence of the Ohio River and Tennessee River, was a vital strategic area that quickly fell to Union forces in September, 1861.
They controlled it for the rest of the war and this prevented any Confederate offensive from securing that portion of western Kentucky although the town was attacked by the Confederates twice. This month’s program will cover the Civil War history of Paducah.
Our speaker this month is John Cashon, a Paducah-based freelance writer/historian. He received his bachelor’s degree in history at Murray State University. His work appears in the Jackson Purchase Historical Society journal and his blog, Reflecting on History. He also acts as a docent at the Lloyd Tilghman House & Civil War Museum in Paducah.
He will have copies of his book for sale at the meeting.
We hope you can join us for this interesting meeting.
