Talk on "The Petersburg Regiment..." 7 p.m. December 14, 2020 at 12615 Wicker Avenue US 41 Cedar Lake, Indiana

Indiana had some strong regiments in the Army of the Potomac. The 19th Infantry in the Iron Brigade, the 20th Infantry in the 3rd and then 2nd Army corps, and the 3rd Cavalry in Wilson's division come to mind. Yet until recently I've been unaware of any Civil War Round Table in Indiana north of Indianapolis. Fortunately, one is starting up at 2 Old Goats Market, 12615 Wicker Avenue US 41, Cedar Lake, IN 46303. I'll be talking there Monday, December 14, 2020 at 7p.m. The group is requesting a fee of five dollars. I'll be talking about my most recent book, The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War: A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown's Hanging to Appomattox, 1859-1861, 439 pp., 32 maps and diagrams, $39.95. The book won the 2019 Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History. Most of the distinguished writing was done by the regiment's soldiers, who left about 10 volumes of material that give as complete an account of life in a Confederate regiment as exists. For precisely that reason, its extraordinary literacy, the 12th was not a typical Confederate regiment. Still, there is not only a detailed account of every battle in which the regiment participated (including two naval battles); there are detailed accounts of the time in between fights.

Place: 2 Old Goats Market Address: 12615 Wicker Avenue US 41 Cedar Lake IN. 46303 Date: Monday, December 14, 2020 Time: 7:00 PM Lecture: $5.00 For More information: Call 219-390-7183 Sponsor: 2 Old Goats Market. Check us out on Facebook!!