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160th Anniversary Lecture Series -- Loco Logistics: The Desperate Scramble for Georgia's Railroads
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Free. Program is free but normal park entrance rates apply.Location:
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Visitor CenterDates & Times
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Join us in the park's Visitor Center for the third in a series of lectures in our lead up to the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Guest speaker Joshua Whitfield, Museum Curator at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, will discuss the importance of railroads during the Civil War and the Atlanta Campaign.
Synopsis:
Sometimes considered America’s first modern conflict, the Civil War demonstrated the importance of military logistics, supply chains, and transportation to achieving victory. Operations such as the failed Andrews Raid had shown Confederates that their rail network was vulnerable, especially as the blockade continued to tighten Confederate ports. By the time Sherman launched the Atlanta Campaign, control of Georgia’s railroads became a matter of victory or defeat.
Joshua Whitfield is the Curator of the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate in Kennesaw, GA. He received a Master’s degree in Public History from the University of South Carolina. He is a co-chair of the Southeastern Museums Conference Emerging Museum Professionals affinity group and a co-chair of the Atlanta Emerging Museum Professionals group.
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