Clarksville Civil War Roundtable’s next meeting is December 20th, 2017

Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 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.

Topic – “Rising From the Ashes: William Holland and the Cemetery Community”

As the Civil War drew to a close, four long years of war had left their mark on the landscapes where the Battle of Stones River raged.

In October 1865, a new reminder of the conflict began taking shape in the form of a national cemetery. William Holland and his comrades in the 111th United States Colored Infantry worked for a year to create Stones River National Cemetery then continued to transform the surrounding landscapes as they built new lives based on the promises of freedom purchased by the staggering sacrifices made during the Civil War.

Our speaker, Jim Lewis, has been a Park Ranger with the National Park Service since 1991. Since 1997, he has been fixture at Stones River National Battlefield, serving as a park ranger, curator and de-facto historian there. He became the Chief of Interpretation & Cultural Resource Management in 2016. 

Born in Burlington, Vermont and raised in New Jersey, Jim is a graduate of Cornell University (BA in History) and has been a student of Civil War history since his late teens. He lives in Murfreesboro Tennessee with his wife Beth and son James. He serves on the advisory board of the Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association.