Civil War RoundTable
Join us as we host author and civil war blogger Dan Masters as he discusses “The Relationship Between General Sherman and Confederate General Braxton Bragg”.
Braxton Bragg and William Tecumseh Sherman, two powerful personalities who left an indelible mark on the Civil War, are the focus of his presentation. These two veteran officers of the Regular Army knew each other before the war and their paths intersected at numerous stages of the conflict including Louisiana, Shiloh, Chattanooga, and North Carolina at the war's end. How did Uncle Billy get along with Bragg, reputed as the most argumentative man in the Army? Tonight's presentation will explore this interesting relationship.
A graduate of the University of Toledo, Dan Masters is the descendant of five Union veterans of the Civil War and has been deeply involved in studying that conflict since the late 1990s. He has written 15 books, numerous articles, and nearly 1,100 blog posts about the Civil War, much of his work focusing on the soldier experience and the Western theater.
His most recent book “Hell by the Acre: A Narrative History of the Stones River Campaign” was published by Savas Beatie in November 2024 and won both the Richard B. Harwell Award from the Atlanta Civil War Roundtable as best Civil War book of 2024 and the Hugh G. Earnhart Award from the Mahoning Valley Civil War Roundtable.
Cost is $5 at the door and everyone is welcome!
Sherman House Museum
137 E. Main St.
Lancaster, OH 43130
