Please note: Optional Dinner will start at 6:00 PM. The Lecture will start at 7:00 PM. To make dinner reservations, email CvilleCWRT@gmail.com and indicate your entree choice: beef, salmon or chicken. Dinner includes salad and dessert. Cost is $29 for members and $35 for non-members.

LECTURE TOPIC: DETAILS TBD

SPEAKER BIO: Bill Bergen is an independent historian who specializes in the U.S. Army of the Potomac, with a particular focus on how politics influenced the appointment of Union generals. He served as the Union army expert for several University of Virginia Civil War Conferences led by Gary Gallagher. He is considered the leading expert on Union General Horatio Wright. Bill's writing credits include essays in Gallagher's books published by the University of North Carolina Press.