2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Wise vs Floyd – Robert E. Lee’s Feuding Generals, with Hunter Lesser

@In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MHZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279This is the riotous tale of two former Virginia governors; old political rivals who upend Confederate efforts to reclaim the western counties of that state in 1861. Generals Henry Wise and John Floyd squabble like schoolboys – even as Union forces march to annihilate them! Robert E. Lee is no match for their antics, leading to the loss of West Virginia and a scandal that stretches to the Confederate capitol in Richmond.Hunter Lesser, author, archaeologist, interpreter, and preservationist, enjoys sharing forgotten tales from history that offer lessons for the digital age. A member of the West Virginia Sesquicentennial Commission, his books includeRebels at the Gate: Lee & McClellan on the Front Lines of a Divided Nation(a History Book Club main selection),Civil War Oddities of West Virginia,The First Campaign, andThe Cambridge History of the American Civil War, coauthored for Cambridge University Press.Jon-Erik Gilot, Espy Post CuratorAdd to calendarGoogle CalendariCalendarOutlook 365Outlook Live