Civil War Meeting and talk: Alexander B. Rossino entitled “Lee’s Army in Maryland: A New Perspective on the September 1862 Campaign.”

For the first meeting of the 2023-2024 season, the Hagerstown Civil War Round Table will feature a talk by Alexander B. Rossino entitled “Lee’s Army in Maryland: A New Perspective on the September 1862 Campaign.” In early September 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee brought the war to Northern soil. Lee boldly divided his numerically inferior force to strike simultaneously into western Maryland while seizing the Federal garrisons at Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry. The campaign resulted in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, and Shepherdstown.
The event is at 7:30 pm on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at Homewood Suites, 1650 Pullman Lane Hagerstown, MD. Dinner at 6:30 pm, open to non-members as well as members, is $30  (reservations required by September 21) and the talk at 7:30 pm is $5 for non-members, both payable at the meeting. For more information visit https://sites.google.com/view/hagerstowncwrt/home, search for: Hagerstown Civil War Round Table, email hagerstowncwrt1956@gmail.com, or call Dennis Graham at 240 625 4216.
Residing in the heart of Civil War country in western Maryland, Alexander B. Rossino, PhD, is an independent historian and author. His early work focused on the history of World War II. After a hiatus of some years, Dr. Rossino turned his attention to a subject that had long inspired his interest – the American Civil War. He also decided to try his hand at a new form of writing for him – historical fiction – and after several years of research he produced Six Days in September: A Novel of Lee’s Army in Maryland, September 1862. The book proved popular among historians and casual enthusiasts alike, leading him to write a sequel titled The Guns of September: A Novel of McClellan’s Army in Maryland, September 1862 (Savas 2022).
In the meantime, Dr. Rossino returned to writing history, producing Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia from the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862 (Savas 2021) and co-authoring with Gene M. Thorp The Tale Untwisted: General George B. McClellan, The Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders (Savas 2022). Both books challenge long-held beliefs about the 1862 Maryland Campaign and offer new insight into one of the America Civil War’s most important periods.