As promised, I just finished posting the complete transcripts and slide thumbnails from my talk on Wed. night to the Lee’s Hill ’55 Club. The overall theme of my presentation was significant events that transpired either inside, or in the vicinity of the Lee's Hill Community. This neighborhood sits within a 15 mile radius of 40+ historic roadside markers and witnessed a variety of important events from the Civil War. Through the use of diary transcripts and satellite maps, I was able to recall the experiences of the soldiers and citizens occupying the area during the war years. Topics include: The Battle of Fredericksburg, Lincoln’s letter to the troops, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s winter headquarters and special flag, Jackson, Stuart and Longstreet’s encampments, Hilton: the Alsop family estate, Belvoir: witness to the death of Maxcy Gregg, and more. READ HERE 

I also want to once again publicly thank Mark Jones who turned me on to a great satellite-mapping program that is available on the Internet called Flash Earth. This very cool program enabled me to give the audience a ‘birds-eye’ view of the points of interest and put things visually in perspective. I also want to thank John Hennessy from the National Park Service, who gave me some wonderful leads and copies of some rarely seen documentation on several of the topics that I covered. (He's been my 'go to guy' on many projects.) Without Mark and John's assistance, this presentation would simply not have been possible.