The Alabama Civil War Round Table

It's been called many things...

• The Civil War
• The War Between The States
• The War For States Rights
• The War of Northern Agression
• The War of Rebellion
• The War for Southern Independence
• And others

By whatever name, the end result was hundreds of thousands of Americans dead and a nation scarred forever. The war was the deadliest in American history. It caused 620,000 soldier deaths and an undetermined number of civilian casualties.

American Civil War
Date of War: April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865 Location Fought: Primarily in the South End Result: Union victory; Reconstruction; Slaves in the south were freed
The Sides
United States of America (The "Union")	Confederate States of America (The "Confederacy")
Strength
2,200,000	1,064,000
Casualties and losses
110,000 killed in action 360,000 total dead 275,200 wounded	93,000 killed in action 260,000 total dead 137,000+ wounded

If you're interested in American history and especially the American Civil War, then you'll enjoy our group "The Alabama Civil War Round Table" in Birmingham AL. You are cordially invited to come visit with us at any one of our meetings!

Our membership is made up of a wide variety of individuals who all have a passion for both our Northern and Southern heritages, and the events that changed our nation. Our speakers are published authors, college professors and Civil War enthusiasts - all with a passion and enthusiasm for telling 1000's of stories about the American Civil War.

Please join us at one of our upcoming 2011 meetings!

Meeting Information:

Date:	Jan 10, 2012
Time:	Meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Speaker:	No speaker for January 2012.
Subject:	We will be having our meeting at the Hoover Public Library (Get Directions) on Tuesday Jan 10, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. Book Discussion - Imagining War March by Geraldine Brooks Tuesday, January 10, 2012 – 7 pm Theatre level meeting rooms Scholar led program – John Mayfield PhD, Department of History, Samford University Learn More See the "Lets Talk About It" image below. We will be meeting at the library January - April 2012.

For more information contact: brycet@bham.lib.al.us or call 205-444-7816

Please contact us if you have any questions or comments. Thank you.