Inland Empire
Civil War Round Table
A 501(c)3 registered non-profit organization.
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Winner of the First International CWRT Congress
PHOENIX AWARD
In Remembrance of Professor Peter S. Carmichael, May He Rest In Peace
Professor Carmichael passed away suddenly on Sunday, July 21. In his honor we are replaying his presentation to the SoCal Civil War Round Table Allance in Febuary of 2023.
The Inland Empire Civil War Round Table was instrumental in forming the
African Americans in the Civil War Era Round Table.
Its website is https://www.aacwert.org
Our next presentation, "The Battle of Franklin and the Struggle with Our Past," will be on Zoom on Wednesday, July 24th, at 6:15 Pacific Time.
Guest Speaker, Author, and Chief Executive Officer of
The Battle of Franklin Trust, Eric A. Jacobson.
Did you miss this program? Use the link below to view it.
Library of Congress
Eric A. Jacobson
The late afternoon Confederate charge at Franklin on November 30th, 1864, was larger, longer, and deadlier than Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.
Eric A. Jacobson has been studying the American Civil War for over three decades. A Minnesota native, Eric lived in Arizona for over ten years. While there, he and two other principals started and ran a small business, which grew to over 150 employees by 2003. Eric left Arizona to pursue other interests and relocated to Middle Tennessee in 2005. He is the author of For Cause & For Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin, a project encompassing nearly 10 years. The book was published in March 2006 and is considered by some to be one of the most important books ever written about the 1864 Tennessee Campaign.
Eric’s second book, The McGavock Confederate Cemetery, was published in April 2007. He is the Chief Executive Officer of The Battle of Franklin Trust, which manages the Carter House, Carnton, and Rippa Villa. His third book, entitled Baptism of Fire, which details the roles of three Federal regiments at the Battle of Franklin, was released in September 2011. He is currently working on his fourth book.
Eric has worked with preservation organizations such as the American Battlefield Trust, Franklin’s Charge, the American Battlefield Protection Program, the National Park Service, and Save The Franklin Battlefield for over a decade to reclaim and preserve important sections of the Spring Hill and Franklin battlefields. He was also one of the driving forces behind the installation of dozens of Civil War Trails markers across Middle Tennessee. Eric served for many years on the City of Franklin’s Battlefield Task Force and was a longtime member of the Franklin’s Charge board. He has spoken to dozens of organizations around the country and also contributed to the documentary The Civil War: The Untold Story, which covered the war in the Western Theatre. In recent years he was among those who worked with the City of Franklin on the Fuller Story project, which has helped to tell more of the African American experience during and after the Civil War.
He lives in rural Maury County, Tennessee, with his wife Nancy.
