Award-winning author, presenter, and study leader
Gregg Clemmer
EVENTS
Robert E. Lee: The History You Were Never Taught
April 11, 2023
Loudoun County Civil War Round Table
With Confederate statues and indeed Southern history grabbing headlines across our country, it might be interesting if we took a look at pages of our history rarely read. Robert E. Lee's memory is especially under review -- if not attacked. But the former Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia's most enduring legacy is one few recognize.
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Who the h#** was Old Alleghany?
May 8, 2023
Rappahannock Valley Civil War Round Table
Ed Johnson is "one of the wickedest men I ever heard of," wrote a member of the Stonewall Brigade. Declared another, he is "a large nd rather rough looking man on horseback ... whom the men jeered." Others recalled Johnson as an irascible character who "always carried a big hickory club or cane, and when he got made could work his eas like a mule." Still, Johnson's highest accolades shine from subordinates who followed him into battle. They are legion, but perhaps summarized best in the words of artillerist William P. Carter: "No bolder soldier ever donned the Southern gray, or followed the storm-tossed colors of the immortal Lee."
Despite warnings from several nationally know historians that few primary source existed, Clemmer's diligent research over a dozen years discovered two notable caches of Johnson letter and a tresure trove of primary records. As a result, Clemmer's biography of Ed Johnson won the Dougls Southall Freeman History Award as the book of highest merit in the field of Southern history.
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Who the h#** was Old Alleghany?
June 23, 2023
Civil War Study Group, Lake of the Woods
Ed Johnson is "one of the wickedest men I ever heard of," wrote a member of the Stonewall Brigade. Declared another, he is "a large nd rather rough looking man on horseback ... whom the men jeered." Others recalled Johnson as an irascible character who "always carried a big hickory club or cane, and when he got made could work his eas like a mule." Still, Johnson's highest accolades shine from subordinates who followed him into battle. They are legion, but perhaps summarized best in the words of artillerist William P. Carter: "No bolder soldier ever donned the Southern gray, or followed the storm-tossed colors of the immortal Lee."
Despite warnings from several nationally know historians that few primary source existed, Clemmer's diligent research over a dozen years discovered two notable caches of Johnson letter and a tresure trove of primary records. As a result, Clemmer's biography of Ed Johnson won the Dougls Southall Freeman History Award as the book of highest merit in the field of Southern history.
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Recent events of interest:
Smithsonian Journeys: The Road to Antietam and Gettysburg
October 10-14, 2022
Relive two of the Civil War’s fiercest battles—Antietam and Gettysburg—during this five-day Special Interest Journey and learn how the battle cries for a lasting union still echo through history.