BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//216.127.146.238//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.12// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:National Museum of Civil War Medicine X-WR-CALDESC:Visit the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and see the Cl ara Barton &\; Pry House Museums\, learn about Jonathan Letterman and s ample our civil war beer! X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20131103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20140309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=817&instance_id= DTSTAMP:20130620T104728Z CONTACT:Adele Air\, NMCWM Education Director (301-695-1864\, ext. 17) DESCRIPTION:

Steve French will chronicle\, Imboden’s Brigade in the G ettysburg Campaign from his 2008 award winning book.  John Daniel Imb oden\, a native of Staunton\, Virginia\; taught school at the Virginia Ins titute for the Education of the Deaf\, Dumb and Blind as well as practicin g law in his home town before the war.  He originally served as captain of the Staunton Artillery from April 19\, 1861 through the Battle of First M anassas where he was wounded.  He continued his military career by organiz ing a battalion of partisan rangers\, the 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry.  Promoted to Brigadier General in January of 1863\; he commande d 3\,400 men through northwestern Virginia who laid waste to rail bridges and captured $100\,000 worth of Federal animals and supplies.  His finest moment occurred during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg\; trapped b y flooding waters on the Potomac River at Williamsport\, Maryland\; he suc cessfully protected the wagon train and repulsed Union advances without si gnificant loss.  Mr. French illustrates the tale of the harrowing retreat from Gettysburg through torrential rains\, bad roads and Union Cavalry att acks with projected images of significant sites along the retreat taken be fore development altered the countryside.  Mr. French is the author of sco res of Civil War related articles and book reviews for The Washington Times\, Gettysburg Magazine\, North & South Magazine among others He is a frequent guest lecturer throughout the lower Shenan doah Valley\, Potomac Highlands and along the Confederate retreat route fr om Gettysburg. Delaplaine Room doors open at 7:00pm.  The one hour lecture starts at 7:30pm. First come first serve\, reservations are not accepted.  

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The Summer Evening Lecture Series is free and open to the public ! The doors open at 7:00pm and the lecture will begin at 7:30pm.

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  For more information call 301-695-1864\, ext. 17

DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130718T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130718T210000 LOCATION:48 East Patrick Street\, Frederick\, MD 21701 SUMMARY:Annual Summer Evening Lecture Series URL:/ai1ec_event/annual-summer-evening-lecture-series-2/?instance_id= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR