Everyone is welcome at our monthly meetings
NOTICE: We've been moved back (by the hotel chain) to the Holiday Inn Oakbrook for our meetings.
Meetings for the 2023-24 Year will be in-person. but will also be simulcast on Zoom. Zoom details for each meeting will be emailed to members via the
newsletter.
Following the battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, General William S. Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland retreated into Chattanooga. Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee surrounded the city on three sides and laid a quasi-siege for more than a month. Supplies for the Union forces gradually dwindled, reaching crisis level by the third week of October. Rosecrans, who seemed incapable of lifting the siege, gave way to Ulysses S. Grant, who approved a daring plan to open a new line of supply. That plan succeeded on October 27, opening what the Federal soldiers called the "Cracker Line." The Confederates' effort to redeem the situation resulted in one of the Civil War's rare night battles near a railroad junction called Wauhatchie. Will Greene will argue that these two relatively minor actions decided the outcome of the campaign for Chattanooga and that the famous battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge should have never occurred.
For our 2023-2024 program year, we proudly welcome these outstanding speakers: Our meetings are held at:Holiday Inn Oakbrook350 W 22nd St., Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 Parking at the Holiday Inn is FREE Map and Directions Dinner $40.00 Members and Non- Members Cocktails at 5:30, Dinner at 6:30 Presentation only is $10 per person. Payable at the door, cash or check. Be there by 7:15. For those attending the presentation only, your reservation is appreciated but not required. Dinner reservations should be received by Sunday evening prior to the meeting. Please make your reservation in advance by emailing DinnerReservations@ChicagoCWRT.org with the names of your party or by calling (630) 460-1865 Cancellations: email us at DinnerReservations@ChicagoCWRT.org or call (630) 460-1865 Dinner choices. The CWRT has gone to a buffet style dinner. The buffet will include caeser salad, pasta, garlic bread, two meats (grilled chicken, meat balls, or Italian sausage) and dessert. |