Press release from the Western NC Civil War Roundtable:
The Western NC Civil War Roundtable is pleased to welcome Kevin Pawlack on Monday, June 10 for a free presentation at The Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa. Mr. Pawlack will be speaking on General George B. McClellan and the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War.
Kevin Pawlak is a Historic Site Manager for the Prince William County Historic Preservation Division. He currently manages Bristoe Station Battlefield and the Ben Lomond Historic Site and also works as a Certified Battlefield Guide at Antietam National Battlefield. Kevin sits on the Board of Directors of the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association and the Save Historic Antietam Foundation.
Originally from western New York, Kevin was introduced to the Civil War as a youth on a family trip to Gettysburg. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Shepherd University in 2014 and has worked previously for the Mosby Heritage Area Association, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Through these various experiences, Kevin believes that the Civil War remains of great interest across the country as people continue to seek out authentic historical experiences. His presentation will look at George McClellan during the 1862 campaign that resulted both in the Battle of Antietam and in the failure to destroy the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Among his publications, Kevin is the author of Shepherdstown in the Civil War: One Vast Confederate Hospital and the co-author of To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign. He has also written ‘The Heaviest Blow Yet Given the Confederacy’: The Emancipation Proclamation Changes the Civil War in Turning Points of the Civil War, part of Emerging Civil War’s Engaging the Civil War Series with Southern Illinois University Press. He blogs at “Antietam Brigades: A Blog about the Maryland Campaign.”
The evening’s agenda begins at 5:00 p.m. with a meet-and-greet dinner at the Tap Room within The Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa. Dinner will be followed with a social at 6:30 p.m. The meeting and free presentation will commence at 7:00 p.m. More information can be found at http://wnccwrt.blogspot.com/.
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