Cool History: Summer Lecture Series

The Cool History: Summer Lecture Series brings regional historians with expertise in the Civil War to Columbus, GA, at the National Civil War Naval Museum for a presentation and question-and-answer session with the audience. All lectures in this speaker series are free and open to the public.

The lecturer for this event is Michael Shaffer, instructor at Kennesaw State University and Civil War historian. Shaffer will discuss the life of Thomas W. Colley, a soldier in the 1st Virginian Calvary regiment, and will also feature this famous regiment that fought in most of the major battles in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War.

The Cool History: Summer Lecture Series is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Image: National Civil War Naval Museum