Announcing Our 531st Meeting
Date: Friday, October 12

The Barons of the Civil War 

presented by Jeffry Wert

We welcome back Historian-Author Jeffry Wert to the October meeting. Jeffry received his Master of Arts degree in history for the Pennsylvania State University in 1976. He has written extensively for periodicals and has had serial columns on Turning Points in the Civil War and The Progress of the War appear in Civil War Times Illustrated. He is the author of ten books beginning in 1987 with the publication of From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864 and including biographies on George Custer, James Longstreet, and Jeb Stuart. His book A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph, 1862-1863 won the prestigious Richard B. Harwell award in 2012. His book, Gettysburg Day Three was nominated for a 2012 Pulitzer Prize. He has appeared on the History Channel and C-Span commenting on Civil War subjects. 
 Jeffry is a dedicated preservationist having served as an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the Civil War Trust and receiving the Carrington Williams Preservation Award in 2015 from the Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation. Jeffry won the William Woods Hassler Award in 2002 for contributions to the field of Civil War Studies. His most recent book is The Barons of the Civil War and will be available in November. 
Jeffry and his wife Gloria live in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania. Jeffry recently retired from teaching history at Penns Valley Area High school. 

The Barons of the Civil War 

Jeffry Wert’s presentation will discuss the contributions of 19 Northern businessmen and industrialists to the Union war effort. Numbers of them are renowned individuals whose companies are still in operation today: Deere, McCormick, Borden, Squibb, Weyerhaeuser, and others such as Carnegie, Spencer, Parrott, Cooke, Vanderbilt, and Studebaker.