Our January Program will be 7:00 PM Monday, January 25th, with guest speaker Dr. William Potter, Chief Historian and Curator of the Circa History Guild speaking on
"The Door to Richmond, Opened and Closed, 1864
- the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm "

THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND






















Last Months Program:
Reverend Jim Cabiniss, Author of  "Civil War Journals and Letters of Sergeant Washington Ives, 4th Florida C.S.A." spoke on "the Attack and Defense of Little Round Top"

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Scotch-Irish, The Volume I
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Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky and their Descendants
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Eastern Cherokee Census Cherokee North Carolina 1915-1922 Volume I 1915-1916
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The Confederate defenses around  Richmond were anchored south of the capital on the James River at Chaffin's Farm.

In September 1864 the Federal Army attacked simultaneously both north and south of the James River.

After initial Union successes the Confederates rallied and contained the breakthrough. Lee reinforced his lines north of the James and, on September 30, he counterattacked unsuccessfully and the two armies settled into trench warfare that continued until the end of the war.

The fighting around Chaffin's Farm cost nearly 5,000 casualties.