1. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2013 TWO IMPORTANT EVENTS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS! Daytime: 9:00AM – 4:30 PM TVCWRT’s FIRST ANNUAL CIVIL WAR SYMPOSIUM “THE WEST—WHERE THE CIVIL WAR WAS WON” Hosted with the Huntsville-Madison Co. Public Library Noted Speakers, Reenactors, Books, Artifacts Evening: 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM SESQUICENTENNIAL SOCIAL Hosted at The Ledges Country Club Food and drink reminiscent of the times, live period music, period dress (optional), and informal dancing

2. CIVIL WAR SYMPOSIUM NOVEMBER 2, 2013 THE WAR IN THE WEST: NORTH ALABAMA AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE —THE BEGINNING OF THE END— THOMAS FLAGEL — "A Landscape Transformed: Union Fortifications and the Alteration of Middle Tennessee” ERIC JACOBSON — “The Battle of Franklin” ERIC JACOBSON — “The Battle of Franklin” PEGGY ALLEN TOWNS — “The Plight of North Alabama’s African Americans in the Civil War” DR. J. F. (PETE) SPARKS — “The Federal Occupation of North Alabama in 1862” GREG BIGGS — "Nashville - Siren's Song of the Confederacy” FEATURED SPEAKERS (But wait, there’s more….)

3. CIVIL WAR SYMPOSIUM NOVEMBER 2, 2013 THE WAR IN THE WEST: NORTH ALABAMA AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE —THE BEGINNING OF THE END— JACQUE AND ROBERT REEVES portraying Period Characters RICHARD JOZEFIAK —“The Monies of Madison County in North Alabama, 1861-1865” RHEA COLE —“General Rosecrans' Signal Corps; A Secret Weapon Hidden In Plain Sight” WINTER FORESTS portraying Huntsville’s Union Occupier, General Ormsby Mitchel RON BEDNARCZYK with Civil War Soldier Reenactors JANET MARINO with Youthful Interpreters …(and more) MORE SPEAKERS AND ATTRACTIONS

4. THE PERFECT COMPANION TOUR for the November 2 Symposium “Where the River Campaigns Began” September 27 – 28, 2013 Cairo, Mound City, IL; Columbus, KY + Forts and Naval Stations Caravan; $30 per person; Contact: “ Greg Biggs, Clarksville CWRT gregbiggs@charter.netgregbiggs@charter.net or call (931) 217-4265 See the following slides

5. From Harpers, June, 1861 GREG BIGGS’ RIVER TOUR September 27-28 FOLKS, THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR A FALL TOUR FOR THE TVCWRT I highly recommend it, Kent Contact: Greg Biggs, Clarksville CWRT gregbiggs@charter.net or call (931) 217-4265

6. FORT DEFIANCE, CAIRO, IL

7. OUR NEW WEB ADDRESS IS WWW.TVCWRT.ORG Please bookmark it and visit often