{"id":1095,"date":"2025-06-06T15:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T20:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T20:59:18","slug":"june-2025-meeting-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/?p=1095","title":{"rendered":"June 2025 Meeting Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1096\" class=\"alignright fixed\" style=\"width: 300px;\"><a data-fancybox-title=\"\" class=\"zoom-hover fb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jeb-stuart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jeb-stuart-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jeb-stuart-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jeb-stuart-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jeb-stuart-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jeb-stuart-748x561.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jeb-stuart-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jeb-stuart.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Join us for the June 2025 Civil War Roundtable Meeting on Thursday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m., hosted at the Evansville Fraternal Order of Police (801 Court St, Evansville, Indiana 47708). We are thrilled to welcome <strong>Dr. Lucas Wilder<\/strong>, an accomplished historian and seasoned National Park Service interpretive ranger, who will deliver a captivating first-person portrayal of Confederate cavalry legend <strong>JEB Stuart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Raised in the Appalachian Mountains, Dr. Wilder developed a profound interest in the region\u2019s Civil War history, earning degrees from Lincoln Memorial University, East Tennessee State University, and Mississippi State University. His groundbreaking dissertation examined mountain warfare and analyzed the pivotal role the Appalachian environment played in military campaigns in East Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wilder is widely known for his dynamic YouTube channel, History Gone Wilder, which boasts nearly 700 videos, 1 million hours of watch time, and over 8 million views. Through detailed battle animations, book reviews, interviews, and scholarly deep dives, Wilder makes complex historical events accessible and engaging to the public.<\/p>\n<p>In his compelling presentation, Dr. Wilder brings JEB Stuart vividly to life, sharing thrilling tales of cavalry charges, poignant moments of loss, and insights into Stuart\u2019s enduring friendships with iconic Confederate figures such as Thomas &#8220;Stonewall&#8221; Jackson and Robert E. Lee. Don&#8217;t miss this chance to journey back in time and experience history brought brilliantly to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for the June 2025 Civil War Roundtable Meeting on Thursday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m., hosted at the Evansville Fraternal Order of Police (801 Court St, Evansville, Indiana 47708). We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Lucas Wilder, an accomplished historian and seasoned National Park Service interpretive ranger, who will deliver a captivating first-person [&hellip;] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/?p=1095\" class=\"readmore\">Read more<i class=\"icon-forward\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1097,"href":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions\/1097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sicwrt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}