- Series
- Other Talks
- Time
- Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 4:30pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
- Location
- Clough Commons Auditorium
- Speaker
- Charlie Crawford – School of Mathematics, Alumnus
- Organizer
Please Note: Mr. Crawford grew up near Philadelphia and has a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Georgia Tech. He served as an Air Force officer, retiring as a colonel in 1996. In addition to being a member of Georgia Battlefields Association and the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta, Charlie is a life member of the Civil War Trust.
Charlie Crawford, president of Georgia Battlefields Association, explores the
significance of the fall of Atlanta to Lincoln's re-election as President and
examines George Barnard's photographic documentation of the battlefields around
Atlanta. Crawford will discuss how land that is now a part of Georgia Tech's
campus was once the site of Confederate and Federal fortifications.
As president of Georgia Battlefields Association, a non-profit battlefield
preservation group, Mr. Crawford has made over 95 presentations and led over 35
tours relating to the Civil War in Georgia.