The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table March meeting will be at 7 p.m. March 11, back at the Justice Center in Sylva.

Kathleen Logothetis' presentation will be on Gen. Dan Sickles and his actions at Chancelorsville, and then Gettysburg. She will look at the cause and effect of The Battle of Chancellorsville on the Battle of Gettysburg two months later, with regard to the performance of Gen. Sickles.

Logothetis' appreciation of Civil War history began, as it has for so many, with a visit to Gettysburg.  At the age of 13, she was awed with the battle as an event and  fascinated by the stories of the individual soldiers and civilians. Although Logothetis has no ancestors who served in the Civil War, she developed a special bond with the "Orange Blossom Regiment," the 124th New York ...