One Week, TWO Great Programs...

First on Tuesday at noon: General Rosecrans David Moore will discuss his book, William S Rosecrans and the Union Victory: A Civil War Biography. Rosecrans was stationed in Wheeling for a time at the Charles Wells Russell house and designed one of the most successful battlefield ambulances used in the war. “One could argue that he is one of the very key persons in making West Virginia's independence possible,” Moore said. “If the Union army didn't occupy much of western Virginia a referendum for independence would have had little effect. Rosecrans spent a fair amount of time in Wheeling early in the war and he and his wife had their portraits painted there.” on Facebook and OCPL Web Site.
Then on Friday at noon: The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy In American Brutus, Michael W. Kauffman, one of the foremost Lincoln assassination authorities, takes familiar history to a deeper level, offering an unprecedented, authoritative account of the Lincoln murder conspiracy. Working from a staggering array of archival sources and new research, Kauffman sheds new light on the background and motives of John Wilkes Booth, the mechanics of his plot to topple the Union government, and the trials and fates of the conspirators. on Facebook and OCPL web site.