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Battle Brief: Valley Thunder: Custer in the Shenandoah



Learn more with John Maass

Jan 07, 2025 - Jan 14, 2025. 07:00 p.m. to 08:00 p.m.

George Armstrong Custer will always be best known for his defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn against Northern Plains Indians in 1876. But over a decade earlier he served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War and saw action all over Virginia. Learn about Custer’s exploits in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864-65 from historian and museum educator John Maass. Dr. John R. Maass is an education specialist at the National Museum of the United States Army. He received a Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in early U.S. history and military history. His most recent book is “The Battle of Guilford Courthouse: A Most Desperate Engagement” (2020).


Register for virtual Battle Brief at 12 p.m.


Register for in-person Battle Brief ticket at 12 p.m.


Register for virtual Battle Brief at 12 p.m.


Register for in-person Battle Brief ticket at 12 p.m.


 

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