Our Next Presentation

The Civil Warriors Civil War Round Table of the San Fernando Valley/Los Angeles will hold its next meeting of 2026 via the Zoom app at 7:00PM Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, December 9. We are pleased to be hosting a presentation by author Chris Hartley entitled:

"Confederate General D.H. Hill"

Daniel Harvey Hill, a West Point graduate, was celebrated for his extraordinary courage in the Mexican War. Before the war, Hill shaped young minds as a professor at Davidson College. After the conflict, he left a legacy as president of the University of Arkansas and at Georgia Military College. As an editor, writer, and commentator, he helped shape the Confederacy’s enduring legacy. But controversy followed him relentlessly, as inescapable as his shadow.

A native South Carolinian, Hill stood at the heart of the Civil War’s most pivotal moments. With an unyielding spirit Hill’s words and actions consistently provoked the ire of his superiors. He faced blame for the loss of “Special Orders No. 191” during the Maryland Campaign, and his clashes with Gen. Robert E. Lee led to his departure from the Army of Northern Virginia. His transfer west to command a corps in the Army of Tennessee resulted in battlefield decisions at Chickamauga that sparked debate and his involvement in the 1863 generals’ revolt against Braxton Bragg strained his relationship with Jefferson Davis. Hill ended the war in North Carolina.

A graduate of UNC at Chapel Hill, Chris J. Hartley is the author of several magazine articles and three books: Stuart’s Tarheels: James B. Gordon and His North Carolina Cavalry ; Stoneman’s Raid, 1865 ; and The Lost Soldier: The Ordeal of a World War II GI from the Home Front to the Hürtgen Forest. His writing has garnered the Willie Parker Peace Prize  from the North Carolina Society of Historians, and a Preservation Education and Publication Award from The Historic Salisbury Foundation. Hartley is a frequent speaker and battlefield tour guide. He and his family reside in Pfafftown, North Carolina.

Miller is a writer, filmmaker, and photographer based in Los Angeles. He is best known for writing and producing the popular independent documentary “When Stand Up Stood Out,” about the “gold rush” of the 70s and 80s Boston Comedy scene, and for writing and editing the documentary “Bettie Page Reveals All,” which won “Best FeatureMiller is ale President of The Center for Military 

We will be meeting via the Zoom meeting app. We will send out the meeting on-line connection information shortly before our meeting day (12/9/26). Please plan on beginning your hookup a few minutes before the 7:00PM Pacific meeting time. If you are a first-time visitor to the Civil Warriors, please contact us at cwrtsfv@gmail.com for information regarding the hookup. Guests, new members and returning members are always welcome to join us for this and future meetings! If you can’t make this meeting, please consider one of our exciting upcoming meetings noted in our Future Presentations section.

Future Presentations