JULY REMINDERS

Don’t forget our July Meeting is this Tuesday, July 7th at 6 pm!

OUR PROGRAM by Steve Tesson

 Lloyd Tilghman was a Confederate brigadier general best known for his heroic defense of Fort Henry, Tennessee. Born in Maryland, he graduated from West Point in 1836 and briefly served in the U.S. Army before becoming a civil engineer involved in railroad and canal construction across the South. At the start of the Civil War, Tilghman joined the Confederacy and was promoted to brigadier general in 1861. He commanded Fort Henry on the Tennessee River when Union gunboats attacked in February 1862. Realizing the fort could not hold, he withdrew most of his troops to Fort Donelson and remained with a small force to delay the Union advance before surrendering. After being exchanged, Tilghman returned to service in Mississippi, where he commanded Confederate forces defending against Grant’s drive toward Vicksburg. We plan to visit Lloyd Tilghman’s home in Paducah, Kentucky, during our 2027 spring tour of southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. 

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