Author Book Talks in January

Ron Roth will present his new book The Civil War in the South Carolina Lowcountry: How a Confederate Artillery Battery and a Black Union Regiment Defined the War twice for the Beaufort District Collection in January. The first session will be held in Beaufort Branch Library on Friday, January 17th at 2 pm. A reprise will be held at the Bluffton Branch Library on Wednesday, January 29th at 2 pm.

Guests will view the war through the experiences of two radically different military units—the Confederate Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, and the United States 1^st South Carolina Regiment--the first Union Black regiment to fight in the war—both, ironically, organized and outfitted in the heart of the Lowcountry in Beaufort. As the Civil War Books and Authors Booknotes review points out, this is a rather rare approach. 

Roth is former director and CEO of the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, and director of the Nebraska Museum of Art of the University of Nebraska. He is a SC Humanities Scholar lecturer, battlefield tour guide, and past President of the Lowcountry Civil War Roundtable. He also serves on the Public Library Foundation of Beaufort County, an organization that provides financial support for worthy Library projects and goals not funded by Beaufort County Council. 

Books will be available for purchase and autographing at the conclusion of the program. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Public Library Foundation of Beaufort County. 

The program is free. Seating is first come, first seated beginning at 1:30 PM at both locations.  

Reminder: All units of the Beaufort County Library are closed Monday, January 20, 2020 in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Regular hours resume on Tuesday, January 21, 2020.