Tuscarawas Valley Civil War Round Table Kicks Off Fall Programming with Program on Ohio in the Civil War

The Tuscarawas Valley Civil War Round Table will meet on Thursday, September 12 at 6:30 PM in the Community Room of the Dover Public Library. The featured presenter will be Mark Holbrook who will present “Ohio in the Civil War.”

 “With troops, generals, factories and farms, Ohio and Ohioans helped to change the outcome of the Civil War,” says Holbrook. “And that war changed Ohio and its people. We’ll explore those changes and take a look at the contributions of Ohio and its people during America’s Civil War. Its citizens, politicians, soldiers, nurses and businessmen.”

Mark Holbrook is currently the executive director for the Marion Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Prior to that, Mark served as the marketing manager at the Ohio History Connection for nine years and has been a consultant for tourism and history-based organizations for 12 years. He is a native Ohioan, graduate of The Ohio State University (BA in Communications) and an avid student of history. Mark is the editor of the The Buckeye Vanguard about the 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mark recently retired from a 20-year career as a Civil War reenactor, serving as a Union officer throughout the country at such places as Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Richmond and Shiloh. Mark also served as military coordinator for the film Light of Freedom released in the fall of 2013 and had a supporting role in the 2015 film Wings of the Wind. Mark served on the Civil War Sesquicentennial Advisory Committee for the state of Ohio and has appeared in several television history-themed television programs.

The mission of the Tuscarawas Valley Civil War Round Table is to educate the community about the American Civil War, to preserve Civil War heritage and to remember those who struggled for their cause. The Dover Public Library is located at 525 N. Walnut Street, directly across the street from Dover High School. For more information, please call 330-343-6123. Funding for Ohio in the Civil War was made possible by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.  This program is free and open to all.