In a first-person history program later this month, author and National Park Service historian Patrick Schroeder will portray former sheriff and Appomattox County clerk George Peers, who will recount the final days of the American Civil War.
The program will be held at Olivia’s in the Village, 6597 Main Street, Gloucester, on Wednesday, May 29. People are invited to have lunch at 1 p.m., followed by the presentation. The presentation is free; lunch is on your own.
Peers was born and raised in Appomattox, and his positions as sheriff and clerk gave him incredible knowledge of the area and its 8,000 citizens in the middle 1800s. He happily served as “Ambassador of Appomattox” for his delight in sharing stories of the town and its citizens. Then came April 1865, when the quiet hamlet was transformed by close to 100,000 Union and Confederate soldiers. Peers will recount the impact of these men and women as they camped and fought in and around the village. And, of course, he will discuss th...