Marietta's Brad Quinlin, one of the most well-known and prominent Civil War researchers in the country, will do a lecture on Friday, June 28 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Quinlin will reveal forgotten stories of soldiers from his newest book, Under the Shadow of a Grim and Silent Kennesaw: Letters from the Kennesaw Mountain Battle Line.
The evening will highlight Quinlin's research in the National Archives uncovering lost information on Cobb County.
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Quinlin has spent years researching several different battles during the Civil War that happened in Cobb County. He does lectures, battlefield tours, re-enactments; volunteers at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park; conducts research; and has published several books.
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Admission to the Marietta Museum of History event is $5.
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