Come and hear about 1863 Battle of Falling Waters, an event that was overlooked and unknown for years, until George Franks starting researching it. The battle happened two miles south of Williamsport and is the site of the last Confederate defenses of their Potomac River crossing back into Virginia after the Gettysburg Campaign. Franks will talk about this Battle and the Battle of Boonsboro at the August meeting of the Boonsboro Historical Society.
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 – 5:30pm – Boonsboro Library 401 Potomac Street, Boonsboro, MD. Open to the public.
In addition to the Battle of Falling Water and the Battle of Boonsboro, Franks will discuss other local skirmishes during the Gettysburg Campaign and how they affected Lee’s retreat across the Potomac. He will also talk about Battleground preservation efforts.
More About George Franks
George F. Franks, III is the founder and President of the Battle of Falling Waters 1863 Foundation, Inc. and President of Hagerstown Civil War Round Table. He is a Commissioner on the C&O Canal Federal Advisory Commission.
George served as an officer and governor of the Company of Military Historians and as President of the organization’s Chesapeake Chapter. He was President of the Capitol Hill Civil War Round Table in Washington, D.C. and is an active member of Save Historic Antietam Foundation and Antietam Institute.
George is the author of Battle of Falling Waters 1863: Custer, Pettigrew and the End of the Gettysburg Campaign and lives in the 1823 Daniel Donnelly House on the battlefield – less than a mile from the C & O Canal. George was awarded the 2015 John Frye Historical Preservation Award by the Washington County (Maryland)
Commissioners. He studied history at the U.S. Naval Academy and the University of Pittsburgh.
George Franks is President of Franks Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, and owner of Geo. Franks, Hatter, a global e-commerce business. He is a former technology executive with extensive international experience.
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