Monroe County Civil War Roundtable

The Three General Presidents

Only three Americans have held supreme military command in wars critical to the future of the United States and then have gone to serve as president.  All three created the strategy to win their wars.  All three commanded the most daring campaigns of their time.  Two of them ranked by presidential historians in the top ten of presidents, and one has gone through a 70-year process of moving up in those rankings from last place to above average.  This presentation focuses on the lives and careers of these three men: George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.  

Steve Pettyjohn is a member of and past president of the Cleveland Civil War Round Table along with being a founding member of the World at War Forum based as Westlake Porter Public Library, which addresses the wars of the 20th century.  Steve is also a member of the American Battlefield Trust, Friends of Gettysburg, and the Ohio History Connection.  He has made presentations at several Civil War Round tables, the World at War Forum and at other groups around Ohio and Indiana .  He lives in North Ridgeville, Ohio with his wife, a retired librarian, who tolerates his 1,500 book library and hobby of playing wargames with friends.