September 12, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Jeff Ewing

In honor of the TVCWT’s upcoming field trip, our Little Round Table leader Jeffrey Ewing has dusted off his 2007 documentary “Frank Wright’s Fort Oglethorpe” and paired it with his original “History of Chickamauga Battlefield Park” feature which was made with the assistance of Park Historian Jim Ogden. Jeff produced both films for the 6th Cavalry Museum, his first commercial work after “Floyd Collins” and “Pit Girls”.

Featured is an interview with a then 92 year-old Chattanooga man whose father was a cavalry wagon master and who grew up on the post, witnessing visits by Teddy Roosevelt and General John Pershing. This was originally screened for the 6th Cavalry reunion and played for several years on Chattanooga area television. The 1904 era Queen Anne style houses of the cavalry officers still line the parade ground at Fort Oglethorpe, they have been private homes since the army left the post in the late 1940’s.

After a career as a hearing officer with the National Labor Relations Board and a compensation consultant with the accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand,  Jeff returned to school to study video production and graphic design.   He opened his own video production company in north Alabama and until his retirement produced independent documentaries and internet commercials.   He has been a member of the TVCWRT since 2006 and the discussion leader of the Little Round Table since 2016.
 
Jeff has a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a MBA from UC-Berkeley.  And he is a ten-plus year attendee at Gettysburg College’s Civil War Institute’s annual summer conference.