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Bill Welsch, President               Gary Cowardin, Editor    
10708 Rocket Dr.                     1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Glen Allen, VA 23060                 Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
wmwelsch@comcast.net                 cowardin@juno.com        
Did they get a Christmas Dinner? Presents? How did they do that?
by
Steven E. Anders, Ph.D.
Retired Military Historian
7:30pm, Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at the 
First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA.,
4602 Cary Street Road, 23226. A parking lot is available behind
the church with an entrance off the parking lot to the right
and up a few steps into the DINING HALL on the left.


Logistics: Sometimes you can't live with them but  you  certainly  can't
live  without.  We've all heard about the battlefield aspect of a battle
but was there anything else going on?  More  interesting  and  necessary
than you can imagine, logistics will be explored.                       

Dr.  Anders was born in 1946, in Columbus, Ohio and grew  up  in  nearby
Washington  Court  House.   He  earned  his  Bachelor  of Arts degree in
History (1968), a Master of Arts degree in History (1973), and a  Doctor
of  Philosophy  degree  in  History (1981), all from Miami University in
Oxford, Ohio.                                                           

Steve's specialties include U.S.  Military History, the  American  South
and  the  American  Civil  War.   Prior  to  becoming  the Quartermaster
Historian at Fort Lee in 1984 he served  as  a  Documents  Librarian  at
Miami  University and taught at Indiana University East.  He also taught
a U.S.  History survey course at John Tyler Community, and most recently
taught  mini-courses  on the history of Fort Lee Civil War Logistics for
the Osher  Institute  at  the  University  of  Richmond.   His  list  of
many accomplishments is too long to list here.                          

From  January  2010 until his retirement from Federal Service in January
2013, Dr.  Anders served as the Command Historian  for  the  U.S.   Army
Combined  Arms  Support Command and Fort Lee.  He also held the title of
Professor of Military  and  Logistics  History  at  the  Army  Logistics
University at Fort Lee.                                                 

Steve is married to Colleen Langen Anders, a lifelong elementary  school
teacher  and now retired Assistant Principal at Bettie Weaver Elementary
School  in  Chesterfield  County,  Virginia.   They   have   two   sons,
Christopher, 25, and Matthew, 23.                                       

Meeting Attendance for Last Month's Dinner: 85
Message from Our President
Thanks to Troy Arnold, our  November  holiday  dinner  was  a  wonderful
night,  with about 80 members and spouses attending.  Feedback from many
of you confirm my own opinion - good  food  and  good  fellowship.   And
thank  you to Dr.  Ed Ayers, who enthralled all with his presentation on
Staunton, as occupied by both sides.  His  many  stories  and  vignettes
gave  us  a  fuller  picture of the trials of civilians during the Civil
War.  Be on the lookout for his new book The Thin Light of Freedom,  due
next fall, which presents the entire story.                             

The  December  gathering  is  our  annual  business  meeting,  where new
officers are elected and other business transacted.   As  I  wrote  last
month,  the  executive  committee  will  be  presenting  a change to our
current dues structure, combining  the  existing  membership  categories
into  only  regular  and couples.  Please review last month's newsletter
for all the details.  Your support is critical to keep this round  table
on sound fiscal ground.  Thank you for that anticipated support.        

The list of 2017 officers is included in this newsletter.  You'll notice
the the name of long time treasurer Richard Grosse isn't  there.   After
about eighteen years of faithful service, Richard has decided to retire.
But you'll still  see  him  at  meetings.   Art  Wingo,  with  extensive
experience  in  banking  and  as  treasurer  of groups such as ours, has
stepped forward to fill the big void left by Richard.  Kudos to Art  for
that  and  especially  to  Richard for his service above and beyond.  He
deserves your thanks.                                                   

Here's one last web site for the James  I.   Robertson  Jr.   Civil  War
Sesquicentennial  Legacy  Collection.  This was originally the Civil War
150 Legacy Project, but has been renamed in honor of Dr.  Robertson.    

And, finally, thank you for the opportunity to serve as  your  president
for  this  last  year.  Thank you, also, to the members of the executive
committee for their support and guidance.  This has  been  an  enjoyable
term  that  actually  went  by very quickly.  But the good memories will
remain.  I am very confident that Troy and the new officers will provide
strong leadership into 2017.  It's been fun!                            
                                                       Bill

December is our regular yearly business meeting.  We will be  voting  on
next year's officers plus several dues items:                           

President - Troy Arnold                
1st VP - Elaine Duckworth              
2nd VP - Rob Monroe                    
Secretary - Sandy Parker               
Treasurer - Art Wingo                  
Newsletter and Web Site - Gary Cowardin
(In addition you will vote on 3 additional officers)

We will also be voting on changing the categories and  dues  amounts  at
the December meeting, instructions for our 2017 dues will be outlined in
the January newsletter.                                                 

As per the norm, dues will be collected at the  January,  February,  and
March  meetings.   Checks  are  preferable  and will be used to document
payment at meetings and via mail.  Cash will be  collected  at  meetings
and  a  receipt  will  be given to the payee.  We will not be collecting
2017 dues at the December meeting.                                      

Our Annual Members Dinner Meeting
Was held on Wednesday, December 15 at  the  Willow  Oaks  Country  Club.
Below  are several photos from that night.  (If you click on each photos
a larger version will be opened in a new tab)                           



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