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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        
"Custer's Side Show:
The 1864 Charlottesville Raid"
Bruce Venter
7:30pm, Tuesday, February 9, 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.


Bruce Venter's major interest is Civil War cavalry with an  emphasis  on
the  career  of Union general Judson Kilpatrick.  He frequently lectures
on the cavalry and has led bus tours on  the  Kilpatrick-Dahlgren  raid,
the  focus  of  his book, Kill Jeff Davis.  In 2012 he participated in a
re-enactment of Dahlgren's raid thru Goochland County where he rode with
over  80  troopers  for three days, serving as their historian.  He is a
past president of the Richmond  Civil  War  Round  Table  and  currently
serves as 1st vice president of the Goochland County Historical Society.

He  has  published articles in Blue and Gray, Civil War, Patriots of the
American  Revolution,  Goochland  County  Historical  Society  Magazine,
Washington  Times  and  numerous  professional journals.  He is also the
author of The Battle of Hubbardton: The Rear  Guard  Action  that  Saved
America.                                                                

Venter  spent 36 years in public education before his retirement, mostly
as an assistant superintendent in school systems in New  York,  Virginia
and  Maryland.  He holds a B.A.  in history from Manhattan College and a
master's  in  public  administration  and   doctorate   in   educational
administration from the University at Albany.                           

Bruce  Venter  is  president  of  America's  History,  LLC,  a  tour and
conference company which he founded in  2010.   He  lives  in  Goochland
County, Virginia, with his wife Lynne and their beagle "Sally Seddon."  

Meeting Attendance for January: 80

NOTE: Please put on your NAME BADGE on when you arrive for the meeting.
(They will be on a table near the back or side of the room.)
Message from Our President
Thanks very much to Frank O'Reilly, who started our  2016  year  with  a
strong  and  moving presentation on Stonewall's College Boys.  I suspect
that there are others like me who are stimulated to do  some  follow  up
research  after  hearing  such a talk.  It's always interesting to learn
more than time allowed the speaker to present.  And thank you to the  74
members  who  reenlisted  so  far  this  year.   That's about 46% of the
current membership and a great start.   Sandy  will  be  traveling,  but
please  be  sure  to see Richard at the next meeting to add your name to
the list.  Congratulations to our former president  Bruce  Venter,  this
month's  speaker,  whose  new  book  Kill  Jeff Davis: The Union Raid on
Richmond, 1864 has just been released.  It will be a wonderful  addition
to  you  library.   I  highly recommend it to you.  Finally, here's this
month's web article of interest about  Confederates  who  went  south  -
really south - to Brazil.                                               
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/08/confederates-in-the-jungle

See you on February 9.                              Bill

New Membership and Information Form

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either bring it to the meeting along with payment or mail it to Sandy @:

Sandy Parker, RCWRT Secretary
2425 Falkirk Drive           
North Chesterfield, VA 23236 

2016 Membership and Members Contact Information .pdf Form

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25th annual VA Tech Civil War Weekend
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