Davis Wrinkle, Pres.                   Gary Cowardin, Editor    
7741 Rockfalls Dr.                     1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Richmond, VA 23225                     Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
dpwrink@verizon.net                    cowardin@juno.com        
June 2010 Program
Craig Symonds
From both points of view
8:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at the
Boulevard United Methodist Church, 321 N. Boulevard,
Richmond, VA (corner of Boulevard and Stuart Ave.) Enter
the basement door on the right side under the front steps.



Dr.  Craig L.  Symonds is Professor Emeritus at the United States  Naval
Academy  from  which  he  retired in 2005.  The first person ever to win
both the Naval Academy's "Excellence in Teaching" award (1988)  and  its
"Excellence  in  Research"  award  (1998),  he  also  served  as History
Department chair from 1988 to 1992, and received the Department  of  the
Navy's  Superior  Civilian  Service  medal  three  times.   He served as
Professor of Strategy at the U.S.  Naval War College in  Newport,  Rhode
Island  (1971-74) and at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth,
England (1994-95).                                                      

Symonds is  the  author  or  editor  of  twenty-three  books,  including
prize-winning   biographies  of  Joseph  E.   Johnston  (1992),  Patrick
Cleburne (1997), and Franklin Buchanan (1999), as well as  The  American
Heritage  History  of the Battle of Gettysburg (2001).  Decision at Sea:
Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History (2005), won the Theodore
and  Franklin  D.   Roosevelt  Prize  for Naval History.  His 2008 book,
Lincoln and His Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the U.S.  Navy, and the Civil
War,  won  the  Barondess  Prize,  the Laney Prize, the Lyman Prize, the
Lincoln Prize, and the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book  Award.   He  also
won the Nevins-Freeman Prize in 2009.                                   

He  and his wife Marylou live in Annapolis, Maryland.  They have one son
and one grandson.                                                       


NOTE: Please put on a name badge when you arrive for the meeting.
(Materials will be at the raffle table. New tags coming soon.)

The May meeting attendance was 81

Future RCWRT Meeting Locations

The regular June 8, 2010 Roundtable meeting will  be  held,  as  in  the
past, at the Boulevard United Methodist Church.  At this meeting we will
discuss and vote on the option of holding future meetings at  the  First
Presbyterian  Church on Cary Street.  If you are not able to attend this
meeting I hope you will contact any officer or board member  to  express
your opinions on the meeting location.                                  
                                              Davis Wrinkle, Pres. RCWRT

Come with us on this year's Bus Tour!
Saturday, June 19, 2010, 8am to 5pm
From Campground to Battle Ground

The Richmond Civil War Round Table will have  its  annual  bus  tour  on
Saturday,  June  19.   We  will visit two historic locations in Stafford
County near Fredericksburg where Union soldiers  spent  the  winters  of
1862-63  and  were  present  again during the Overland Campaign of 1864.
After our morning visits at Chatham Plantation and the  fantastic  White
Oak   Civil   War   Museum,  we'll  stop  for  a  quick  lunch  west  of
Fredericksburg before traveling on to the Wilderness Battlefield. There,
we'll  have  a  chance  to  visit  many  of  the  new interpretive sites
established by the Fredericksburg  and  Spotsylvania  National  Military
Park.   RCWRT 2nd Vice President Jack Mountcastle will serve as the tour
guide.  Our daylong trip will leave at 8am from the Lowe's  parking  lot
in  the North Park Shopping Center at Parham and Brook Roads en route to
the Fredericksburg area.  We will be back in Richmond by 5pm.   Cost  of
the trip is $25 per person and payments are now being accepted.  Sign-up
sheet will be available at the June RCWRT meeting.                      

You can bring your check (made out  to  the  Richmond  Civil  War  Round
Table) to the June meeting or mail it to:                               

John W. Mountcastle 
3821 Middletown Way 
Glen Allen, VA 23060

High Bridge Battlefield Museum

A friend sent me this link to  a  small  private  museum  just  east  of
Farmville.   If  you  are interested in the High Bridge Battle you might
want to check this out - Gary                                           

Located about a mile south of the High Bridge State Park Trail and  High
Bridge  Trestle.   High  Bridge  Battlefield  Museum, is a small private
family owned museum situated on the April 6th  High  Bridge  Battlefield
between Rice and Farmville Virginia.                                    

High Bridge Battlefield Museum tours are scheduled  by  appointment  and
presented  by  the  owner,  Michael C.  Lucas, Early Virginia Historian.
Please      contact      us      (434)      392-1865      or      email:
curator.historian@highbridgebattlefieldmuseum.com     to   schedule   an
appointment for a tour or program availability.                         

High Bridge Battlefield Museum
272 Bradshaw Road             
Rice, VA 23966                
PH: (434) 392-1865            
highbridgebattlefieldmuseum.com

Some Upcoming Events


Visit The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
www.tredegar.org
and their
Events Calendar

Visit The Museum of the Confederacy Online
www.moc.org

Pamplin Historical Park and
The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
www.pamplinpark.org
and their
Special Events Calendar

RCWRT Monthly Speakers for 2010


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