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August 2012 - rcwrt.org

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Jack Mountcastle, President            Gary Cowardin, Editor    
3821 Middletown Way                    1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Glen Allen, VA 232060                  Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
mtcastle@comcast.net                   cowardin@juno.com        
Professor Tim Orr
"The North Mobilizes for War"

>>> 7:30pm (NEW TIME) <<<, Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 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 left and down a few stairs.

 

Professor Tim Orr lectures on the  enlistment  practices  of  the  Union
forces,  the  lives  of  soldiers  as  they  went off to battle, and the
difficulties of communities in transitioning from peace  to  war.   "The
North  Mobilizes  for  War" was a presentation of the 29th annual summer
conference of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College.            

Dr.  Orr's  presentation to the RCWRT will be similar and then  he  will
make  comparisons  of the enlistment practices between the North and the
South.                                                                  

Dr.  Orr, a professor of history at Old Dominion University and  a  2001
Gettysburg  College  graduate has written "Last to Leave the Field." His
book tells the story of Ambrose Henry Hayward, a 21-year-old needlemaker
from  Philadelphia  who  joined the 28th Pennsylvania.  Prof.  Orr based
much of his research on letters  now  kept  in  Special  Collections  in
Gettysburg College's Musselman Library.                                 

This promises to be a most interesting topic.                           

Meeting Attendance for: July 2012 = 83

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.)

President's Message
We'll be back in our usual meeting room -- the Recreation  Room  on  the
lower  level of First Presbyterian Church -- for our August meeting.  We
will have a most interesting speaker.  Timothy Orr will address the many
fascinating  issues surrounding enlistment in the North and South during
the Civil War.  If you have a friend or  acquaintance  who  would  enjoy
meeting  with  us each month, please bring them along with you.  We look
forward to meeting them!                                                
                                          Jack Mountcastle

Books for Buck$$
Again this month, we will offer members a chance to  purchase  excellent
Civil War history books donated by other members of the Round Table. The
money raised through the Books for Buck$$ program will help  defray  the
cost of attendance at our annual dinner meeting in November.  All of the
funds collected will be applied to the costs of the reception  prior  to
the  dinner.  Please check your bookshelves to see if you have any books
or Civil War magazines that you would like to donate to this good cause.
Look for the book display at our August meeting.  Prices are:           

Hardbacks -- $10
Paperbacks -- $5
Magazines -- $1

Civil War Trust
For the latest CWT news visit: www.civilwar.org

Upcoming Events Links


www.virginiacivilwar.org
Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission

Visit The Museum of the Confederacy Online www.moc.org
and their
Events Calendar for MOC Events Calendar

Richmond Battlefields Association News & Events
www.saverichmondbattlefields.org/events.htm


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

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

RCWRT Monthly Speakers for 2012


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