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August 2013 - rcwrt.org

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Brent Morgan, President                Gary Cowardin, Editor    
9091 Pantego Lane                      1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Mechanicsville, VA 23116               Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
brentster1@comcast.net                 cowardin@juno.com        
Horace Mewborn
"Elijah V. White and the 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry"

7:30pm, Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 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 stairs into the DINING HALL <<<<



Horace Mewborn is co-author of  the  43rd  Battalion  Virginia  Cavalry:
Mosby's  Command  and  compiler  and  editor  of  From  Mosby's Command:
Newspaper Letters and Articles by and  About  John  S.   Mosby  and  His
Rangers.   He  is  a  nationally  recognized expert on Mosby and led the
Richmond CWRT's 2012 bus tour of "Mosby's Confederacy." Horace has  also
written five articles for Blue and Gray magazine.  His latest project, a
work written to honor his mentor, John Devine, is a  regimental  history
of  Elijah V. "Lige" White's 35th Battalion  Virginia  Cavalry,  a  unit
famously known as White's Commanches.                                   

Meeting Attendance for: July 2013 = 95

NOTE: Please put on your NAME BADGE on when you arrive for the meeting.
(They will be on a table near the back of the room.)

Message from Our President

Each month I tell everyone that I will see them  at  Tuesday's  meeting.
Although  this  sounds  like  the  usual  greeting I extend it with true
sincerity.                                                              

Now in addition to this I would like to send  you  some  information  on
something  that really works and works well.  You have to have a Library
of Virginia card to access the following.                               

The American Civil War Research Database.  Obviously, I know  that  many
of  you  are quite familiar with this database.  If you have an LVA card
you can access this from home.  On  the  LVA  website  click  Using  the
Collections Database and eBooks > Military > American Civil War Research
Database, When it requests your card number insert this in its  entirety
including the first four numbers, the nine zeros, and then the remaining
5 digits.                                                               

Proquest Civil War Era (1840-1865).  This is  a  digital  collection  of
2000  pamphlets  and  eight  newspapers.   Click  Using the Collections>
Database and eBooks > Newspapers and Magazines > Proquest Civil War Era.
Again insert your card number when required.                            

I  have  tried  both  of these tonight and they do work.  There are some
other sites of Civil War interest available through LVA as well so  look
around.                                                                 
Good searching and will see you Tuesday night.
                                          Brent

University of Richmond class
"Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley"

The Shenandoah Valley was  the  "breadbasket  of  the  Confederacy"  and
served  as  an  avenue  of invasion for both the Federal and Confederate
armies during the war.  Led by Jack Mountcastle, this non-credit  course
is  scheduled  for  7-9  PM on four Monday evenings beginning on October
14th.  The class will  review  Stonewall  Jackson's  fascinating  Valley
Campaign,  the  impacts of war on the civilian population of the Valley,
and the summer campaign of 1864, during which the Shenandoah Valley  was
seized  by  Federal  forces.   The  course  concludes with a bus tour of
selected battlefields of  the  1862  and  1864  campaigns  on  Saturday,
November 9th.  To enroll, just pick up a registration form at the August
or  September  meetings.   You  may  also  enroll  on-line  by  visiting
www.richmond.edu  [choose  "Continuing & Professional Studies" then look
at the "Think Again" catalog listing.]    or just click this link       

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

FYI
Gary, I read this article about the history of a  Confederate  flag  and
thought  you might want to put the link into the newsletter for members.
It is a fascinating story of a flag's journey.        Art Ritter        

www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=75597

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 2013


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