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August 2014 - rcwrt.org

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Bruce Venter, President                Gary Cowardin, Editor    
2315 Bexley Wood Run                   1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Goochland, VA 23063                    Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
bruceventer@aol.com                    cowardin@juno.com        
Andrew Duppstadt
"CSS Neuse:
From Confederate Ironclad to North Carolina State Historic Site"
7:30pm, Tuesday, August 12, 2014, 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.



Andrew Duppstadt is the Assistant  Curator  of  Education  and  Historic
Weapons Program Coordinator for the NC Division of State Historic Sites.
His previous experience includes work at the CSS  Neuse  State  Historic
Site,  Fort  Fisher State Historic Site, and Tryon Palace Historic Sites
and  Gardens.   He  is  also  an  Adjunct  Instructor  of   History   at
UNC-Pembroke,  Coastal  Carolina Community College, and Craven Community
College.Andrew holds a BA and MA in  history  from  UNC-Wilmington,  and
served as a teaching assistant to renowned Civil War historian Dr. Chris
Fonvielle.  He is a member of the Company of Military Historians and the
Southern  Historical  Association.   He  is  also  a founding member and
President of the Carolina Living History Guild.   Andrew's  presentation
will  cover  the  history  of  the  CSS  Neuse  through  its career as a
Confederate ironclad and its preservation as  one  of  North  Carolina's
largest Civil War artifacts.                                            

Meeting Attendance for: July 2014 = 51

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
Even though we're in the heart of vacation season, I'd like to encourage
all our members to attend our August meeting for a very special reason. 

Through  his  peerless  connections  in the publishing industry (and you
thought he only sold real  estate),  Southall  Wallace  has  obtained  a
pre-publication  copy  (Advance  Reader's  Edition)  of S.  C.  Gwynne's
newest book entitled Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion and Redemption of
Stonewall Jackson.  This book will not be available in book stores or on
Amazon, I'm told, until late September.  But  RCWRT  members  and  their
guests will have a chance to win a copy at our August book raffle.      

Gwynne  is a bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist, so you know
it will be a good read.  At  over  600  pages,  there  is  bound  to  be
something you'll learn from it.                                         

Janette  Walker is all geared up with an extra supply of raffle tickets,
so bring your greenbacks for a chance to win a truly unique prize.      

Here's a date to put  on  your  2015  Civil  War  calendar.   Virginia's
Sesquicentennial  State Committee has announced its concluding Signature
Conference.  It will be April 18, 2015 at the  University  of  Virginia.
Gary  Gallagher  and  Elizabeth Varon are co-chairs.  I was happy to see
our own John Coski listed as speaker among a  bevy  of  academic  types.
Congratulations, John.                                                  
                                          Bruce
The 2015 speaker line-up is now online.
(Just click here or go throught the menu at rcwrt.org)

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include the old address.)                                               

 Great Beefsteak Raid Tour
Longtime roundtable member Scott Mauger will  lead  an  anniversary  bus
tour  of  the  Great Beefsteak Raid, on Saturday, September 13.  Cost of
the tour is $30, which includes lunch.  Bus  leavse  the  Prince  George
Heritage  Center  at  Prince  George  Court House at 9:00 and returns at
4:00.   For details and/or reservations, call (804) 863-0212  or  e-mail
pghistory@aol.com
 Richmond National Battlefield Park Tours
Don't miss the bus, seats still open for its bus tours:  
Deep Bottom, Aug 16
Fort Harrison, Sept 27

For prices and details, call 804-335-8100

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

Upcoming Events/Links


www.virginiacivilwar.org
Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission

NPS Richmond - Sesquicentennial - 1864/2014

Chesterfield Historical Society Winter Lecture Series

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 2014