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Bert Dunkerly, President Gary Cowardin, Editor 2814 E Franklin St. 1404 Lorraine Ave. Richmond, VA 23223 Richmond, VA 23227-3735 bd1754@yahoo.com cowardin@juno.com4602 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.
Russell Bonds "Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor" 7:30pm, Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at the First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA.,
Russ Bonds
Russell Bonds is Associate General Counsel at The Coca-Cola Company and
the author of Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the
First Medal of Honor and War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and
Burning of Atlanta. An Atlanta native, Russ is an honor graduate of
Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia School of Law.
Stealing the General received a "Starred Review" from Publishers Weekly
and a rave review in The Wall Street Journal, which called it "masterly
. . . magnificent and definitive." Stealing the General was selected
as the winner of the 2007 Richard Barksdale Harwell Award for the best
Civil War book of the year, and was also voted to Civil War
Interactive's list of the Top 50 Civil War Books of All Time. Paramount
Pictures and Focus Features have optioned the film rights to the book.
Praise was strong as well for Russ's second book War Like the
Thunderbolt. James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
Battle Cry of Freedom, called it a "gripping story," while John Sledge
of the Mobile Press-Register pronounced it "one of the finest Civil War
books in years." Russ's articles on the Civil War have appeared in The
Wall Street Journal, Blue & Gray Magazine, and Civil War Times.
Russ lives in Marietta, Georgia with his wife Jill and three daughters.
Meeting Attendance for: July 2015 = 63
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Message from Our President It is now half way through the year. Hopefully you will recall that in January I challenged you to consider volunteering, and to send me your thoughts or suggestions for the round table. I want to reiterate those requests. I'd like to encourage everyone to think about how they can be involved, it can be something simple like helping with set up/clean up at the meetings, or stepping up to serve as an officer. Bert
Mark your calendar for November 10, 2015 for this years RCWRT Dinner Meeting at the Willow Oaks Country Club. Next Year's Speakers Lineup is now online for 2016. RCWRT Monthly Speakers for 2016
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Upcoming Events/Links
2015 CHAMBERSBURG CIVIL WAR SEMINARS & TOURS BASED IN CHAMBERSBURG, PA. "Lincoln" Sept. 24-27 Based in Richmond, VA. More information can be found at: www.civilwarseminars.org
National Park Service Richmond
Chesterfield Historical Society Winter Lecture Series
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Richmond Battlefields Association News & Events www.saverichmondbattlefields.org/events.htm
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Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier www.pamplinpark.org and their Special Events Calendar
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