Bernard Fisher, President              Rob Monroe, Editor       
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 September 2007 PROGRAM

Joseph T. Glatthaar

"Profile in Leadership:  R.E. Lee in His First Month 
as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia"


8:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 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.

For the  last  15  years,  Joe  Glatthaar  has  been  mining
archives  around  the country reading letters and diaries of
soldiers and officers in Robert E.  Lee's Army  of  Northern
Virginia.  His goal is to write a composite biography of the
army and its relationship with its legendary commander.  The
result,  General  Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse, will
be published in March 2008.   He  will  share  some  of  the
insights from his forthcoming book in the September program.

Joe  Glatthaar  is  one  of  the most prolific and prominent
Civil War historians who has never spoken  to  the  Richmond
Civil  War Round Table.  In 2005, he moved to Chapel Hill to
become Stephenson Distinguished Professor of History and the
Chairman  of the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense at the
University of North Carolina.  After earning his  Ph.D.   at
the University of Wisconsin in 1983, he taught for almost 20
years at the University of Houston and spent one-year stints
as  visiting professor at the U.S.  Army Command and General
Staff  College  and  at  the  U.S.   Army  Military  History
Institute.  He is author of The March to the Sea and Beyond:
Sherman's Troops in  the  Savannah  and  Carolinas  Campaign
(1986);  Forged  in  Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black
Soldiers and White  Officers  (1990);  Partners  in  Command
Relationships  Between  Civil  War Leaders (1991); The Civil
War in the  West,  1863-1865  (2001);  co-editor  with  Gary
Gallagher  of  Leaders  of  the Lost Cause: Confederate High
Command in the Civil War (2004); and co-author of  Forgotten
Allies:  The  Oneida  Indians  in  the  American  Revolution
(2006).  The  March  to  the  Sea,  Forged  in  Battle,  and
Partners  in Command were all main selections of the History
Book Club.                                                  


RCWRT's Annual Banquet Scheduled for
Thursday, November 15

By popular demand, the 2007 annual Richmond Civil War  Round
Table banquet will be held at the top of the world (well, of
Richmond, anyway) - in the restaurant on the 24th  floor  of
the  SunTrust  Bank  tower, 919 E.  Main St.  Mark Thursday,
November 15th on your calendars.  We'll gather at 6:00  p.m.
for  drinks  (cash  bar)  and  socializing  and  the  dinner
(chicken Florentine) will begin at 7:00 p.m.                

At 8:00, Thomas P.  Lowry, M.D., will  present  "Confederate
Heroines:   Southern   Women  Convicted  by  Union  Military
Justice." Known best for his  best-selling  1994  book,  The
Story  the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell: Sex in the Civil War, Dr.
Lowry has mined U.S.  court martial records for the dramatic
stories  of  real  life Southern women whom history had long
forgotten.                                                  

The cost of the banquet is $37.50 per  person  and  includes
all  services  and  gratuities.   Parking  is  free  in  the
SunTrust garage,  entered  from  the  Cary  St.   side.   To
reserve your spot(s), bring to the next meeting a check made
payable to RCWRT or mail it to:                             

Richard Grosse               
14187 Hickory Oaks Ln.       
Ashland, Virginia  23005-3148


Lecture Will Examine British View of Robert E. Lee

Brian Holden Reid of King's College in London, England  will
discuss  the  British  view of Confederate General Robert E.
Lee  at  a  lecture  co-sponsored  by  the  Museum  of   the
Confederacy and the University of Richmond.  This discussion
on Lee follows a series of events held at the Museum of  the
Confederacy  this year in honor of the bicentennial of Lee's
Birthday.                                                   

Reid  is  Professor  of  American   History   and   Military
Institutions  and  Head  of the Department of War Studies at
King's College.  Having long been interested in the  history
of  the United States, Reid is currently writing a major new
history of the American Civil War and hopes to complete  the
trilogy  eventually  with  a  book on the war's impact.  For
much of his career he has enjoyed a close  association  with
the  armed  forces,  and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical
Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal United
Services  Institute.  Since 1992 he has been a member of the
Council of Society for Army Historical Research, and in 1998
was elected Chairman.                                       

The lecture is will be held Thursday evening, October 4 from
7:30-9:00  in  the  Keller  Hall  Reception  Room   at   the
University  of  Richmond.   Admission is free but seating is
limited and reservations are required.  To  sign  up,  email
llipscomb@moc.org  or call (804) 649-1861 ext.  32.  You may
also register online at  the  Museum  of  the  Confederacy's
website,               www.moc.org                          


Upcoming Events

The  Museum  of  the  Confederacy's  next  walking  tour  of
"Jefferson  Davis's  Richmond"  is  scheduled  for Thursday,
September 13 from noon to 2:00.  Space for  these  tours  is
limited  and reservations are required.  Please contact Dean
Knight at dknight@moc.org or  (804)  649-1861  ext.   37  to
reserve a spot.

This  month Pamplin Historical Park & the National Museum of
the Civil  War  Soldier  will  take  a  special  look  at  a
marginally  explored soldier of the Petersburg Campaign, the
Civil War Sharpshooter.  On the weekend of September  21-23,
the Park's "School of the Sharpshooter" will teach the finer
points  of   camouflage   and   concealment,   marksmanship,
measuring  distance  by  sight,  scouting,  and  specialized
battlefield tactics.  For more information about any of  the
Park's   events,   tours   and   programs,   go   online  to
www.pamplinpark.org,  call  (804)  861-2408   or   toll-free
1-877-PAMPLIN.

The  Museum  of  the  Confederacy  and the Virginia Homespun
Dance Ensemble will present a special living history program
on  Saturday  afternoon,  September 22 from 12:30 to 4:30 in
the  museum  lobby.   Participants  in  the  living  history
program  will  enjoy  demonstrations of 19th century dances,
listen to talks on specific dances and  etiquette  and  have
the  chance  to  join  in.   Friends and members of the 12th
Virginia  Infantry,  Company  B,  Longstreet's  Corps   will
provide  the Civil War dance demonstrations.  The program is
free with admission to the museum.

On Saturday, September 29, Petersburg  National  Battlefield
will  offer  ranger  led auto caravan tours of the Battle of
Peebles Farm.  These hour-long excursions will begin  at  11
a.m.,  1 p.m.  and 3 p.m.  On that same afternoon there will
be a "Starvation Ball"  from  1:00  to  3:00  at  the  Union
Railroad  Station.  Discover what Petersburg citizens did to
survive the siege and to help each  other.   There  will  be
live  period  music  and  dances  that were performed during
these balls.  A donation of canned goods will be appreciated
to help local food shelters.

On  Saturday  and  Sunday, September 29 and 30, the Richmond
National Battlefield Park will host an  anniversary  program
commemorating  actions  at New Market Heights, Fort Harrison
and Fort Gilmer.  Special events include battlefield  tours,
living  history  encampments, weapons firing demonstrations,
exhibits and displays.  The program runs from 10 a.m.  to  5
p.m.  on Saturday and from 10 a.m.  to 4 p.m.  on Sunday.

From  noon  until  2:00 on Saturday, October 6, the Southern
Soldiers  Remembrance  Fund  will  hold   its   7th   annual
dedication  ceremony  at Hollywood Cemetery.  The group will
dedicate 47  Confederate  veterans  markers  installed  this
year.   Volunteers  are  needed  for musical tributes, color
guard and musket salutes.  Period attire is  encouraged  but
not  required.  For further information please email or call
Bill Ward at M1Garand@comcast.net or (804) 332 - 4522.

The  Richmond  National  Battlefield  Park  will   host   an
encampment at Drewry's Bluff on Saturday and Sunday, October
6  and  7.   Park  rangers  and  living  history  volunteers
representing  Confederate  sailors  will present a series of
talks, tours  and  demonstrations  depicting  garrison  life
inside  the  Drewry`s  Bluff fortifications.  The event runs
from 10 a.m.  to 5 p.m.  on Saturday and from 10 a.m.  to  4
p.m.  on Sunday.


Lecture Focuses on Legal League

One  of  the  most  prolific  and   efficient   intelligence
gathering  organizations  during the Civil War was the Legal
League.  Composed  of  Americans  of  African  descent,  the
League  believed  that in association with the Constitution,
they could end the tyranny of slavery.                      

Hari Jones, assistant director of the African American Civil
War Freedom Foundation and Museum, will present a lecture on
the Legal League on Saturday afternoon, September 15 at  the
American  Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar.  Jones will
discuss the founding of the League, its leadership, and  its
relationship  to  the  operational  activities of the United
States Colored Troops.                                      

The event begins at 2:00 and is free with admission  to  the
museum, $10 otherwise.  ACWC members are admitted free.     


Class Examines Lee's Victories

This year, in honor of the 200th anniversary  of  Robert  E.
Lee's birth, the University of Richmond School of Continuing
Studies announces a course titled "Civil  War  in  Virginia:
Lee  Triumphant."  After  turning  back a Union assault upon
Richmond in July, 1862, General Robert E.  Lee led his  Army
of  Northern Virginia through a series of battles during the
next year without suffering defeat.  The  non-credit  course
explores  Lee's  generalship and the impact of the Civil War
upon Virginians, their  allies  and  their  adversaries.   A
variety  of  materials  will  be supplied by the instructor,
RCWRT member Jack Mountcastle.                              

The class is scheduled for  Monday  nights  from  7:00-9:00,
beginning  on September 24th.  The class members will take a
Saturday bus trip  to  Fredericksburg  and  Chancellorsville
battlefields  on October 20th.  The course fee is $169.  For
more information, call the School of Continuing  Studies  at
(804)  289-8133, or visit the University of Richmond website
at www.richmond.edu.  Choose "Continuing Studies" then  look
at  "Non-credit  Courses"  for  info contained in the "Think
Again" catalog for Fall 2007.                               


RCWRT Monthly Speakers for 2007


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