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September 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        
Glenn Trimmer
"Saving Stafford County's Civil War Sites"

7:30pm, Tuesday, September 10, 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 <<<<



Colonel Glenn Trimmer, USAF  (ret)  is  co-founder  of  the  Friends  of
Stafford  Civil  War  Sites.   Since his retirement in 2010, he has been
working full time on the Stafford County Civil War Park Project.  A  VMI
graduate  with a professional career in Missile Operations and Strategic
Policy, Glenn has spent over 35 years  searching  for,  identifying  and
collecting Civil War artifacts.  Glenn's presentation will focus on what
has been accomplished in Stafford County thru the efforts of the FSCWS. 
Here is a short YouTube vidio called "Stafford Civil War Park" you might
like to see before the meeting.                                         

Meeting Attendance for: August 2013 = 80

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
Hello Roundtable:                                                       
 
Well as you can see above, Bruce Venter has  another  great  program  in
store for us.  I look forward to learning about Stafford county and what
is being done there to preserve Civil War artifacts.                    

I listed a few URLs last month and I hope  that  they  might  have  been
helpful to some of you.  Here are a few more.                           

www.nara.gov   The National Archives                                    
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss   Start here to look for a particular soldier      
www.nps.gov/history   Also an NPS site and includes battle summaries    
www.civilwartrails.org   Civil War Trails in Virginia and Maryland      
www.moc.org   The Museum of the Confederacy, a must visit site for sure.
 
Hope to see everyone on Tuesday, September 10th!
                                          Brent

RCWRT's Annual Dinner Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013
On Tuesday, November 12, the RCWRT's annual dinner meeting will again be
held at the Willow Oaks Country Club thanks to the efforts of several of
our members.                                                            


We are very fortunate to have Dr.  George Kirsch, Professor  of  History
Emeritus  at  Manhattan  College  as  our  speaker.   Dr.   Kirsch  is a
nationally recognized expert on sports history.   He  will  be  speaking
about his highly acclaimed book, Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National
Pastime During the Civil War.                                           

The evening will begin with a reception at 6:00 PM.  Willow Oaks CC will
be  serving  the same excellent buffet dinner as last year.  Dinner will
be at 7:00 PM.                                                          

We are also able to keep the same dinner price as last year.  The ticket
price per person will be $32.00 for members and their spouses/dates. The
cost for guests who would like to attend, but are  not  members  of  the
RCWRT  will be $35.00 per person.  Beer, wine, cocktails and soft drinks
will be available at the reception.                                     

We expect an enthusiastic response to our annual event.  We must confirm
our dinner count early, so please make your reservations now.           

If you receive the newsletter by (snail) mail then the last page is your
printed form.   For online members click here for the form and print it.
The mailing address is at the bottom of the form.                       

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      
September meeting.    You may also enroll on-line by clicking this link.

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
 National Park Service - Richmond
www.nps.gov/rich

Events:
www.nps.gov/rich/planyourvisit/events.htm

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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