Bernard Fisher, President              Rob Monroe, Editor       
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bernard.fisher@comcast.net             RMonroe500@comcast.net   
 November 2007 PROGRAM

Thomas P. Lowry
"Confederate Heroines:
Southern Women Convicted by Union Military Justice"

Thursday, November 15, 2007
Annual Holiday Banquet Meeting 
24th Floor, SunTrust Bank Tower, 919 E. Main St.
6:00pm cocktails; 7:00pm dinner; 8:00pm program

Thanks largely to  their  self-promotional  autobiographies,
the  exploits  of  a handful of Southern women - Rose O'Neal
Greenhow, Belle Boyd, and Loretta  Velasquez  come  to  mind
immediately  -  are familiar figures in Civil War lore.  But
certainly there had to be other women who  spied,  smuggled,
and  otherwise  aided the Confederate war effort.  Where can
we turn for reliable accounts of new Confederate heroines?  

Tom and Beverly Lowry have found such  accounts  in  sources
they  have  mined  for  other  valuable  insights into human
behavior and misbehavior during the Civil War:  U.S.   court
martial  records.   Among the more than 80,000 court martial
transcripts that they read and abstracted for their  massive
data  base,  the  Lowrys  found  accounts  of  120  Southern
(primarily border  state)  women  tried  by  U.S.   Military
Commission.   Their  stories  are told in Tom Lowry's latest
book,  Confederate  Heroines,  published  in  2006  by   the
Louisiana  State  University Press.  A retired physician and
psychiatrist and U.S.  Air Force veteran, Tom Lowry is  best
known for his best-selling 1994 book, The Story the Soldiers
Wouldn't Tell: Sex in  the  Civil  War.   He  and  his  wife
Beverly  moved  east to pursue their court martial research,
which has provided the material for  other  books  including
Tarnished Eagles: The Courts-Martial of Fifty Union Colonels
and   Lieutenant   Colonels;   Tarnished    Scalpels:    The
Court-Martials  of Fifty Union Generals and Don't Shoot That
Boy!: Abraham Lincoln and Military Justice.                 


Museum of the Confederacy
Announces Exhibition and Online Gallery

The Museum of the Confederacy recently  announced  that  the
most  complete  collection  of  Maj.  Gen.  J.E.B.  Stuart's
wartime effects will be exhibited to the public together for
the first time in a over a century.  The Virginia Historical
Society's collection of Stuart items will be on special loan
to the Museum of the Confederacy until 2010.  The collection
will join  the  museum's  already  extensive  collection  of
Stuart  artifacts  currently  on  display in The Confederate
Years, the museum's permanent exhibit.                      

New items on  special  loan  from  the  Virginia  Historical
Society  include  Stuart's  Whitney  pistol, uniform jacket,
vest, trousers, and the blood-stained sash worn at the  time
of  his  mortal  wounding  at  Yellow Tavern in May of 1864.
Those items join the museum's regular  Stuart  display  that
includes  his  French-made  hat  with  ostrich  plume, LeMat
pistol and holster, saddle, boots, gauntlets, French cavalry
saber, sword belt, Calisher & Terry carbine, and field desk.

"This  exhibit  is  one  of  the  most  complete exhibits of
personal effects of an important Civil War general  ever  on
display,"   stated   Robert   Hancock,  the  Museum  of  the
Confederacy's director of collections  and  senior  curator.
"It  combines  the  two  separate,  venerable collections of
Stuart artifacts and  has  an  impressive  presence  in  the
Museum."                                                    

The Museum of the Confederacy is also launching of an online
exhibition featuring letters, photographs, and artifacts  of
Robert E.  Lee and Thomas J.  "Stonewall" Jackson.  "The Lee
and Jackson Resources" section  features  30  gallery  pages
with  450  images.   Virtual visitors to www.moc.org will be
able to view a wide selection of Lee and  Jackson  items  in
the museum's collections.                                   

The Letters and Documents galleries offer images of official
and personal correspondence, telegrams, and orders  sent  by
the two Confederate generals.  The Photographs and Portraits
galleries include copies of the few images taken of the  two
men  from  life.  Brief narratives introduce visitors to the
galleries' themes and highlights.                           

The Lee and  Jackson  Resources  will  serve  as  an  online
exhibit and a research and educational resource for students
of all ages.                                                


Library of Virginia
Program Examines Civil War Soldier and Sculptor

On Wednesday, November 14, the Library of Virginia will host
a  program  featuring Col.  Keith Gibson, director of museum
programs and architectural historian at VMI, and Stan Cohen,
author,  historian,  and  publisher.   They will discuss and
sign their new  book,  Moses  Ezekiel:  Civil  War  Soldier,
Renowned Sculptor.                                          

A  native  of  Richmond,  Ezekiel was the first Jewish cadet
enrolled at VMI.  As a young cadet he fought in  the  Battle
of  New  Market  in 1864 and served in the Confederate army.
After the Civil War he trained as a  sculptor,  studying  at
the  Royal  Academy  of  Art in Berlin and creating numerous
well-known sculptures.                                      

This free event begins at noon and is offered in partnership
with   the   Beth  Ahabah  Museum  and  Archives.   A  small
exhibition of pieces  by  Ezekiel  will  be  on  display  in
conjunction with the talk.                                  


Speakers Announced for 2008

Richmond Civil War Round Table members can look  forward  to
another year of outstanding speakers in 2008.  Ed Wooldridge
has put together a roster that includes a blend of  authors;
academicians;  and  National  Park  Service historians, both
active and retired.  Looking ahead to next year, here's  the
line-up of speakers who will be presenting to the RCWRT.    

January 8:
Nelson Lankford
"Cry Havoc: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861"

February 12:
Robert K. Krick
"The Myths of the Won Causes"

March 11:
Scott Patchan
"Jubal's July"

April 8:
Patrick Schroeder
The Battles of Appomattox

May 13:
George Rable
"God as General;
Was There a Religious History of the Civil War?"

June 10:
Craig Symonds
Lincoln and the Union Navy

July 8:
Frank O'Reilly
(topic to be announced)

August 12:
John Quarstein
"Ben Butler and the Contrabands"

September 9:
Ed Bearss
"The Battle of Shiloh"

October 14:
Jeff Wert
Topic from his new book on J.E.B. Stuart

November 11:
Ed Ayers
(topic to be announced - annual dinner meeting)

December 9:
R.E.L. Krick
(topic to be announced)


Gordon Rhea to Speak at ACWC

In early May 1864,  Ulysses  S.   Grant  initiated  a  drive
through  central Virginia to defeat Robert E.  Lee's Army of
Northern Virginia.  For forty  days,  the  armies  fought  a
grinding  campaign from the Rapidan River to the James River
that helped decide the course of the Civil War.  On Saturday
afternoon,  November  17,  author Gordon C.  Rhea, a leading
authority on the Overland Campaign, will be at the  American
Civil  War  Center  to  discuss  his  latest  book,  In  the
Footsteps of Grant and  Lee:  The  Wilderness  through  Cold
Harbor.                                                     

A  unique blend of narrative and photographic journalism, In
the Footsteps  of  Grant  and  Lee  also  features  stunning
contemporary   images   of   the   battlefields   taken   by
photographer Chris Heisey.  The program will begin  at  2:00
with a book sale and signing to follow.  The event is $10 or
free with museum admission and is free for ACWC members.    


American Revolution Round Table Meets November 14

The next meeting of the American Revolution  Round  Table  -
Richmond  will  occur  on  Wednesday, November 14, beginning
with dinner at 5:30 in the  Heilman  Dining  Center  of  the
University  of  Richmond.   John  Nagy will speak on his new
book Rebellion  in  the  Ranks:  Mutinies  of  the  American
Revolution.   He  has  documented  hundreds of such mutinies
during   the   war.     For    specific    details,    check
http://arrt-richmond.org/3.html  or  contact  Bill Welsch at
755-1809 or president@arrt-richmond.org  or  Jerry  Rudd  at
323-1759  or  vpmembership@arrt-richmond.org.   Reservations
are not required.   All  are  most  welcome  to  attend  and
participate.                                                


Pamplin Park Offers Detailed Map of Petersburg Campaign

Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of  the  Civil
War  Soldier  now  offers  visitors  a  detailed  map of the
Petersburg Campaign.  Commissioned  by  Trailhead  Graphics,
the  map  is  a  guide  to historic and modern features that
commemorate the Petersburg area Civil War battlefields.  The
map  details such locations as Five Forks Battlefield, Reams
Station Battlefield, the Eastern and Western Fronts, Pamplin
Historical Park, and Grant's Headquarters at City Point.  It
also indicates Virginia Civil War Trail Sites, locations  of
earthworks,  monuments,  markers, and visitor centers around
the Petersburg area as well as other  Civil  War  points  of
interest.                                                   

Trailhead  Graphics  (also known as Battlefield America) has
been making detailed custom cartography since  1991.   Their
maps  enable  the  user  to  identify and interpret historic
landmarks.  These maps are highly recommended by historians,
park  rangers  and  Civil  War  authorities who suggest that
these maps are the best way  to  get  around  when  you  are
visiting  a  battlefield.   They  are  "simply the best maps
available," said A.  Wilson Greene,  President  and  CEO  of
Pamplin Historical Park.                                    

The  map  is  the same size as a standard road map and folds
easily to fit into the glove compartment of your car.  It is
clean,   easily   readable,   full  color,  and  printed  on
waterproof and tear-resistant paper.  It is  meant  to  last
through   countless   travel   adventures.   The  Petersburg
Campaign map is  the  latest  addition  to  the  Battlefield
America Civil War map series, which also includes Gettysburg
National Military Park, Antietam National  Battlefield,  and
Shiloh  National  Military  Park.  The maps are designed for
the dedicated battlefield enthusiast as well as  the  casual
visitor.                                                    

Petersburg Campaign maps are available in Pamplin Historical
Park's Civil War Store for $7.48 each.   Contact  the  Civil
War Store at 804-861-2408 or purchase maps online at:       

http://www.pamplinstore.pointshop.com/IBS/SimpleCat/Product/asp/product-id/36744033.html


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