Elaine Duckworth, President         Gary Cowardin, Editor    
2508 Hanover Avenue                 1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Richmond, VA 23220                  Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
gingerel_2000@yahoo.com             cowardin@juno.com        

Annual Members Dinner - THURSDAY November 15th 6pm
Location:
River Dining Room at
Willow Oaks Country Club
6228 Forest Hill Avenue
Richmond, VA 23225

Menu:
Chicken Night Buffet featuring Fried or Baked Chicken
Choice of two salads
One vegetable
Spaghetti
Choice of two desserts

Cost:
$35.00 per person
A Cash Bar will be available

Dinner Speaker:      (speaker/program info below)

Mail your checks for the dinner payable to the Richmond Civil War Roundtable
and send to my attention: YOUR MONEY HAS TO BE IN TO ART BY TUESDAY 11/12   
Art Wingo            
1414 Patriot Circle  
Glen Allen, VA. 23059

"When War Came This Way. 
Women's Experiences during the Civil War in Virginia"
by
John W. (Jack) Mountcastle
 
Jack is a Richmonder.  Graduating from the Virginia  Military  Institute
in 1965, he began serving as an Army officer in 1966.  He commanded tank
units in the USA, Vietnam, and Germany.  During the 1970s,  Jack  earned
an  MA  and PhD from Duke University and taught Military History at West
Point.  Promoted to Brigadier General in 1994, he assumed the duties  of
the Army Chief of Military History in Washington, D.C.  Jack returned to
Richmond upon retiring from the Army in 1998.  He has  lectured  at  the
American  Civil  War Museum (MOC) and the Virginia Museum of History and
Culture (VHS.) Currently, he  serves  on  the  adjunct  faculty  at  the
University of Richmond and leads historical tours of Civil War sites.   

Message from Our President
Dear Members,                                                           
As I'm sure  you're  aware,  Dr.   Bud  Robertson  has  been  a  devoted
supporter  of  the  Richmond  Civil War Round Table before December 1964
when he gave his first presentation to the organization.  This  year  as
we miss hearing from him at our annual banquet meeting, we send our good
wishes and prayers for optimal health and  well-being  to  Bud  and  his
wife,  Betty.   We  hope  for  a  speedy recovery and that we'll see the
Robertsons within the coming new year.                                  

With Thanksgiving around the corner, it's an appropriate time to reflect
on  the  many blessings we've received and remember those less fortunate
than ourselves.  Throughout the four long years  of  bloody  Civil  War,
soldiers on both sides of the conflict suffered and sacrificed more than
we can comprehend.   From  July  1st-3rd,  1863,  after  the  Battle  of
Gettysburg alone, 51,000 men were killed, wounded, captured or listed as
missing according to the estimate provided by the  American  Battlefield
Trust.  That following October, William Seward wrote a proclamation that
Lincoln issued on October  3rd  to  "set  apart  and  observe  the  last
Thursday  of  November  next,  as  a  day of Thanksgiving and Praise..."
Though  Lincoln  officially  instituted  the  holiday  that  we've  been
celebrating   since   1863,   perhaps  the  person  who  influenced  our
Thanksgiving tradition more than anyone else was  writer  Sarah  Josepha
Buell  Hale.   Beginning  in  1846,  Hale  wrote  letters  to  five U.S.
presidents over a span of seventeen years to urge them to dedicate a day
to thanksgiving.  Her action and perseverance mattered.                 

I'd like to take this opportunity thank two of our members for answering
the call to serve our organization  beginning  in  January  2019.   Andy
Keller  has  volunteered  to assume Secretary duties and Ulli Bauman has
accepted the nomination to become  our  next  2nd  Vice  President.   We
currently  have one vacancy yet to fill.  Will you consider helping with
our monthly book raffle?  If you're a regular attendee and would like to
volunteer,  please  let  us know by December 11th.  On this date we will
hold our annual business meeting to approve our new officers  and  amend
the  RCWRT  Constitution.   Please  review  changes  made  to  the RCWRT
Constitution before  our  December  meeting:  The  Constitution  of  the
Richmond Civil War Round Table                                          

I look forward to seeing you at our banquet meeting,
Thursday, November 15th. 
                                     			Elaine

2019 Membership and Information Form
will be ready after the December Business Meeting

Upcoming Events/Links

National Park Service Richmond

Richmond Battlefields Association News & Events
www.saverichmondbattlefields.org/events.htm

 
Visit the American Civil War Museum at Tredegar
and the
White House of the Confederacy
www.acwm.org

Pamplin Historical Park and
The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
www.pamplinpark.org

Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours
civilwarseminars.org

RCWRT Monthly Speakers for 2018

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