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February 2005 CANISTER Newsletter Website Version of Our Monthly Newsletter |
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February 2005 CANISTER Newsletter Website Version of Our Monthly Newsletter |
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CANISTER From The Chattanooga Civil War Round Table |
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| VOLUME XXII | FEBRUARY 15, 2005 | NO. 2 |
www.chattanoogacwrt.org |
Visitors & Guests Welcome |
| DATE: | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2005 | TIME: 7:00 PM |
| TOPIC: |
"CIVIL WAR BOOKS: RECENT & NOTABLE"
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| SPEAKER: | THE ROUND TABLE MEMBERSHIP |
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MILLIS-EVANS ROOM, CALDWELL HALL, ACADEMIC QUADRANGLE,
THE MCCALLIE SCHOOL, HISTORIC MISSIONARY RIDGE (Directions to Caldwell Hall-Enter the McCallie School campus off of Dodds Avenue opposite the end of Bailey Avenue. Take the main drive into the campus and follow the signs for the Academic Quadrangle. There is a parking area there beside the Chapel and you will have passed Caldwell Hall on the right as you approach the parking area. Find a place and park. Caldwell Hall will be behind you as you park. Come in either the first or second floor doors and follow the signs to the Millis-Evans Room.) |
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The diary and letters of two men in the mostly German 6th Kentucky translated from
their native dialect--a history of the national military park created at Shiloh--a
biography of one of Nathan B. Forrest's fighting lieutenants--the memoir of a Bay
State soldier who fought in both the East and the West--a collection of images from
the Chickamauga Battlefield--a journal from a soldier in the 21st Wisconsin--a
collection of intriguing maps from the war--all of these are subjects of recently
published books on the period of history that so interests us. As for most of the
last two score years or more, the number of books on the War Between the States
continues to be impressive. While the sheer number those volumes in and of itself
is usually surprising, the value of and insights from many of those volumes can be
of great interest and importance to those who want to learn about the period or
visit its sites. Published lietters, diaries, and memoirs from participants can
give an insider's view of issues both large and small---Captain Henry Comey of
the 2nd Massachusetts tells of General Charles Paine's severe treatment of
guerrillas and those who harbored them in the Tullahoma area---Gottfried Rentschler
of the 6th Kentucky tells of the slaughter of his brigade in the "Hell Hole" of
Pickett's Mill on May 27. Good biographies of men who influenced events even
at the middle and lower levels provide in depth insights into those people.
Histories, both narrative and pictorial, of the battlefield parks tell us
much about how the battles of the war were and are remembered. There's so much
to sort through, read through, and incorporate into how we come to know this
period. This month, members of the Round Table will have an opportunity to provide their personal insights on books on the war they've found of interest or use in recent months. They will have an opportunity to hear of the good, or bad, books other members have looked at or read. It will, hopefully, be a true Round Table forum. So, bring a couple of the new and notable titles you've given some attention to in recent years and join the discussion. |
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SPEAKER'S FUND SUPPORT OF THE MONTH There are four items again this month for the Speaker's Fund. The first item is a copy of Roger Linton's recent Chickamauga: A Battlefield History in Images, a collection of some historic and modern images of the Chickamauga Battlefield. The second item is a copy of Stephen Sears' recent Gettysburg. The third item is all six of the issues of America's Civil War magazine from 1999 with such articles as "Forrest's Trumph at Thompson's Station," "Stones River: Rebel Rout of the Union Right," "Union's Forlorn Hope at Chickamauga," "First Manassas: Wheat's Tigers Hold the Line," "Missouri Parolees in Lee's Army," and "Seagoing Surgeons of the Civil War." The fourth item is a relatively large framed print "Our Heroes and Our Flags," cameo images of seventeen Confederate Generals and the principal flags of the Confederacy. The last three items this month were donated to the Round Table to support the Speaker's Fund. To those donors go our thanks. Proceeds from the Speaker's Fund go toward bringing speakers in from outside the area. Your support of the Speaker's Fund is appreciated.
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PROPOSAL FOR A REGIONAL CIVIL WAR CONFERENCE Members of the relatively new (less than two years old) Round Table in Clarksville, Tennessee, have made a proposal to our Round Table and a number of others in Tennessee and North Alabama to jointly sponsor a regional conference each year. This proposal is similar to what several Round Tables do in Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio (the Midwest Civil War Conference), as several do in Ohio, and as several do in California. Beyond just hosting a day or two of speakers, the Clarksville proposal notes that there would be the ability to include battlefield tours as part of the conference. The conference would move from place to place each year with one Round Table and perhaps another historical organization being responsible for organizing it. The proposal emailed to us is rather long; too long to include here in full. Harvey, however, is posting the proposal on our website so it can be read in full. I would encourage you to do so. At our meeting this month, we can begin a discussion of the issue and see if it is something we want to undertake. Please read the proposal at: |
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THE HISTORY FAIR Only this week did I learn that the Chattanooga Regional History Museum is indeed again conducting its David H. Gray History Fair and that they would like us to participate. It is Saturday, March 5. I told the museum staff person who called that we hadn't heard anything to date and that it was good they called at that date as our last meeting before the Fair was coming up fast. I said I would include the notice of the Fair in the newsletter this month, and that we'd discuss participation at the meeting on the 15th. Hence, members present on the 15th will need to decide if we are going to participate this year as we have for years past and at what level. Please come prepared to discuss this issue on Tuesday.
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THE DALTON RELIC SHOW I hope some of you all made it down to Dalton last weekend for the Tenth Annual Great Chickamauga Southern National Civil War Show and Sale. I wasn't able to, but the one person I've talked to who did reported a successful adventure. If you made it and you make the meeting, perhaps you can share your observations. It's usually a pretty enlightening time.
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CIVIL WAR HISTORY ON TV There are a couple of War Between the States history programs coming up on television. A couple are probably ones you want to set the VCR for so you can watch it as a more reasonable hour:
--February 12, Saturday, 10:45 PM, C-SPAN2's Book TV --- author Michael Korda
speaks on and answers questions about his book Ulysses S. Grant: The
Unlikely Hero |
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FUTURE ROUND TABLE MEETINGS
March 15, 2005 - To be announced |
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UP-COMING LOCAL CIVIL WAR EVENTS OF NOTE
March 5, 2005--Chattanooga Regional History Museum's David H. Gray
History Fair, Chattanooga Regional History Museum, 400 Chestnut Street,
Chattanooga; see note above. |
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