(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.)

All up and down the lines the men blinked at one another, unable to realize that the hour they had waited for so long was actually at hand. There was a truce, they could see that, and presently the word was passed that Grant and Lee were going to meet in the little village that lay now between the two lines, and no one could doubt that Lee was going to surrender. It was Palm Sunday, and they would live to see Easter, and with the guns quited it might be easier to comprehend the mystery and the promise of that day..." - Catton, A Stillness At Appomattox, p. 379.

The place and the event have almost become one. They are now one of those symbolic, defining, almost mythical place markers in our nation's development. So much is meant and inferred by just giving that Old Dominion name. Appomattox. To visit there is to feel almost as if the distance of time disappears. The story of that small Virginia county site town and the events that unfolded about it are more than a simple story of surrender. More happened and is reflected there. For our talk this evening, in recognition of the events of this month 140 years ago, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park staff member, Celeste Dixon, will relate some of the history of that place and it's significant event. Come out and learn more of APPOMATTOX.

Celeste Dixon is a returning speaker for the Round Table. Previously, she has addressed our group about the death of Union General William H. Lytle at Chickamauga and about Unionist sentiment in the Lone Star state. A native of Texas and a graduate of the University of Texas, Celeste has served on active duty with the United States Navy before pursuing a career with the National Park Service. Working first aas a seasonal at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, and Martin Luther King National Historic Site, Celeste successfully completed an NPS internship program and has worked permanently at Richmond National Battlefield before going to Appomattox. In addition to her NPS career, she continues to serve our country as a member of the Naval Reserve, doing duty time presently with the Joint Forces Command at Nolfolk.

The Canister this month is draped in black, part of the 19th Century tradition of marking the passing of a valued friend or family member. The Round Table is in the unfortunate position this month of being able to follow that part of the mourning ritual of five to ten score years ago as the man who can be considered most responsible for founding the Chattanooga Civil War Round Table, Dr. James W. Livingood, has passed. Page three of this issue is dedicated to his honor.

There are four items again this month for the Speaker's Fund:

-- Queen of the Confederacy: The Innocent Deceits of Lucy Holcombe Pickens by Elizabeth Wittenmyer Lewis.

-- A Stillness At Appomattox by Bruce Catton

-- Classic Images Video "Appomattox: Collaspe of the Confederate Dream"

May 17, 2005 - Evan Jones, University of Virginia, "Going Home: Soldiers become Civilians"
June 21, 2005 - Bill Scaife, "Joe Brown's Pets: The Georgia Militia"
July 19, 2005 - To be announced
August 16, 2005 - To be announced
September 20, 2005 - To be announced
October 18, 2005 - Dr. Kit Rushing, "Civil War Memoirist Fanny Andrews' A Family Secret"
November 15, 2005 - Harvey Scarborough, "Thomas' Demonstration Takes Orchard Knob"
December 20, 2005 - To be announced

November 10-12, 2005--13th Annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Department of Communications; more details later

Dr. James W. Livingood, of Signal Mountain, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2005. He was born July 5, 1910, in Birdsboro, Pa., to Howard and Minnie Livingood. Dr. Livingood spent his youth in southeastern Pennsylvania. He graduated from Gettysburg College in 1934 and received a Ph.D. in history in 1937 from Princeton University. He had been an instructor in history at Princeton University. He was a faculty member at the University of Chattanooga from 1937 to 1975, serving as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1937-66 and dean of the university from 1966-69. Dr. Livingood was a Guerry Professor of History, the highest award for faculty achievement at the university. He was a noted Civil War historian and author of many books and articles on local history. He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alma Lawshe Livingood. Survivors include two sons, James W. Livingood, Jr.,Reston, Va., and Richard S. Livingood and wife Carolyn, Ooltewah; three grandsons, Eric, Brent and Kevin Livingood; and three great-grandsons. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Hamilton Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Brent Livingood officiating. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Alexian Village Chapel. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist, 404 S. Moore Road. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to your favorite charity. Please share your thoughts and memories at: www.mem.com.