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August 2006 CANISTER Newsletter Website Version of Our Monthly Newsletter |
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August 2006 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 XXIII | August 15, 2006 | NO. 8 |
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Visitors & Guests Welcome
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| DATE: | TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2006 | TIME: 7:00 PM |
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"CAPTAIN HENRY WIRZ AND ANDERSONVILLE PRISON: A REAPPRAISAL"
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DR. R. FRED RUHLMAN, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA |
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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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| AUGUST MEETING |
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In a war that claimed more than 600,000 lives, a war horrible beyond the beliefs of most
of the peoples of the United States and Confederate States when it began, the horror of the Union
prisoner of war experience at Andersonville was something that nearly demanded retribution in
some form. And, for many Northerners, trying, convicting, and executing the commander of
Andersonville Prison fit that bill. Martyr or murderer? Captain Henry Wirz has been one of the
most mythologized of Civil War figures. In his just released first book, Captain Henry Wirz and
Andersonville Prison: A Reappraisal, our speaker this month, Dr. Fred Ruhlman, cuts through the
layers of myth to the real Henry Wirz and looks clearly at the policies that governed the prisoner
of war issue at the time and the military justice system. It helps the reader make a more
informed decision of their own on just who Captain Henry Wirz really was. Dr. Fred Ruhlman is a member of our Round Table and has previously spoken to us on Andersonville. A now retired Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fred now teaches history courses at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on an adjunct basis. |
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IN THE FIELD July's meeting "In The Field" at Nickajack Cave seems to have been a great success. We had twenty-seven members and guests in attendance and Marion Smith told us an awful lot about one of the most notable landmarks of the greater Chattanooga region. It was warm but there was shade and a bit of a breeze so all and all it was a pleasant evening "on site." We'll have to start thinking about where to go next July.
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SPEAKER'S FUND SUPPORT OF THE MONTH There are four items this month for the Speaker’s Fund. The first is a copy of our speaker's just released book, Captain Henry Wirz and Andersonville Prison: A Reappraisal. The second item is a copy of Secret Yankees: The Union Circle in Confederate Atlanta by Thomas G. Dyer, a very interesting and insightful account of a small circle of pro-Union people in Atlanta; it certainly is a different than normal view of the Gate City of the South. The third item is a copy of Osprey Publishing's Sharpshooters of the American Civil War, 1861-1865 by Philip Katcher. The forth item is all seven issues of Civil War Times Illustrated for 1998 with articles on such subjects at the Iron Brigade and the Stonewall Brigade at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Lee at the Battle of the Wilderness, and Pat Cleburne. 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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CANISTER IN ELECTRONS Last month was the second month in the experiment of distributing the Canister by email. Most of the now more than twenty or so folks who signed up for it that way got the July Canister both electronically and in paper through the mail. There are still some things to work out, but we’ll probably be able to do it.
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HISTORY ON BOOKTV AND THE HISTORY CHANNEL Pickings are a bit slim, but there is some WBTS history that's going to be on the tube in the next couple of weeks. However, for several of them, you're going to have to get up pretty early or set the VCR. This first one I'll make a special note of. It is this coming Saturday, August 12 at 9 AM although it is a repeat and hopefully some of you all caught the original airing of it. It is C-SPAN's Book TV In Depth and the guest, interviewee, is Dr. Gary Gallagher, formerly of the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, then of Pennsylvania State University, and now of the University of Virginia. Gary's been on a lot of Civil War Journal episodes on the History Channel and related programs and has authored six original works and edited twenty-three others. For years, he has led one of the most impressive Civil War Seminars, first at Penn State and now at UVa. I think long ago he even spoke to our Round Table. He has been the mentor of several of our other fine speakers inclulding Keith Bohannon who now teaches Civil War history at the State University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Ga., Pete Carmichael who now does the same at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro, and Evan Jones who is now in med school. This In Depth with Dr. Gallagher was first aired live this past Sunday the 6th of August so you might have seen part of it then or when it re-aired at 12:00 AM on Monday the 7th. Regardless, if you didn't see it or didn't see all of it, it re-airs this coming Saturday the 12th at 9 AM. Dr. Gallagher is one of the finest historians of the period we're all interested in so it will probably be worth watching.
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| C-SPAN BOOK TV: |
| In Depth with Dr. Gary Gallagher |
Saturday, August 12, 2006, 9 AM |
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The Lincoln Assassination Raise the Monitor, Part 1 Raise the Monitor, Part 2 The Battle of Franklin & Nashville Raise the Alabama, Part 1 Raise the Alabama, Part 2 |
Wednesday, August 16, 2 PM Monday, August 21, 2006, 6 AM Tuesday, August 22, 2006, 6 AM Tuesday, August 22, 2006, 7 AM Wednesday, August 23, 2006, 6 AM Thursday, August 24, 2006, 6 AM |
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SEPTEMBER'S MEETING Our third Tuesday of the month meeting night in September is one of the anniversary dates for the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19. As with last year when the third Tuesday was the 20th, I just can't pass up the opportunity of being on the field on the scene of the action, that evening as opposed to being in a meeting hall. Hence, and based on how well received the exercise was last year and some other years in the past, the September, 2006, meeting of the Chattanooga Civil War Round Table will be at the Chickamauga Battlefield on Tuesday, September 19, 2006. We will meet at 7 PM as usual and will initially gather in the parking lot of the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center on the historic LaFayette Road in Fort Oglethorpe. We'll then go out on the field and look at some of the ground of Cleburne's twilight attack in the area of Winfrey and Brock Field. We'll do some walking and it will get dark but I'll try to get all of our trail or off road walking done before total darkness. But, we will be talking about a "night attack" so come dressed in comfortable supportive outdoor footwear and bring a flashlight.
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FUTURE ROUND TABLE MEETINGS
September 19, 2006 - Since it will be the 143rd anniversary of the fighting
on September 19 at Chickamauga, we'll have an evening walking tour meeting on
the Chickamauga Battlefield; bring a flashlight.
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UP-COMING LOCAL CIVIL WAR EVENTS OF NOTE September 16-20, 2006--Commemoration of the 143rd Anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga, Chickamauga Battlefield, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park; regular and special tours, talks, presentations, book signings, Living History demonstrations, etc.; more details later; see also, eventually, www.nps.gov/chch October 20-21, 2006--The Lincoln Symposium "Now He Belongs to the Ages": Lincoln's America, Abraham Lincoln Library and museum, Lincoln Memorial University, Cumberland Gap, Harrogate, Tennessee; speakers include Dr. Paul Bergeron, author of Antebellum Politics in Tennessee, Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, co-author of Judging Lincoln, Dr. Jason Phillips, author of Religious Belief and Troop Motivation; for more information, call 423-869-6439 or email carol.campbell@imunet.edu; it's real likely that there will be good fall color that weekend up there in the mountains around Cumberland Gap and you can visit that historic spot as well so this seminar might make a good weekend's outing.
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[Webmaster's Note: In this month's issue, an insert about this symposium was included. To view and/or print
this insert, which includes a registration form, please click here:
The Lincoln Symposium.]
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| November 9-11, 2006--14th 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. |
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www.chattanoogacwrt.org |
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President -- Jim Ogden Vice President -- Ansley Moses |
Treasurer -- Harvey Scarborough Secretary -- Neil Greenwood |
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If you or a friend would like to join the Chattanooga Civil War Round Table, send
your check for dues, made out to Chattanooga Civil War Round Table, to Chattanooga
Civil War round Table, c/o Jim Ogden, 4 Gala Drive, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742.
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Regular Membership $20.00 Senior Citizen (62+) $15.00 |
Family Membership $30.00 Student $15.00 |
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The Round Table dues year is October 1 to September 30. Membership fee for new
members joining after October is pro-rated, being reduced by $1.50 per month for
regular membership, by $2.50 per month for family membership, and $1.00 per month
for Senior Citizens and Students. Members up-dating their dues or rejoining are
expected to pay the full rate. [Note from the webmaster: a chart with the appropriate dues can be found at: Membership Dues. An application can be found at: application] |
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