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May 2010 CANISTER Newsletter Website Version of Our Monthly Newsletter |
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May 2010 CANISTER Newsletter Website Version of Our Monthly Newsletter |
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CANISTER From The Chattanooga Civil War Round Table www.chattanoogacwrt.org |
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| VOLUME XXVII | MAY 20, 2010 | NO. 5 |
VISITORS AND GUESTS WELCOME |
| DATE: | TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2010 | TIME: 7:00 PM |
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"To The Shadow of the High Tide: Lee's Florida Brigade at Gettysburg" |
| SPEAKER: | ZACK WATERS, HISTORIAN & AUTHOR |
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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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MAY MEETING |
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"...Perry's brigade with which as you know I am serving is pretty well used up.
It was small before the fight; it is very much small now. I shall have no trouble feeding it..." So Major Thomas Claybrook Elder, Commissary of Subsistence, Perry's Florida Brigade, almost laconically wrote his wife on July 4, 1863. The report offers no details, but it does suggest that the three small regiments of the Florida Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia must have been in some of the most heated action of the battle that had just unfolded outside that small south-central Pennsylvania college town. And, indeed it had, on both July 2 and July 3. And, indeed they had. But, it wasn't on Little Round Top or in Devil's Den or in the Wheat Field or the Peach Orchard or on Cemetery or Culp's hills or in the well known part of "Pickett's Charge." The brigade, though, had left some of the ground between Seminary and Cemetery ridges littered with the corpses of some of their numbers. The men from the "Land of Flowers" had fought parts of Gettysburg usually overlooked. In fact, the history of the troops in the Army of Northern Virginia from the third state to secede is usually overlooked. But, from Yorktown to Appomattox with few exceptions, Floridians helped carry Lee's flags forward in an effort to win independence. At Gettysburg, they would make sacrifices like few other brigades. To tell this story, our speaker this evening, Zack Waters, an historian and author, has co-written a just released book on those Florida Confederate Soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia, A Small But Spartan Band: The Florida Brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia (University of Alabama Press, 2010; with James C. Edmonds). Come out and learn about another aspect of what unfolded on those hot July afternoons in Pennsylvania in 1863. Zack C. Waters is Adjunct Professor of history at Georgia Highlands College. He has published articles on Florida’s CSA history in Florida Historical Quarterly, Civil War Regiments, Apalachee Review, and El Escribano. |
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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 book, A Small But Spartan Band: The Florida Brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The second item is a copy of Champion Hill: Decisive Battle For Vicksburg by Timothy B. Smith. The third item is a copy of a special issue of Blue & Gray Magazine focusing on Gettysburg with articles about John Buford in the battle, Alfred Iverson's role, and Ewell's decision (or indecision) on July 1. There is also a suggested tour of those parts of the battlefield. The fourth item is a copy of North & South with articles on the rifle revolution, fighting at Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, and the Camp Ford prisoner of war camp. Three of the 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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SCOUTS REPORTS! There were quite a few Civil War related programs in the last month or so. I know a few people attended the Face of Battle: The Secession Crisis Symposium at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center with Dr. Daryl Black, Patrick Lewis, Dr. Keith Bohannon, and Sam Davis Elliott as speakers. I wasn't able to attend but I suspect the talks were quite interesting. Did anyone go to the Historic Cemetery Stroll at Forest Hills Cemetery? There were several Confederate Memorial Day programs. Any reports? Did anyone make it to the Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association "'Three-Star' Battlefield Tour" of the the Union Earthwork Complex at Triune, Tennessee? If you were able to attend one or more, or another one not listed here, and you’re at our March meeting, give us a report. Good intelligence is one of the keys to military success! |
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FUTURE ROUND TABLE MEETINGS May 18, 2010--Zack Waters, Historian & Author, co-author of forthcoming book on Florida Confederate Soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia, A Small But Spartan Band: The Florida Brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia (University of Alabama Press, 2010), with James C. Edmonds June 15, 2010 -- To be announced July 20, 2010 -- To be announced August 2010 -- To be announced September 21, 2010--IN THE FIELD--"Forrest vs. Old Rosy: The First Days After Chickamauga" October 2010 -- To be announced November 2010 -- To be announced December 2010 -- To be announced |
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CIVIL WAR 150TH PROGRAMS As we enter the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, there will be many opportunities for our Round Table to perhaps have programs that match up with an event from that month 150 years ago. I'm going to try to line up a fair number that way. But, I also want to make sure that any of our members who have a particular interest in a given battle or a prominent person associated with a given battle have an opportunity too. Anyone a particular fan of say the First Battle of Manassas or Mill Springs or want an excuse to learn more about an event or person? If so and you'd like to do a program, let me know. Even '11, '12, or '13 isn't too far out into the future. |
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STRINGER'S RIDGE PRESERVATION EFFORT Almost certainly, you've seen in the paper or on the news or heard on the radio that The Trust For Public Land (TPL; www.tpl.org, 202 Tremont Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37405; 423-265-5229) has put together a deal to purchase and preserve the 92-acre tract of land on Stringer's Ridge that had been considered for a high-rise condo development. These hill tops are the backdrop to downtown Chattanooga when viewed from downtown northward and are some of the ones occupied by Union soldiers in June of 1862 and August of 1863 in their first direct attacks on the "Gateway to the Deep South." The view from some of them is quite enlightening and instructive. TPL has and is putting together a coalition of community and conservation agencies, activities, groups, and individuals to make the purchase possible and has raised all but $192,000 of the purchase price. They're making a final push now to get the last of the deal paid off. Part of their effort is a grass roots appeal. They would love donations small or large to help show the public support for the project. |
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UP-COMING LOCAL CIVIL WAR EVENTS OF NOTE
NEW ENTRIES:
PREVIOUS ENTRIES: |
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FROM THE REPORT OF COLONEL DAVID LANG, 8TH FLORIDA, COMMANDING PERRY'S FLORIDA BRIGADE, OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
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