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July 2011 CANISTER Newsletter Website Version of Our Monthly Newsletter |
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July 2011 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 XXVIII | July 21, 2011 | NO. 7 |
VISITORS AND GUESTS WELCOME |
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NOTE THE SPECIAL SESQUICENTENNIAL DATE OF THE MEETING ! THURSDAY THE 21ST AND NOT TUESDAY THE 19th |
| DATE: | THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011 | TIME: 7:00 PM |
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"First Manassas at Chickamauga and Chattanooga" |
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SPEAKER: |
Jim Ogden |
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PLACE: |
CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD LAFAYETTE ROAD, FORT OGLETHORPE |
| We'll meet at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center Parking and then car caravan to a couple of spots on the battlefield. Enter the Chickamauga Battlefield from Fort Oglethorpe on the Historic LaFayette Road and come in and park in the parking lot. |
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JULY MEETING |
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On the evening of our meeting this month 150 years ago, a Sunday in 1861,
word that what many had anticipated would be the ONE battle of a short war,
a battle that would decide the fate of one or two nations, was spreading
across the country. Those first reports were certainly contradictory and
unclear, but as the telegraph in hundreds and hundreds of towns across the
continent ticked out subsequent reports, it became increasingly clear that
that clash had brought victory for one side and a shameful defeat for the
other. There, in Northern Virginia, in the valley of a creek that thereafter
became a commonplace, the forces of the two sides had met but the Army of
the Potomac of the up-start but proud Confederate States of America had
come out the victor; the forces of the United States defeated and withdrawn
in disorder. The battle's 4,500 casualties seemed an incomprehensible number. In the days that followed, while participants on both sides came to realize that whatever this war was or was going to be, it was certainly going to involve more than that one battle that most of them and the citizens they served had believed a few short days before would be the battle of the war. Even still, however, when some of them, men like Alexander McCook, James Longstreet, Joseph Kershaw, Thomas Edward King, Edward Porter Alexander, William T. Sherman, Anson McCook, Oliver O. Howard, Micah Jenkins, Frank C. Armstrong, Robert T. Cole, Robert A. Moore and others acknowledged that it would be a longer war, they could certainly not imagine that a little over two years later, they would be battling in yet another valley, the Tennessee, in the shadow of Lookout Mountain. And some, who had survived that first fight and others did not make it beyond those here. On this 150th Anniversary date, come out and learn about some of the men who battled in what was supposed to be THE battle of war and who also helped hallow ground here and play a role in the eventual decision of a war most thought would not last a summer. |
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THANK YOU REBECCA & TERRY A special THANK YOU goes out to Rebecca and Terry Siler for arranging for and providing the refreshments available after last month's meeting as we, both happily and sadly, saw LONG TIME Round Table member Steve Bartlett off into retirement and new adventures. Steve did a great talk and the refreshments Rebecca and Terry provided added to our social time after the meeting with Steve. Again, Rebecca and Terry, thank you for doing that ! ! |
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SCOUTS REPORTS! There have been quite a few Civil War related programs to consider attending in the last month. Did anyone go to Lee White's Myths of Chickamauga program or take advantage of the Fee Free Day at Point Park on the Lookout Mountain Battlefield on June 21? How about go down to Dalton on July 14 for the dedication of the Georgia Historical Marker about Cleburne's proposal to arm the slaves? If you did make it to one of those programs or if you attended another event of interest and you are able to be at our July program, as we're gathering up, communicate to the other Round Table members there your observations of those programs. Remember, good intelligence is one of the keys to military success! |
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TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES "LOOKING BACK: THE CIVIL
WAR IN TENNESSEE" ARTIFACT AND DIGITIZATION PROJECT VISIT TO CHATTANOOGA With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War underway, one of the ways the State of Tennessee is acknowledging that transformative period is by undertaking a project to digitally record Civil War letters, documents, and artifacts in family and private hands to thereby enrich the understanding of the war in the Volunteer State. The project's visit to Chattanooga is July 26. See the insert for additional information. |
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PROGRAMS AT CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
It's (technically almost) summer and the "summer" staff is on so Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Military Park is offering a broader range than at most other times of the year.
Regularly scheduled Ranger Tours, Living History presentations, talks on special topics, openings of
the Cravens House are just some of programs. The schedule of them is available at:
Special programs are listed by day in the calendar; the daily, regular summer programs are given in the text below the calendar. There's also a new edition of the Battlefield Dispatch, Volume 1, Issue 2. It is available at:
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SPEAKER'S FUND SUPPORT OF THE MONTH Because we"ll be meeting "IN THE FIELD" this month, we'll not be doing the Speaker's Fund. Look for it again next month! |
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eNEWSLETTER With yet another postage increase coming or likely, we do need to give some more thought to the mailing of a printed newsletter vs. one that is more exclusively distributed by email. I see almost no printed and mailed Round Table newsletters any more. Our email list is growing too. If you are still getting a printed copy and have email and would be willing to receive it just electronically, please let us know. |
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FUTURE ROUND TABLE MEETINGS July 19, 2011--IN THE FIELD--NOTE SPECIAL 150TH ANNIVERSARY DATE August 16, 2011--To be announced September 20, 2011--IN THE FIELD--a tour of some aspect of the final day of the Battle of Chickamauga October 18, 2011--To be announced November 15, 2011--Dot Kelly, Knoxville Civil War Round Table, "Burning Bridges in East Tennessee: The Bridge Burners Attack, November, 1861" December 20, 2011--To be announced |
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UP-COMING LOCAL CIVIL WAR EVENTS OF NOTE NOTE THE SEVERAL NEW LISTINGS ENTERED BELOW.........
thru August 28, 2011--"BETWEEN THE STATES: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR," from the
George Eastman House Collection, Rochester, New York; displayed at the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga.
The exhibit includes images from Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, a Mathew Brady Gallery Album,
and shots by George Barnard, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, and others; 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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