Civil War Myths. Will be Presented by Larry Hewitt COCKTAILS: 6:00 P.M. DINNER ($25.00): 7:00 P.M. PROGRAM: 8:00 P.M. Meet Our Speaker Larry Hewitt

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1 Circular Memorandum #452 louisvillecwrt.yolasite.com October, 2013 Announcing Our 486th Meeting Civil War Myths Will be Presented by Larry Hewitt DATE: Saturday, October 12 Location: Big Spring Country Club COCKTAILS: 6:00 P.M. DINNER ($25.00): 7:00 P.M. PROGRAM: 8:00 P.M. Meet Our Speaker Larry Hewitt Lawrence Lee Hewitt, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, received his B.A. (1974) from the University of Kentucky and his M.A. (1977) and Ph.D. (1984) from Louisiana State University. He was the manager of the Port Hudson ( ) and Camp Moore ( ) Historic Sites and taught at Southeastern Louisiana University ( ). He was a tenured full professor when he resigned to marry a native of Chicago, where he currently resides. The 1991 recipient of SLU s President s Award for Excellence in Research, the 1991 Charles L. Dufour Award, the 2011 Dr. Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr. Award, and the 2013 Nevins-Freeman Award, he is a past president of the Baton Rouge Civil War Round Table and former managing editor of North & South magazine. His publications include Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi (1987), The Confederate High Command (1990), Leadership During the Civil War (1992), Louisianians in the Civil War (2002), Kentuckians in Gray: Confederate Generals and Field Officers of the Bluegrass State (2008), three volumes of Confederate Generals in the Western Theater (2010, 2010, and 2011), Lee and His Generals: Essays in Honor of T. Harry Williams (2012), and Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi, volume one (2013). Civil War Myths Most of the Civil War Myths Larry Hewitt will discuss in his presentation are about Confederate generals, but Jefferson Davis, Joshua Chamberlain, and one private also have prominent roles. Much of his talk will deal with the Confederate high command, from the Army of Northern Virginia to the Trans-Mississippi Department. Though the campaigns of Gettysburg, Appomattox, and the Seven Days' Battles figure

2 The Adjutant s Call 2 October, 2013 prominently, he will focus more on what happened after the fighting had ended at each of them. In addition to Chamberlain, generals given special attention are Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, John Brown Gordon, John Bankhead Magruder, Theophilus H. Holmes, Benjamin Huger, and especially Braxton Bragg and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Books! Books! Books! Larry Hewitt will be bringing the following books: Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi: $18 Kentuckians in Gray: $35 Lee and His Generals: $40 Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, vol. 1: $40 Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, vol. 2: $40 Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, vol. 3: $40 Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi, vol. 1: $50 RESERVATIONS: Call Doug Krawczyk ( ) to place your reservations. If you are making reservations for more than just yourself, please give the names of the others. If you leave your reservation on his answering machine, please spell out your name so he can correctly identify you. You can also make your reservation by by sending it to bryanw@macconstruction.com. You will receive a confirmation of your reservation back from Bryan. Please call or no later than Wednesday, October 9, by noon. If you wish to join us just for the program, please call and make a reservation so that we can provide you with a chair. If you are only coming for the program, you can call Doug anytime up to 4:00 p.m. the day of the meeting. Reminder for Table Reservations: We can reserve tables for parties of eight only, and we need you to provide us with the names of all the people in your party when you make the reservation. This will enable us to manage our meeting space in a more efficient manner. Thank you. Hood s 1864 Tennessee Campaign is Destination for Spring 2014 Field Trip We will be going to Tennessee for the spring field trip to study John Bell Hood s 1864 campaign. The dates of the trip will be April 2 April 6. Our guide will be Thomas Cartwright who has made the Middle Tennessee campaign his life s work. We could not ask for a better guide. More details will be announced soon. Mark your calendars.

3 The Adjutant s Call 3 October, 2013 Thanks to Everyone Who Has Renewed Their Membership! If you have not renewed your membership, this is a gentle reminder to do so. Remember any amount you give above the basic or family membership fee is tax-deductible since the Round Table has tax-exempt status as a 501 (c) (3) organization! There are three membership options from which to choose. The additional funds raised through Patron memberships allow the Round Table to take a more active role in the Preservation of Civil War battlefields and sites and also help pay the costs of bringing the very best Civil War speakers to our meetings. Dues notices were sent in the Summer Newsletter. To Summarize the Options: Option One: Regular Membership $30 Basic membership. Option Two: Family Membership $35 Allows spouse or family member living in the same household to also join. +$5 For each additional family member. Option Three: Patron Membership $55+ Membership with financial gift to LCWRT. Note: Please send your renewal check made out to LCWRT directly to Doug Kremer, Indian Legends Drive Apt-203, Louisville, Ky., Thanks Schedule Saturday October 12 Larry Hewitt Civil War Myths Sunday November 17 Bud Robertson Stonewall Jackson and Abraham Lincoln: Compatible Enemies? Saturday December 7 Kristina Johnson TBA Saturday January 18 Gloria Swift TBA Saturday February 8 Dave Powell TBA Saturday March 8 Scott Hartwig TBA Saturday April 12 Anne Marshall TBA Saturday May 10 TBA TBA Saturday September 13 Jack Davis TBA

4 The Adjutant s Call 4 October, 2013 Welcome New Members! We wish to extend the warm hand of fellowship to new members: Julie Bartlett, John &b Carol Bernier, Patricia Kochert And James Prichard Winners of the September Door Prizes Congratulations to our door prize winners at the September meeting. The Civil War Reader by E.J. Patrick won by Greg Weigel Under the Blue Pennant by John Gratton won by Bill Hambleton Confederates Downeast by Mason Smith won by John Bellucci Hell s Broke Loose in Georgia by Scott Walker won by Bob Slaton September 2013 Quiz: 1. How many times was Stonewall Jackson buried? At least four times: It is believed Jackson's amputated arm was buried at least twice in the cemetery at Elwood Plantation. The rest of his body was buried twice in the cemetery in Lexington, Virginia. 2. What percentage of white men of military age in the Confederacy lost their lives? Fully one-fourth lost their lives, and that doesn't include an unknown number of civilian deaths in the South. (James McPherson) 3. According to historian James McPherson, the 120 killed during the New York City draft riots of 1863 were mostly who? "In the end most of those killed were not blacks or abolitionists but rioters, shot down by police and by troops rushed to New York from Gettysburg." 4. What was the connection between the New York City riots and the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts? The mob beat to death the nephew of one of the Fifty-fourth's sergeants on July 15, On July 18, 1863 Sergeant Robert Simmons was mortally wounded in the attack on Fort Wagner.

5 The Adjutant s Call 5 October, Who were the six Union officers (five generals and one major) who became President of the United States? Generals Chester A. Arthur, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Major William McKinley. (Arthur was quartermaster general for New York State.) October 2013 Quiz: 1. Brigadier General William P. Sanders, U.S.A., West Point Class of 1856, had an interesting experience at West Point. What was it? 2. There were how many black regiments in the Union army? 3. Three of the convicted Lincoln conspirators are buried in the same cemetery. Who are they and where are they buried? 4. When did the federal government establish Arlington as a national cemetery? 5. At the Battle of Gettysburg, who were the oldest Confederate general and the oldest Union general? (The Quiz is prepared by Harriette Weatherbee) Civil War Trust Successfully Completes Campaign to Save Fleetwood Hill (Brandy Station, Va.) The Civil War Trust, America s largest nonprofit battlefield preservation group, recently announced that it has successfully completed a $3.6 million national fundraising campaign to preserve 56 acres of historic Fleetwood Hill on the Brandy Station Battlefield in Culpeper County, Va., site of the largest cavalry battle ever fought on the North American continent. In celebrating the success of this project, one of five most ambitious in the organization s history, Civil War Trust president James Lighthizer issued the following statement: This is a day that those of us in the preservation community have long dreamt of, the day we can finally say that Fleetwood Hill is protected forever. Prior to this, the Trust and its partners had protected some 1,800 acres at Brandy Station, but without those crowning heights set aside for future generations, no visitor could gain a full and definitive understanding of this critical action. Now that we have raised the full purchase price and closed on this property, the heart and soul of the Brandy Station Battlefield, we have turned a preservation success story into a triumph. I also offer my heartfelt thanks to each individual who contributed to this effort. The outpouring of support that the Trust received toward this project, illustrating the number of Americans who firmly

6 The Adjutant s Call 6 October, 2013 believe in the respect and protection of our shared history, has been inspirational. Much work remains on this tract, as we lay the groundwork to remove modern structures and restore the land to its wartime appearance, but I know that all of our members and allies join me today in celebrating this tremendous achievement. The Battle of Brandy Station is considered by historians as the beginning of the momentous Gettysburg Campaign. Union cavalry, long considered inferior to their Confederate counter parts, launched a bold crossing of the Rappahannock River in the early hours of June 9, They initially surprised the Southern horsemen, with charge and countercharge raging across the landscape for much of the day before the Federals retired back across the river. All told, more than 20,000 cavalrymen fought at Brandy Station. The epicenter of the fighting was Fleetwood Hill, which overlooked much of the battlefield and served as headquarters for Confederate chieftain, General James Ewell Brown J.E.B. Stuart. Historian and preservation advocate Clark Bud Hall calls Fleetwood Hill without question the most fought over, camped upon and marched over real estate in the entire United States. Cumulatively, the Civil War Trust has protected more than 1,850 acres at Brandy Station and maintains a public interpretive trail across the battlefield. The Civil War Trust is the largest nonprofit battlefield preservation organization in the United States. Its mission is to preserve our nation s endangered Civil War battlefields and to promote appreciation of these hallowed grounds. To date, it has preserved more than 36,000 acres of battlefield land in 20 states, including nearly 18,500 in Virginia. Learn more at the home of the Civil War sesquicentennial. Help the CWPT Save Chickamauga! With orders to clear the way for a crushing attack upon the left flank of the Union Army, Confederate generals Bushrod R. Johnson and Nathan Bedford Forrest set out at dawn on September 18th, Standing in their way were less than 1,000 Federal cavalrymen and a battery of artillery guarding Reed's Bridge, a vital crossing of West Chickamauga Creek. Though Forrest's cavalry forced the Yankees to withdraw that afternoon, the fighting at Reed's Bridge cost the Confederates valuable time, allowing the Federal army to concentrate and thwarting Confederate hopes for a swift, decisive action. The bloodiest battle in the Western Theatre had begun. The Civil War Trust now has the opportunity to save the site where the Battle of Chickamauga began. According to historian Peter Cozzens, the fighting on this 109-acre tract which the veterans themselves hoped would be part of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park "determined the course of the Battle of Chickamauga." And, in the words of Ed Bearss, this land is "one of the most significant tracts of ground that the Civil War Trust has saved in a long time." Go to to donate and to read more about this and other preservation efforts. Attest: John Davis Adjutant By Order of: Doug Krawczyk President