4 The Civil War Round Table
Grapeshot Schimmelfennig Boutique
Sixty plus years of audio recordings of CWRT lectures by distinguished histori- Bulletin ans are available and can be purchased Board THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE in either audio cassette or CD format. Founded December 3, 1940 For lecture lists, contact Hal Ardell at [email protected] or phone him at Volume LXXII, Number 10 Chicago, Illinois June 2012 (773) 774-6781. Future Meetings Each meeting features a book raffle, with Regular meetings are held at the Dennis Frye The Stephen A. Douglas Associa- proceeds going to battlefield preserva- Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 North on tion will hold its annual memorial tion. There is also a silent auction for Orleans Street, the second Friday of “September Suspense: ceremony and luncheon on June books donated by Ralph Newman and each month, unless otherwise indicated. 2nd. The luncheon will start at noon others, again with proceeds benefiting Lincoln’s Union in Peril” at the Union League Club and will battlefield preservation. June 8: Dennis Frye, “September feature a talk by Rob Girardi on by Bruce Allardice “The Little Giant and the Big War.” Suspense” Upcoming Civil War Events 712th REGULAR Cost is $40 per person. Contact Sept. 14: Tom Schwartz, Nevins– By September, 1862, the United Dennis Frye Dave Richert at drichert@earthlink. June 1st, Northern Illinois CWRT: MEETING States had entered the 18th month net for more details. Freeman Address Annual Banquet: Craig Symonds on Dennis Frye of its Civil War. General Robert of today’s Civil War Preservation “Joe Johnston” Oct. 12: Ed Bonekemper, TBA Trust, where he helped save battle- on E. Lee’s Confederate army had in- On June 16th, The Military His- Nov. 11: Dale Phillips, TBA fields in twelve states. Dennis is June 1, 3:30 p.m., Union League Club: vaded the north, the Union cause tory Education Group will hold its “September Suspense: a tour guide in demand, leading “14th Annual Summer Conference” Jeff Shaara will talk about his new seemed at a standstill, and many book, A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of Lincoln’s Union in Peril” tours for organizations such as the at Yoder’s in Arthur, IL. Cost is $55 Bjorn Skaptasen of the Abraham observers wondered whether the per person, which includes the four the Battle of Shiloh H H H H H Smithsonian, National Geograph- Lincoln book store reminds us that north would begin to question if presentations and lunch. Phone (217) the next “Virtual Book Signing” ic, numerous colleges and universi- 578-2262 for more details. June 2nd, Elk Grove Village Museum: Friday, June 8 the bloodshed was worth the cause. will be Saturday, June 2nd, at noon, ties, and Civil War Round Tables. Civil War Days, featuring the Battle- H H H H H with Jeff Shaara talking about his In Dennis Frye’s new book Sep- field Balladeers Dennis also is a well-known au- On June 8th the Moorings in Ar- new book, A Blaze of Glory: A Holiday Inn Mart Plaza tember Suspense, he examines just June 7th, Milwaukee CWRT: Dennis Novel of the Battle of Shiloh and thor, with 77 articles and six books. lington Heights will host Leslie God- how fragile the national bond had dard as “Clara Barton” Frye on “September Suspense” Tim Smith talking about his new 350 North Orleans Street His latest books are September become in the autumn of 1862. Fr- book Corinth, 1862. On June 23rd Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. Suspense, Antie- June 8th, Kenosha Civil War Museum: at noon Arthur Downey will talk ye’s June talk to the tam Revealed and On Thursday, June 14th Bruce Al- “September Suspense” by Dennis about his book Civil War Lawyers Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Frye. Visit www.thecivilwarmuseum. CWRT will be based lardice will speak on “Chicagoland and Brian Dirck talks about Abra- $45 - Members/Non-members Harpers Ferry Un- Fights the Civil War” at the Niles on that book. org for more details. ham Lincoln and White America. Call by der Fire. Dennis Public Library. The event starts at 7 Entrée: Sliced Roast Sirloin, Wednesday p.m. June 9th–10th, Kenosha Civil War Mu- Visit www.virtualbooksigning.net Dennis E. Frye is has written for Baked Salmon June 6 seum: Annual “Salute to Freedom” for more details. the Chief Historian prestigious Civil Vegetarian Plate or The Du Page County Historical Mu- June 12th, McHenry County CWRT: Fruit Plate at Harpers Ferry War magazines seum is sponsoring a Chicago Civil National Historical such as Civil War Fred Reckowicz on “Eleventh Corps Camp Douglas News! War Cemetery tour on June 24th, at Chancellorsville” Park. Dennis served as an Associate Times Illustrated, America’s Civil with Jerry Feinstein as tour guide. The Chicago Park District has ap- Please Note: War, Blue & Gray Magazine, North For more information, phone (630) June 15th, Salt Creek CWRT: Annual Make your reservations by Wednesday, June 6, by Producer for the Civil War movie proved an archaeological dig at emailing [email protected], or 510-4941 calling 630 460-1865 with the names of your party Gods and Generals, during which he and South Magazine, and Hallowed Banquet with Ed Bearss speaking on the Camp Douglas site, tentatively “Personal Milestones along the Way: and choice of entrée. Ground, and is a guest contributor scheduled for June 25th-29th. Mike recruited and coordinated nearly 50 Years of Civil War Round Tables” If a cancellation becomes necessary after dinner Check the Announcements section Weeks of the Camp Douglas heri- reservations have been made, please email us at din- 3,000 re-enactors for the film. to the Washington Post. [email protected] and/or call us at of the CWRT’s website for addition- June 19th, Lincoln-Davis CWRT: Dave tage organization is looking for 630-460-1865. Dennis also is one of the nation’s Dennis grew up near Antietam. He al coming events. some help with the dig, specifically, Powell on “Failure in the Saddle” We are offering the option of choosing not to have din- leading Civil War battlefield pres- currently resides near the battle- steel fencing, use of a truck for the ner and coming only for the address at 7:30 p.m., for a June 24th, Wood Dale Historical Soci- week, and some donations to help charge of $10 per person. ervationists. He is co-founder and field in Maryland, and he and his Know of any upcoming talks, events, or publi- Parking at the Holiday Inn is $12 with a validated cations? All members are welcome to contrib- ety: “Luncheon with the Generals” cover the insurance costs. Contact parking sticker. first president of the Save Historic wife Sylvia have restored the home ute items to the newsletter. Contact the editor Mike at (773) 547-3475 for more de- Antietam Foundation, and he is that was used by General Burnside at [email protected] or (630) 297-8046. 2013 Tour — Antietam tails. co-founder and a former president as his post-Antietam headquarters. 2 The Civil War Round Table 3 The Civil War Round Table
Battlefield Preservation THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE May Meeting By Brian Seiter By Mark Matranga
On May 18th Brian Holden Reid ports, but the south was unable to tion’s evolving position on emanci- Virginia Helps CW Trust to The five acres straddle two counties spoke to the 711th regular meeting increase its war economy. pation. This view also reduced the Finance Middleburg — 2.8 acres, assessed at $580,100, are of the Chicago Civil War Round Ta- moral force of the union’s cause Land Buy in Fauquier County while 2.2 acres, The political coalition forged in ble on “Strategy.” Reid took as his abroad and especially in Great Brit- By Scott C. Boyd assessed at $39,300, are in Loudoun Founded December 3, 1940 the north was elemental to north- County. The Trust said the landscape guiding point Liddell Hart’s defini- ain before the Emancipation Procla- 1039 Hinswood ern strategy. The many Democratic MIDDLEBURG, Va. — “It’s more is largely undisturbed. An antebellum Darien, Illinois 60561 tion of that term: the art of distrib- ‘war generals’ fought to preserve the mation was issued. than about just preserving five acres manor house turned into a tavern, a Phone: 630-460-1865 uting and applying military means today, it’s about the history and what blacksmith’s cottage and blacksmith’s www.chicagocwrt.org to fulfill the ends of policy. Those union, not for emancipation. This The grand strategy of the confeder- we can learn as a people as we move shop where hand-to-hand combat took prompted the ‘one thrust’ concept forward,” Virginia Governor Bob place are on the tract. … The only requirement for membership in who ask why it took so long to de- acy was complicated in that it could that sent union forces toward Rich- McDonnell said on May 9 as he an- The Civil War Round Table is a genuine feat the confederacy do not appreci- not effectively define its borders. nounced a $432,000 grant to help the A host of state and local officials at- interest in the Civil War and its era. For mond. Following First Manassas, tended the news conference at the Na- ate the geographic scope and inten- These were not self-evident—a natu- Civil War Trust purchase and preserve information, address Membership Com- tional Sporting Library and Museum the government realized the need Mount Defiance near Middleburg. mittee, 1039 Hinswood, Darien, Illinois sity of a conflict wherein there were ral border ran along the Ohio but in Middleburg. for concentric maneuvers to defeat 60561, or [email protected]. 149 general engagements and 2,002 otherwise it was amorphous. Adopt- “The significance of this ground to the the south. The difficulties in mov- Virginia Director of Historic Resources lesser battles, and that although the ing a ‘trading space for time’ strat- Gettysburg Campaign is enormous,” ing and supplying armies over the Kathleen Kilpatrick acknowledged the north had overwhelming financial, historian Clark B. “Bud” Hall said at preservation groups present, including vast distances involved required egy was difficult to execute without the news conference. “Mount Defi- industrial, and economic resources Journey Through Hallowed Ground, vation, of all the governors that I’ve cooperation between commanders established borders and a loyal pop- ance is properly understood as one and a greater population, its victory Preservation Virginia, Piedmont En- worked with in the United States,” jok- which, despite rivalries, the union ulation, and was a dangerous policy of the inaugural actions of the war’s vironmental Council, Land Trust of ing, “I’m from Maryland, so it pains was not predestined. For the north, threshold campaign – Gettysburg.” achieved. This contrasted with the as losing territory placed stress on Virginia, Mosby Heritage Area Asso- me to say that.” the structure of government was ciation, Oatlands Plantation, Mount southern high command where Da- the slave system. A purely defen- The Trust is paying $540,000, with the in jeopardy; success in the conduct deal set to close on May 31, according Vernon Ladies’ Association and the Effectively, the Gettysburg Campaign vis did not enjoy good relations with sive strategy did not suit the con- began on June 9, 1863, at the Battle of the war became a political issue to Policy and Communications Direc- Bull Run Civil War Round Table. Joseph Johnson and P.G.T. Beaure- federacy’s aims. The departmental tor Jim Campi. The funding comes of Brandy Station, Hall explained, and therefore matter of strategy. Kilpatrick’s boss, Virginia Secretary of as Confederate cavalry screened the gard, among others. system created the need to garrison from the state grant, $54,000 the Trust Natural Resources Doug Domenech, The Confederacy sought foreign in- is applying for from the American movement of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s large areas and diffused confederate listed his three “E’s,” the three rea- Army of Northern Virginia behind volvement, whereas the government The Border States were another Battlefield Protection Program’s Civil sons he likes to talk about historic power. Thus the confederacy took the Blue Ridge Mountains through sought to exclude such intervention. major component in the strategic War Battlefield Preservation Program, preservation: the education benefit of the war to the enemy. But the south and $54,000 to be raised by The Trust. the Shenandoah Valley into Maryland correlation between the union and people seeing and feeling history; the The “bedrock” of northern grand pursued uncoordinated counterof- environmental benefit of saving open and Pennsylvania. confederacy. These states shielded The Trust got an early start on its share strategy was the blockade. In con- fensives and its leader did not work space; and the economic advantage of the seceded states from military in- of the funding when Middleburg phi- North of Brandy Station, at Aldie, trast to those who feel that the lanthropist and Mosby Heritage Area heritage tourism, which brings in visi- Middleburg and Upperville, Confed- tervention. If they had been hostile out a fundamentally sound grand tors who tend to stay longer and spend blockade was ineffective, Reid held Association President Childs Bur- erate cavalry sought to prevent Union or recalcitrant, it would have been strategy. twice as much as other tourists. argued that it was crucial. While not den and his wife Elaine contributed cavalry from penetrating the nearby difficult to bring pressure on the $10,000. gap and learning of Lee’s movement totally successful, the blockade set Last, Reid took up the “self-im- Governor McDonnell said, “We pub- confederacy. The plan is for the Trust to purchase licly commit ourselves to protecting northward. Battles were fought from the conditions for eventual union posed” embargo on its cotton crop. the property, which is on Route 50, these battlefields as a permanent lega- June 17 to June 21 along Ashby Gap victory. The blockade and amphibi- The government’s initial purpose This he considered “a monumen- cy to the Sesquicentennial.” Turnpike in Loudoun County, the place a permanent conservation ease- ous operations on the southern was to restore the union. This was tal miscalculation.” When Yancey ment on it and eventually give it to the modern U.S. Route 50. The preservation tools he cited includ- coast, the capture of New Orleans consonant with the Anaconda de- extolled the virtues of slavery in a Northern Virginia Regional Park Au- ed the Virginia Civil War Sites Preser- The June 19 Battle of Middleburg and the navy’s advance up the Mis- sign which insulated the civilians speech to an English audience, he thority (NVRPA). vation Fund, the only such state fund saw two brigades of Confederate Maj. sissippi Valley all brought great The NVRPA is a regional organization in the country, and the federal trans- Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry fight a de- and excluded destruction of private virtually guaranteed Great Britain’s that has preserved more than 10,000 portation enhancement grants pro- laying action to hold off Brig. Gen. benefit to the north. Although an property. But as the war contin- neutrality. acres. It administers 35 parks and re- gram, which provides matching grants Alfred Pleasanton’s cavalry along the implicit recognition of the southern ued, debate began on whether to of $1.5 million per year for Virginia lated facilities, including Ball’s Bluff turnpike at Mount Defiance. Dr. Reid provided an erudite synthe- land acquisition to encourage tourism. confederacy, Great Britain acknowl- increase the level of violence. Mc- Battlefield Regional Park, Mt. Zion Although Stuart’s men withdrew after edged the blockade’s legitimacy. The Clellan’s view in mid–1862, that the sis of the strategic challenges facing Historic Park and Aldie Mill Historic As a national organization, the Civil the antagonists in the war. Yet we Park. War Trust has preserved over 32,000 their flank was turned, “J.E.B. Stuart blockade caused hyperinflation and war was for the union and should acres on 115 sites across 20 states, did his job magnificently,” Hall said a severe decline in foreign trade—ten be fought according to the “highest would defy anyone who claims his- “Mount Defiance is going to be a won- Trust President Jim Lighthizer said. — they kept the Union cavalry in the per cent in 1864 of what it had been principles of Christian civilization,” tory is ‘boring’ to say that a Holden derful addition to our inventory of his- dark about Lee’s movements.. toric properties,” NVRPA Executive He called McDonnell “the leader, in 1860—and investment. Luxury became increasingly unrealistic and Reid lecture is not both lively and Director Paul Gilbert said. when it comes to battlefield preser- From June 2012 Civil War News items made their way to southern not consistent with the administra- extremely informative. 2 The Civil War Round Table 3 The Civil War Round Table
Battlefield Preservation THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE May Meeting By Brian Seiter By Mark Matranga
On May 18th Brian Holden Reid ports, but the south was unable to tion’s evolving position on emanci- Virginia Helps CW Trust to The five acres straddle two counties spoke to the 711th regular meeting increase its war economy. pation. This view also reduced the Finance Middleburg — 2.8 acres, assessed at $580,100, are of the Chicago Civil War Round Ta- moral force of the union’s cause Land Buy in Fauquier County while 2.2 acres, The political coalition forged in ble on “Strategy.” Reid took as his abroad and especially in Great Brit- By Scott C. Boyd assessed at $39,300, are in Loudoun Founded December 3, 1940 the north was elemental to north- County. The Trust said the landscape guiding point Liddell Hart’s defini- ain before the Emancipation Procla- 1039 Hinswood ern strategy. The many Democratic MIDDLEBURG, Va. — “It’s more is largely undisturbed. An antebellum Darien, Illinois 60561 tion of that term: the art of distrib- ‘war generals’ fought to preserve the mation was issued. than about just preserving five acres manor house turned into a tavern, a Phone: 630-460-1865 uting and applying military means today, it’s about the history and what blacksmith’s cottage and blacksmith’s www.chicagocwrt.org to fulfill the ends of policy. Those union, not for emancipation. This The grand strategy of the confeder- we can learn as a people as we move shop where hand-to-hand combat took prompted the ‘one thrust’ concept forward,” Virginia Governor Bob place are on the tract. … The only requirement for membership in who ask why it took so long to de- acy was complicated in that it could that sent union forces toward Rich- McDonnell said on May 9 as he an- The Civil War Round Table is a genuine feat the confederacy do not appreci- not effectively define its borders. nounced a $432,000 grant to help the A host of state and local officials at- interest in the Civil War and its era. For mond. Following First Manassas, tended the news conference at the Na- ate the geographic scope and inten- These were not self-evident—a natu- Civil War Trust purchase and preserve information, address Membership Com- tional Sporting Library and Museum the government realized the need Mount Defiance near Middleburg. mittee, 1039 Hinswood, Darien, Illinois sity of a conflict wherein there were ral border ran along the Ohio but in Middleburg. for concentric maneuvers to defeat 60561, or [email protected]. 149 general engagements and 2,002 otherwise it was amorphous. Adopt- “The significance of this ground to the the south. The difficulties in mov- Virginia Director of Historic Resources lesser battles, and that although the ing a ‘trading space for time’ strat- Gettysburg Campaign is enormous,” ing and supplying armies over the Kathleen Kilpatrick acknowledged the north had overwhelming financial, historian Clark B. “Bud” Hall said at preservation groups present, including vast distances involved required egy was difficult to execute without the news conference. “Mount Defi- industrial, and economic resources Journey Through Hallowed Ground, vation, of all the governors that I’ve cooperation between commanders established borders and a loyal pop- ance is properly understood as one and a greater population, its victory Preservation Virginia, Piedmont En- worked with in the United States,” jok- which, despite rivalries, the union ulation, and was a dangerous policy of the inaugural actions of the war’s vironmental Council, Land Trust of ing, “I’m from Maryland, so it pains was not predestined. For the north, threshold campaign – Gettysburg.” achieved. This contrasted with the as losing territory placed stress on Virginia, Mosby Heritage Area Asso- me to say that.” the structure of government was ciation, Oatlands Plantation, Mount southern high command where Da- the slave system. A purely defen- The Trust is paying $540,000, with the in jeopardy; success in the conduct deal set to close on May 31, according Vernon Ladies’ Association and the Effectively, the Gettysburg Campaign vis did not enjoy good relations with sive strategy did not suit the con- began on June 9, 1863, at the Battle of the war became a political issue to Policy and Communications Direc- Bull Run Civil War Round Table. Joseph Johnson and P.G.T. Beaure- federacy’s aims. The departmental tor Jim Campi. The funding comes of Brandy Station, Hall explained, and therefore matter of strategy. Kilpatrick’s boss, Virginia Secretary of as Confederate cavalry screened the gard, among others. system created the need to garrison from the state grant, $54,000 the Trust Natural Resources Doug Domenech, The Confederacy sought foreign in- is applying for from the American movement of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s large areas and diffused confederate listed his three “E’s,” the three rea- Army of Northern Virginia behind volvement, whereas the government The Border States were another Battlefield Protection Program’s Civil sons he likes to talk about historic power. Thus the confederacy took the Blue Ridge Mountains through sought to exclude such intervention. major component in the strategic War Battlefield Preservation Program, preservation: the education benefit of the war to the enemy. But the south and $54,000 to be raised by The Trust. the Shenandoah Valley into Maryland correlation between the union and people seeing and feeling history; the The “bedrock” of northern grand pursued uncoordinated counterof- environmental benefit of saving open and Pennsylvania. confederacy. These states shielded The Trust got an early start on its share strategy was the blockade. In con- fensives and its leader did not work space; and the economic advantage of the seceded states from military in- of the funding when Middleburg phi- North of Brandy Station, at Aldie, trast to those who feel that the lanthropist and Mosby Heritage Area heritage tourism, which brings in visi- Middleburg and Upperville, Confed- tervention. If they had been hostile out a fundamentally sound grand tors who tend to stay longer and spend blockade was ineffective, Reid held Association President Childs Bur- erate cavalry sought to prevent Union or recalcitrant, it would have been strategy. twice as much as other tourists. argued that it was crucial. While not den and his wife Elaine contributed cavalry from penetrating the nearby difficult to bring pressure on the $10,000. gap and learning of Lee’s movement totally successful, the blockade set Last, Reid took up the “self-im- Governor McDonnell said, “We pub- confederacy. The plan is for the Trust to purchase licly commit ourselves to protecting northward. Battles were fought from the conditions for eventual union posed” embargo on its cotton crop. the property, which is on Route 50, these battlefields as a permanent lega- June 17 to June 21 along Ashby Gap victory. The blockade and amphibi- The government’s initial purpose This he considered “a monumen- cy to the Sesquicentennial.” Turnpike in Loudoun County, the place a permanent conservation ease- ous operations on the southern was to restore the union. This was tal miscalculation.” When Yancey ment on it and eventually give it to the modern U.S. Route 50. The preservation tools he cited includ- coast, the capture of New Orleans consonant with the Anaconda de- extolled the virtues of slavery in a Northern Virginia Regional Park Au- ed the Virginia Civil War Sites Preser- The June 19 Battle of Middleburg and the navy’s advance up the Mis- sign which insulated the civilians speech to an English audience, he thority (NVRPA). vation Fund, the only such state fund saw two brigades of Confederate Maj. sissippi Valley all brought great The NVRPA is a regional organization in the country, and the federal trans- Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry fight a de- and excluded destruction of private virtually guaranteed Great Britain’s that has preserved more than 10,000 portation enhancement grants pro- laying action to hold off Brig. Gen. benefit to the north. Although an property. But as the war contin- neutrality. acres. It administers 35 parks and re- gram, which provides matching grants Alfred Pleasanton’s cavalry along the implicit recognition of the southern ued, debate began on whether to of $1.5 million per year for Virginia lated facilities, including Ball’s Bluff turnpike at Mount Defiance. Dr. Reid provided an erudite synthe- land acquisition to encourage tourism. confederacy, Great Britain acknowl- increase the level of violence. Mc- Battlefield Regional Park, Mt. Zion Although Stuart’s men withdrew after edged the blockade’s legitimacy. The Clellan’s view in mid–1862, that the sis of the strategic challenges facing Historic Park and Aldie Mill Historic As a national organization, the Civil the antagonists in the war. Yet we Park. War Trust has preserved over 32,000 their flank was turned, “J.E.B. Stuart blockade caused hyperinflation and war was for the union and should acres on 115 sites across 20 states, did his job magnificently,” Hall said a severe decline in foreign trade—ten be fought according to the “highest would defy anyone who claims his- “Mount Defiance is going to be a won- Trust President Jim Lighthizer said. — they kept the Union cavalry in the per cent in 1864 of what it had been principles of Christian civilization,” tory is ‘boring’ to say that a Holden derful addition to our inventory of his- dark about Lee’s movements.. toric properties,” NVRPA Executive He called McDonnell “the leader, in 1860—and investment. Luxury became increasingly unrealistic and Reid lecture is not both lively and Director Paul Gilbert said. when it comes to battlefield preser- From June 2012 Civil War News items made their way to southern not consistent with the administra- extremely informative. 4 The Civil War Round Table
Grapeshot Schimmelfennig Boutique
Sixty plus years of audio recordings of CWRT lectures by distinguished histori- Bulletin ans are available and can be purchased Board THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE in either audio cassette or CD format. Founded December 3, 1940 For lecture lists, contact Hal Ardell at [email protected] or phone him at Volume LXXII, Number 10 Chicago, Illinois June 2012 (773) 774-6781. Future Meetings Each meeting features a book raffle, with Regular meetings are held at the Dennis Frye The Stephen A. Douglas Associa- proceeds going to battlefield preserva- Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 North on tion will hold its annual memorial tion. There is also a silent auction for Orleans Street, the second Friday of “September Suspense: ceremony and luncheon on June books donated by Ralph Newman and each month, unless otherwise indicated. 2nd. The luncheon will start at noon others, again with proceeds benefiting Lincoln’s Union in Peril” at the Union League Club and will battlefield preservation. June 8: Dennis Frye, “September feature a talk by Rob Girardi on by Bruce Allardice “The Little Giant and the Big War.” Suspense” Upcoming Civil War Events 712th REGULAR Cost is $40 per person. Contact Sept. 14: Tom Schwartz, Nevins– By September, 1862, the United Dennis Frye Dave Richert at drichert@earthlink. June 1st, Northern Illinois CWRT: MEETING States had entered the 18th month net for more details. Freeman Address Annual Banquet: Craig Symonds on Dennis Frye of its Civil War. General Robert of today’s Civil War Preservation “Joe Johnston” Oct. 12: Ed Bonekemper, TBA Trust, where he helped save battle- on E. Lee’s Confederate army had in- On June 16th, The Military His- Nov. 11: Dale Phillips, TBA fields in twelve states. Dennis is June 1, 3:30 p.m., Union League Club: vaded the north, the Union cause tory Education Group will hold its “September Suspense: a tour guide in demand, leading “14th Annual Summer Conference” Jeff Shaara will talk about his new seemed at a standstill, and many book, A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of Lincoln’s Union in Peril” tours for organizations such as the at Yoder’s in Arthur, IL. Cost is $55 Bjorn Skaptasen of the Abraham observers wondered whether the per person, which includes the four the Battle of Shiloh H H H H H Smithsonian, National Geograph- Lincoln book store reminds us that north would begin to question if presentations and lunch. Phone (217) the next “Virtual Book Signing” ic, numerous colleges and universi- 578-2262 for more details. June 2nd, Elk Grove Village Museum: Friday, June 8 the bloodshed was worth the cause. will be Saturday, June 2nd, at noon, ties, and Civil War Round Tables. Civil War Days, featuring the Battle- H H H H H with Jeff Shaara talking about his In Dennis Frye’s new book Sep- field Balladeers Dennis also is a well-known au- On June 8th the Moorings in Ar- new book, A Blaze of Glory: A Holiday Inn Mart Plaza tember Suspense, he examines just June 7th, Milwaukee CWRT: Dennis Novel of the Battle of Shiloh and thor, with 77 articles and six books. lington Heights will host Leslie God- how fragile the national bond had dard as “Clara Barton” Frye on “September Suspense” Tim Smith talking about his new 350 North Orleans Street His latest books are September become in the autumn of 1862. Fr- book Corinth, 1862. On June 23rd Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. Suspense, Antie- June 8th, Kenosha Civil War Museum: at noon Arthur Downey will talk ye’s June talk to the tam Revealed and On Thursday, June 14th Bruce Al- “September Suspense” by Dennis about his book Civil War Lawyers Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Frye. Visit www.thecivilwarmuseum. CWRT will be based lardice will speak on “Chicagoland and Brian Dirck talks about Abra- $45 - Members/Non-members Harpers Ferry Un- Fights the Civil War” at the Niles on that book. org for more details. ham Lincoln and White America. Call by der Fire. Dennis Public Library. The event starts at 7 Entrée: Sliced Roast Sirloin, Wednesday p.m. June 9th–10th, Kenosha Civil War Mu- Visit www.virtualbooksigning.net Dennis E. Frye is has written for Baked Salmon June 6 seum: Annual “Salute to Freedom” for more details. the Chief Historian prestigious Civil Vegetarian Plate or The Du Page County Historical Mu- June 12th, McHenry County CWRT: Fruit Plate at Harpers Ferry War magazines seum is sponsoring a Chicago Civil National Historical such as Civil War Fred Reckowicz on “Eleventh Corps Camp Douglas News! War Cemetery tour on June 24th, at Chancellorsville” Park. Dennis served as an Associate Times Illustrated, America’s Civil with Jerry Feinstein as tour guide. The Chicago Park District has ap- Please Note: War, Blue & Gray Magazine, North For more information, phone (630) June 15th, Salt Creek CWRT: Annual Make your reservations by Wednesday, June 6, by Producer for the Civil War movie proved an archaeological dig at emailing [email protected], or 510-4941 calling 630 460-1865 with the names of your party Gods and Generals, during which he and South Magazine, and Hallowed Banquet with Ed Bearss speaking on the Camp Douglas site, tentatively “Personal Milestones along the Way: and choice of entrée. Ground, and is a guest contributor scheduled for June 25th-29th. Mike recruited and coordinated nearly 50 Years of Civil War Round Tables” If a cancellation becomes necessary after dinner Check the Announcements section Weeks of the Camp Douglas heri- reservations have been made, please email us at din- 3,000 re-enactors for the film. to the Washington Post. [email protected] and/or call us at of the CWRT’s website for addition- June 19th, Lincoln-Davis CWRT: Dave tage organization is looking for 630-460-1865. Dennis also is one of the nation’s Dennis grew up near Antietam. He al coming events. some help with the dig, specifically, Powell on “Failure in the Saddle” We are offering the option of choosing not to have din- leading Civil War battlefield pres- currently resides near the battle- steel fencing, use of a truck for the ner and coming only for the address at 7:30 p.m., for a June 24th, Wood Dale Historical Soci- week, and some donations to help charge of $10 per person. ervationists. He is co-founder and field in Maryland, and he and his Know of any upcoming talks, events, or publi- Parking at the Holiday Inn is $12 with a validated cations? All members are welcome to contrib- ety: “Luncheon with the Generals” cover the insurance costs. Contact parking sticker. first president of the Save Historic wife Sylvia have restored the home ute items to the newsletter. Contact the editor Mike at (773) 547-3475 for more de- Antietam Foundation, and he is that was used by General Burnside at [email protected] or (630) 297-8046. 2013 Tour — Antietam tails. co-founder and a former president as his post-Antietam headquarters.