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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 CD format. For pricing and a lec- Founded December 3, 1940 ture list, please contact Hal Ardell at [email protected] or phone him at Volume LXXVI, Number 2 Chicago, Illinois October 2015 (773) 774-6781. Future Meetings is presented Each meeting features a book raffle, with Regular meetings are held at the Nevins-Freeman Address The Kankakee Civil War proceeds going to battlefield preserva- Holiday Inn O’Hare, the second Fri- Dennis Frye on to esteemed Symposium will be held October tion. There is also a silent auction for day of each month, unless otherwise John Brown: The Spark That historian Dennis 10th at the Kankakee Community books donated by Ralph Newman and indicated. Ignited the War Frye. College. Among the speakers is our others, again with proceeds benefiting battlefield preservation. Nov. 13: Philip Leigh on “Trading by Bruce Allardice Dennis E. Frye is own Rob Girardi, who will present with the Enemy” “The Real War Never Got into the Dramatic and divisive words define the Chief Historian at Harpers Ferry Dec. 11: Dave Keller on History Books.” Rob will speak at More Upcoming Civil War Events 745TH REGULAR John Brown. Martyr or madman? National Historical Park. Writer, “Camp Douglas” lecturer, guide, and preservationist, the Twin Cities CWRT Oct. 20th, Oct. 2nd, Northern Illinois CWRT: MEETING Saint or the Devil? Terrorist or Jan. 8, 2016: David Moore on “William Freedom Fighter? Dennis is a prominent Civil War on “The Murder of General Bull John Horn on “The Petersburg S. Rosecrans” Nelson.” Campaign” H H H H H historian. Dennis has numerous Feb. 12: Don Doyle on “The Cause of Few individuals have stirred appearances on PBS, The History Oct. 2nd-3rd, Lincoln College, All Nations” Friday, October 9th America like John Brown. His Lincoln, IL: 30th Annual Lincoln Channel, The Discovery Channel, On Oct. 10th Larry Hewitt will March 11: Bruce Kraig on “Why the attack on Harpers Ferry - designed Colloquiem H H H H H and A&E as a guest historian, and be speaking in South Carolina on Civil War Made our Modern Food” to launch his war to end slavery - Oct. 7th, Kankakee Valley CWRT: he helped produce Emmy award- “Lee’s Most Maligned General: Ron Stack on “Lee at Cheat April 8: Greg Biggs on “Nashville: Holiday Inn O’Hare proved a media sensation. No one, winning television features on the Richard Heron Anderson” Mountain” Siren’s Song of the Confederacy” 5615 N. Cumberland, Chicago North or South, ignored Brown. Battle of Antietam, abolitionist Oct. 8th, Lake County CWRT: Rich May 13: Glenna Schroeder-Lein on Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. No one could predict what he had John Brown, and Maryland “The Solders’ Home in Civil wrought. Brown’s attack ended in during the Civil War. Dennis is On Monday, October 5th, Brian Garling on “The 9th Virginia Cavalry” War America” Dinner at 6:30 p.m. failure. But did John Brown fail? one of the nation’s Conroy will speak on “Irish June 10: Dale Phillips on “Ben Butler leading Civil Americans in the Civil War” to the Oct. 9th, Milwaukee CWRT: Dennis $50 - Members/Non-members In 1974, The Civil Frye on “John Brown: The Spark and the Federal Occupation of War battlefield Joliet Community College adult War Round Table of that Ignited War” New Orleans” preservationists. learning center. The program is Chicago established Call by Oct. 13th, McHenry County CWRT: He is co-founder from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and cost is the Nevins-Freeman Sunday Jerry Allen on “Black Hawk War Entrée: Prime Rib and first president $24. Virual Book Signing Award, and bestows Oct. 4 Veterans in the Civil War” of the Save Join the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop or Salmon it annually on an Oct. 15th, Champaign County Historic Antietam on October 1, at 6 p.m., when we wel- individual whose CWRT: Bjorn Skaptesen on “Four come John Horn, Ted Karamanski and Foundation, and Bruce Allardice will speak on advancement of Campaigns in Missouri” Eileen McMahon to the program. John he is co-founder and a former “Tracing your Civil War Ancestor” talks about The Siege of Petersburg: The American Civil War scholarship at 2 p.m. October 17th at the Zion- Oct. 16th, Salt Creek CWRT: Dr. Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August president of today’s Civil War David Maas on “How DuPage Won and support for the Round Benton Public Library, as part of a 1864. Ted and Eileen with talk about Trust, from whom he received the Civil War” Civil War Chicago: Eyewitness to Histo- Table movement warrant special day-long symposium on genealogy. Please Note: the Trust’s highest honor - the Oct. 20th, Lincoln-Davis CWRT: Tom ry. On October 17th, at noon (Central) recognition. This award is named we welcome Kathryn Canavan and Make your reservations by Sunday, Shelby Foote Award. Dennis is Bogar on “Backstage at the Lincoln October 4, by emailing dinnerreserva- for two men whose legacies have Dave Powell to the program. Kathryn a tour guide in demand, leading Assassination” [email protected], or calling 630 come to be synonymous with the On October 15th Leslie Goddard discusses Lincoln’s Final Hours: Con- 460-1865 with the names of your party and tours for organizations such as spiracy, Terror, and the Assassination choice of entrée. Civil War era—Allan Nevins and will present “Clara Barton” at the Oct. 22nd, South Suburban CWRT: the Smithsonian, and Civil War Vince Heier on “The Custer-Mosby of America’s Greatest President; Dave Douglas Southall Freeman. Geneseo Public Library. will talk about The Chickamauga Cam- If a cancellation becomes necessary after Feud” dinner reservations have been made, please Round Tables. Dennis also is a paign--Glory or the Grave: The Break- email us at dinnerreservations@chicagocwrt. The very first Nevins-Freeman well-known author, with 95 articles through, Union Collapse, and the Re- org and/or call us at 630-460-1865. treat to Chattanooga, September 20-23, recipient was famed author Bruce and nine books. His Harpers Ferry Check the Announcements Know of any upcoming talks, events, or publi- We are offering the option of choosing not to 1863. Learn more about these books Catton, a Civil War Round Table Under Fire received the national section of the CWRT’s website for cations? All members are welcome to contrib- and order yours at http://virtualbook- have dinner and coming only for the address additional coming events. ute items to the newsletter. Contact the editor at 7:15 p.m., for a charge of $10 per person. of Chicago charter member. book of the year award from the at [email protected] or (630) 297-8046. signing.net/book-information/#an- chor_2. Parking at the Holiday Inn is FREE. We’re proud to announce that Association of Partners for Public the 2015 Nevins-Freeman Award Lands. 2 The Civil War Round Table 3 The Civil War Round Table THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE September Meeting NPS FavorS ShePherdStowN BattleField By Mark Matranga BecomiNg Part oF aNtietam Natl. Park (September 2015 Civil War News) The fate of the South’s largest city is some 90 miles from the city. The could have destroyed any ship in the lay at the heart of Dale Phillips’ Confederacy did not adequately rec- union fleet. But Lovell was also sub- SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The National Park Service (NPS) September 11th presentation to the ognize the downriver threat to New The Department of Interior has study proposed that the Antietam Founded December 3, 1940 ject to directives from Richmond released the final study documents National Battlefield boundary be 1039 Hinswood 744th Regular Meeting of The Civ- Orleans, and the first commander for men and material. Darien, Illinois 60561 of the National Park Service’s adjusted “to include areas of the Phone: 630-460-1865 il War Round Table, “The Capture at New Orleans, David Twiggs, was Special Resource Study (SRS) of Shepherdstown battlefield that www.chicagocwrt.org of New Orleans.” New Orleans was an aged general who lacked the en- The forces arrayed against the forts, the Shepherdstown Battlefield, contribute to an understanding of the not a typical southern city. The ergy to build and oversee its defens- according to President Edward significance of the Battle of Antietam The only requirement for membership in 46 ships with 248 guns with an army The Civil War Round Table is a genuine 1860 census revealed a cosmopoli- es. Also, based on the experience in of 15,000 under Ben Butler, were Dunleavy Shepherdstown Battlefield and the Maryland Campaign.” interest in the Civil War and its era. For Preservation Association Inc. information, address Membership Com- tan population of 168,675 souls (the the War of 1812 when ships relied commanded by David Glasgow Far- The NPS report follows two early 2012 mittee, 1039 Hinswood, Darien, Illinois largest by far in the Confederacy), on wind and not steam power, there ragut. They began to move in early The SRS concluded that the 510-acre meetings seeking public comments 60561, or [email protected]. over 64,000 of whom were foreign was a misconception regarding the site of the Battle of Shepherdstown regarding the proposed SRS. March 1862; bombardment of the would be preferably included within Approximately 136 people attended born. Its port receipts in 1860 were ability of forts’ cannons to repel battlefield land from willing sellers forts began on April 15th. Due to the Antietam National Battlefield the so-called “scoping” meetings. 186 million dollars, 110 million of warships. This conceit resulted in and donors.” the weather, the forts were inundat- park. that for cotton. Banks holding 24 the government siphoning off man- Public response “was predominately ed; living conditions were misera- The Shepherdstown Battlefield million dollars in capital lined its power and war material to other The 1862 Maryland Campaign of the supportive of the study and ble. On April 24th, Farragut moved Preservation Association, a non-profit Army of Northern Virginia included enthusiastic concerning the streets. River commerce accounted theaters. corporation organized in 2004, is on the forts. After a ferocious point battles of South Mountain, Harpers interpretation and protection of the for 240 million dollars in trade; sea dedicated to saving and preserving the Ferry and Antietam, ending near Shepherdstown battlefield.” Ft. St. Phillip was the older of the blank exchange, the fleet passed core of the Battle of Shepherdstown borne commerce was rated at 184 Shepherdstown in what is now West the forts and engaged the river fleet site. It has worked to involve the million dollars. Its factories and two forts, dating from 1797 and Virginia. That final battle on Sept. 19 The preliminary SRS was released in Federal government in helping meet wharves contained the infrastruc- having walls 20 feet thick. Its para- and fire rafts. The Verona was sunk; and 20 involved approximately 8,000 August 2014 followed by a two-month those goals. pet was 17 feet high; the fort mount- the Governor Moore, largely responsi- to 10,000 troops and resulted in 677 public review period. During this ture necessary for the south to wage casualties. period, 334 individuals corresponded a successful war for independence. ed 62 pieces of artillery. Ft. Jackson ble for sinking the union ship, was Approximately 105 acres have been with the NPS. Approximately 93 was built during the period 1822 – saved through conservation easements Much was as stake for the south in in turn sent to the bottom. The The SRS studied various options individuals attended two public and land purchases. Dunleavy said holding New Orleans. 1832. It had a 25 foot parapet and Manassas was sunk as well. and possible boundary adjustments meetings in September. some $1.1 million has been raised to mounted 74 guns. The two forts including having the Shepherdstown save battlefield land through grants site be within the Harpers Ferry “Commenters expressed Louisiana was a reluctant secession- could bring 80 guns to bear on the New Orleans did not surrender im- and membership contributions National Historical Park, said overwhelming support for” … ist state, but upon secession, the fed- main channel of the river. Cross-riv- mediately. It was not until April during the last 10 years. Dunleavy. the management option that the eral arsenal and all forts were seized. er chains were also used to impede 28th that the mayor capitulated …“Antietam National Boundary To help the effort or learn These included Forts Jackson and upriver progress, with little effect. The report noted Antietam National Adjustment as the most effective following a Farragut ultimatum. more about SBPA, go to www. Battlefield was “preferable option and efficient way to preserve the St. Phillip. The administration More attention was paid to develop- Thus the south lost its major city. battleofshepherdstown.org. due to its historical and geographical Shepherdstown battlefield,” according was, of course, keen on opening the ing a river fleet. This included the Counter attack was not possible as connections to the Battle of to the final study. Mississippi River, and New Orleans semi-submersible cigar shaped vessel the Confederacy had no appreciable Shepherdstown.” held the key. Its plan to open the Manassas which pushed the union It noted that if Congress were to navy. Phillips holds with Charles river included the blockade of the fleet into the Gulf in October 1861. The SRS concluded that “The authorize a boundary change to Dufour who termed the loss of New mouths of the Mississippi. Thus inclusion of the Shepherdstown encompass the Shepherdstown Orleans The Night the War Was Lost. battlefield into Antietam National battlefield as part of Antietam shortly after secession, the USS Twiggs was eventually replaced by Others have offered competing Battlefield would provide visitors the National Battlefield, “there would be Brooklyn dropped anchor at the Mansfield Lovell, a younger, more opportunity to have an expanded no change to existing landownership.” turning points, and the war contin- Head of Passes to enforce the Ana- energetic general. Lovell oversaw understanding of the events directly the construction of two ironclads, ued another three years, but there following the Battle of Antietam and “Any change to land ownership or use conda Plan. the culmination of the Maryland would be in the future as the National the Louisiana and the Mississippi, a is no question that losing its major Campaign.” Park Service is able to acquire New Orleans is more than 100 miles behemoth that was to be 260 feet port so early in the war crippled the up river from the Gulf. Ft. Jackson long with 20 guns. If finished, it south. 2 The Civil War Round Table 3 The Civil War Round Table THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE September Meeting NPS FavorS ShePherdStowN BattleField By Mark Matranga BecomiNg Part oF aNtietam Natl. Park (September 2015 Civil War News) The fate of the South’s largest city is some 90 miles from the city. The could have destroyed any ship in the lay at the heart of Dale Phillips’ Confederacy did not adequately rec- union fleet. But Lovell was also sub- SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The National Park Service (NPS) September 11th presentation to the ognize the downriver threat to New The Department of Interior has study proposed that the Antietam Founded December 3, 1940 ject to directives from Richmond released the final study documents National Battlefield boundary be 1039 Hinswood 744th Regular Meeting of The Civ- Orleans, and the first commander for men and material. Darien, Illinois 60561 of the National Park Service’s adjusted “to include areas of the Phone: 630-460-1865 il War Round Table, “The Capture at New Orleans, David Twiggs, was Special Resource Study (SRS) of Shepherdstown battlefield that www.chicagocwrt.org of New Orleans.” New Orleans was an aged general who lacked the en- The forces arrayed against the forts, the Shepherdstown Battlefield, contribute to an understanding of the not a typical southern city. The ergy to build and oversee its defens- according to President Edward significance of the Battle of Antietam The only requirement for membership in 46 ships with 248 guns with an army The Civil War Round Table is a genuine 1860 census revealed a cosmopoli- es. Also, based on the experience in of 15,000 under Ben Butler, were Dunleavy Shepherdstown Battlefield and the Maryland Campaign.” interest in the Civil War and its era. For Preservation Association Inc. information, address Membership Com- tan population of 168,675 souls (the the War of 1812 when ships relied commanded by David Glasgow Far- The NPS report follows two early 2012 mittee, 1039 Hinswood, Darien, Illinois largest by far in the Confederacy), on wind and not steam power, there ragut. They began to move in early The SRS concluded that the 510-acre meetings seeking public comments 60561, or [email protected]. over 64,000 of whom were foreign was a misconception regarding the site of the Battle of Shepherdstown regarding the proposed SRS. March 1862; bombardment of the would be preferably included within Approximately 136 people attended born. Its port receipts in 1860 were ability of forts’ cannons to repel battlefield land from willing sellers forts began on April 15th. Due to the Antietam National Battlefield the so-called “scoping” meetings. 186 million dollars, 110 million of warships. This conceit resulted in and donors.” the weather, the forts were inundat- park. that for cotton. Banks holding 24 the government siphoning off man- Public response “was predominately ed; living conditions were misera- The Shepherdstown Battlefield million dollars in capital lined its power and war material to other The 1862 Maryland Campaign of the supportive of the study and ble. On April 24th, Farragut moved Preservation Association, a non-profit Army of Northern Virginia included enthusiastic concerning the streets. River commerce accounted theaters. corporation organized in 2004, is on the forts. After a ferocious point battles of South Mountain, Harpers interpretation and protection of the for 240 million dollars in trade; sea dedicated to saving and preserving the Ferry and Antietam, ending near Shepherdstown battlefield.” Ft. St. Phillip was the older of the blank exchange, the fleet passed core of the Battle of Shepherdstown borne commerce was rated at 184 Shepherdstown in what is now West the forts and engaged the river fleet site. It has worked to involve the million dollars. Its factories and two forts, dating from 1797 and Virginia. That final battle on Sept. 19 The preliminary SRS was released in Federal government in helping meet wharves contained the infrastruc- having walls 20 feet thick. Its para- and fire rafts. The Verona was sunk; and 20 involved approximately 8,000 August 2014 followed by a two-month those goals. pet was 17 feet high; the fort mount- the Governor Moore, largely responsi- to 10,000 troops and resulted in 677 public review period. During this ture necessary for the south to wage casualties. period, 334 individuals corresponded a successful war for independence. ed 62 pieces of artillery. Ft. Jackson ble for sinking the union ship, was Approximately 105 acres have been with the NPS. Approximately 93 was built during the period 1822 – saved through conservation easements Much was as stake for the south in in turn sent to the bottom. The The SRS studied various options individuals attended two public and land purchases. Dunleavy said holding New Orleans. 1832. It had a 25 foot parapet and Manassas was sunk as well. and possible boundary adjustments meetings in September. some $1.1 million has been raised to mounted 74 guns. The two forts including having the Shepherdstown save battlefield land through grants site be within the Harpers Ferry “Commenters expressed Louisiana was a reluctant secession- could bring 80 guns to bear on the New Orleans did not surrender im- and membership contributions National Historical Park, said overwhelming support for” … ist state, but upon secession, the fed- main channel of the river. Cross-riv- mediately. It was not until April during the last 10 years. Dunleavy. the management option that the eral arsenal and all forts were seized. er chains were also used to impede 28th that the mayor capitulated …“Antietam National Boundary To help the effort or learn These included Forts Jackson and upriver progress, with little effect. The report noted Antietam National Adjustment as the most effective following a Farragut ultimatum. more about SBPA, go to www. Battlefield was “preferable option and efficient way to preserve the St. Phillip. The administration More attention was paid to develop- Thus the south lost its major city. battleofshepherdstown.org. due to its historical and geographical Shepherdstown battlefield,” according was, of course, keen on opening the ing a river fleet. This included the Counter attack was not possible as connections to the Battle of to the final study. Mississippi River, and New Orleans semi-submersible cigar shaped vessel the Confederacy had no appreciable Shepherdstown.” held the key. Its plan to open the Manassas which pushed the union It noted that if Congress were to navy. Phillips holds with Charles river included the blockade of the fleet into the Gulf in October 1861. The SRS concluded that “The authorize a boundary change to Dufour who termed the loss of New mouths of the Mississippi. Thus inclusion of the Shepherdstown encompass the Shepherdstown Orleans The Night the War Was Lost. battlefield into Antietam National battlefield as part of Antietam shortly after secession, the USS Twiggs was eventually replaced by Others have offered competing Battlefield would provide visitors the National Battlefield, “there would be Brooklyn dropped anchor at the Mansfield Lovell, a younger, more opportunity to have an expanded no change to existing landownership.” turning points, and the war contin- Head of Passes to enforce the Ana- energetic general. Lovell oversaw understanding of the events directly the construction of two ironclads, ued another three years, but there following the Battle of Antietam and “Any change to land ownership or use conda Plan. the culmination of the Maryland would be in the future as the National the Louisiana and the Mississippi, a is no question that losing its major Campaign.” Park Service is able to acquire New Orleans is more than 100 miles behemoth that was to be 260 feet port so early in the war crippled the up river from the Gulf. Ft. Jackson long with 20 guns. If finished, it south. 4 The Civil War Round Table

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