I '!he War Correspondent' March 2001 Vol. 10, NO.9

Genera/-in-Chief's Report By Mike Van Huss

Its hard to believe that we Your Obedient Servant the eyes and the letters of a are more than halfway through Mike VanHuss fictional trooper, Henry Wylie. our year. Only four more meet- GeneraHn-Chief Published in 1997 by the ings left. As we approach the Southern Heritage Press, Mr. month of April please remember Adjutant General's Report Chambers book has been well the annual battlefield trip will be to February 14, 2001 Meeting 'received "and will provide the the Chattanooga/Chickamauga By focus of his presentation at the Battlefields. Reservations are March 14111meeting. due immediately and the cost for Mary Chester this years trip is $325.00. See Annual Trip Jamie Ryan with any questions. None. We viewed the video of the Court Martial of As I'm sure you are Just a reminder the trip General Sherman recorded last aware its that time again for dues. this year is to Chattanooga- September in Lancaster. At the last meeting of the War Chickamauga, Friday, April 27 Council it was decided that due to through Monday, April 30. the escalating cost of bringing in Historian General's The total cost of the trip is quality speakers we witt have to Report $325. A deposit of $50 is due by raise the dues for next year as By the March 14, meeting. The final follows ... Single membership will Dave Larrick payment Is due no later than now be $25.00, Family the April 11, meeting. membership $35.00, and Student Make checks payable to membership will remain the same This month's speaker is the Central Ohio Civil War at 515.00. This is the first dues Bob Chambers, author of The Roundtable. They can be given increase and while discussed God of War, a biography of we to Pete Zuhars at the meetings or a number of other alternatives Nathan Bedford FOfTest. which we mailed to Pete Zuhars, 4879 felt the time was right to do it. If focuses on his Civil War years. Veley Rd., Delaware, OH 43015. you have any questions or 80m and raised in Solon, If you have any questions concerns please contact any War Ohio, Mr. Chambers is a ~duate please see Jamie Ryan at the Council member or myself. of Bowling Green University. He meetings or you can contact his Last months raffle was a has been Park Manager of the at (614) 89().Q485. great success, we raised over Big C~k Reservation Park in the $140.00. Thanks again to Eric Cleveland Metro Park system Dues Wittenberg for his donation of the since 1978. Mr. Chambers cur- books as well as Jeane Candido. rently resides in. Middleburg Dues can be brought to Look for another raffle in the fait. Heights, Ohio. flo This month our program Mr. Chambers has been the meetings or mailed to: wilt be on Nathan Bedford a student of the Civil War for thirty Patty Barker Forrest, I look forward to seeing years and has applied his studies aU of you on Wednesday, March of English and Journalism to 8023 Lakeloop Drive 14111at 7:30 p.m. create his unique work on Forrest. Westerville, OH 43081 The God of War is told through

Newsletter of the Ray Fawcett ghapter of The Central Ohio Civil War Roundtable New Flag for Georgia The collection brings together implements of history such as Gen. Robert E. As many of you probably saw on the news in Lee's. pocket Bible, a sash and cap belonging February. the lawmakers for the State of Georgia to Maj. Gen. George Pickett and the stovepipe- approved a new state flag to replace the one which shaped box that held Abraham lincoln's hat in 1860. was dominated by the Confederate battle emblem. The new flag features the state seal on a Video screens demonstrate basic drill field of blue. At the bottom of the flag is a display of maneuvers, and a professor outlines battle strategies in the style of a television war five flags that have flown over Georgia: the Betsy Ross version of the U. S. Flag; a flag that oonsisted documentary. only of the state seal; the pre-1956 state flag that was There is a display re-aeating the modeled in part on the Confederate First National auction of a young slave woman and her child as recorded voices air the points of view that Flag; the current flag; and the U. S. flag. The flag compromise also includes wording divided the American conscience. that protects the legitimacy of Southern monuments. A few displays, like one depicting an such as the carvings on Stone Mountain and the amputation in a field hospital, are explicit to the numerous tributes to the Confederacy on county point that the city offiCials recommend against courthouse lawns. bringing children under 12 to the museum. The compromise also provides that any For more .\nformation, check agency that receives state money must fly the new www.nationalcivltwarmuseum.org flag. From the Columbus Dispatch From the ctvU War News James Edward Hanger Hamilton Civil War Roundtable 1843-1919 On March 14. 2001, 6:00 p.m. The Hamilton Civil War RolXldtable will be hosting an evening with Ed Bearss. There will be a dinner at the City Club. 3Rt and High, in the 1" National Bank Building on the third floor. Hamilton, Ohio. The dinner is $12.00 due at the time of the reservation. There will be a cash bar. Reservations will be taken for the first 100 people. This article is about James Edward The topic was still to be announced. Hangar who founded Hanger the oldest orthotic If you wish to hear Mr. Bearss speak but do and prosthetic company in the United States. not wish to have dinner this is an option. The Hanger company was founded by For reservations or questions please contact James Edward Hanger in 1861. When as an Bill Gabbard at (513) 896-9023 or Craig Keller at 18-year old Confederate soldier, he became (513) 868-9911. or 'tIoketbH!61C.oI.com. the first Confederate amputee of the Civil War. After losing his leg in the first land battle of the war, Hanger turned his personal tragedy into an New Civil War Museum invaluable service for mankind. He returned to his hometown in Virginia and as an engineering student developed an artificial leg from whittled Harrisburg, Pa. now has its own museum ~el staves that also had an articulating jOint dedicated to Civil War heritage. HIS success prompted him to make the "Hanger During the second week of February the Limb,· as it became known, for other National Civil War Museum was opened on a hill) Confederate amputees in the area. The Virginia overlooking the city. state leglsleture later commissioned Mr. The collection includes more than 12,000 Hanger to manufacture artificial limbs for other ~s that Mayor Stephen R. Reed began buying wounded war veterans. In 1992. About 10 percent of these items will be on display at any time. Continued on page 3

. " , The Hanger company currently operates over Portions of the proceeds will go to the 655 Patient Care Centers from coast to coast. There Johnson's Island Confederate Prison Preserva- goal is to help the physically challenged achieve their tion Society, Friends of National Parks at greatest potential. Gettysburg and the National Museum of Civil This article was submitted by Roundtable War Medicine. member Ed Chapdelaine. For more information contact Don Williams, 1083 Oak Hill Circle, Ashland, OH 44805, or call (419) 289-3120. Answer to the Civil War Puzzler for February The Civil War Preservation Trusfs 2001 Annual Conference The USS Commodore Perry (only 143 feet long). Fighting in Fredericksburg

Civil War Puzzler for March The conference will be held Thursday, May 3 - May 6 at the Hyatt Dulles, 2300 Dulles Where did Union cavalry prove equal to their Corner Blvd., Herndon, VA 22071. Confederate counterparts for the first time? There will be two Panel discussions one will evaluate Burnside, Hooker, Stonewall Welcome New Members Jackson, plus U. S. Grant. The second will discuss how the war would have been different Please welcome the newest members to the had Jackson survived Chancellorsville. Roundtable: Speakers for the conference are Edwin Brad Snyder and family C. Bearss, Ernest B. Furgurson, Gary Ben Bloom Gallagher, A. Wilson Greene, John Hennessey, Robert E. l. Krick, Greg A. Mertz, James Granville Civil War and Ohio McPherson, Roger Mudd, Frank O'Reilly, Donald Pfanz, Gordon Rhea, and Daniel Military History Roundtable Sutherland. th There will be tours of First and Second Tuesday, March 20 : CBssions and Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Umbers. Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse, a Tom Hankins will discuss how a field artillery Lincoln Assassination tour, two Historic Homes caisson and limber were designed and constructed. and Gardens tours, as well as a Dinner Cruise The military put a lot of thought into the design of and Civil War Washington. these important pieces of equipment. For more information call 1-888-606- Meetings are held in the Old Academy 1400 or www.civilwar.org. Building at Elm and South Main. The meetings start at 7:30 p.m. If you have any questions please Malvern Hill contact Ed McCaul at (740) 522-5091 or [email protected] In December the Civil War Preserva- tion Trust closed on a 245-acre tract at Malvern Civil War Show Hill. The land will be donated to the Richmond National Battlefield Park. May 5 & 6 - the 24th annual Ohio Civil War th The tract lies atop Malvern Hill plateau Collectors Show and 9 annual Artillery Show. where the right flank of the Union line was This will be held at the Richland County anchored on July 1, 1862. It was also the site Fairgrounds, in Mansfield, Ohio. Hours are Saturday of the West House. 9-5, Sunday 9-3. There is a $5.00 charge for anyone According to Assistant Park Super- over the age of 12. intendent David Ruth, ·We'll be able to do Artist Dale Gallon will be present on something we've never done before: interpret Saturday. th an entire battlefield.a Visitors will be able to This is also the 15 annual Civil War see the full extent of the fighting at Malvern Hill. Veteran's Historical Association Encampment (GAR & UCV). From The Civil War News

. ~. : The War Correspondem CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS Pat1y Barker, Editor Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. - Robert Chambers Roundtable Officers on Nathan Bedford Forrest. The meeting will be at: Mike VanHuss Chemical Abstracts, 2510 Olentangy River Road. General-in-Chief 740-687-9216 Pete Zuhars Future Meetings: Inspector General 740-363-9542 April 11, 2001 - TBA Mary Chester May 9,2001 - Camifax Ferry Adjutant General June 13, 2001 - TBA 614-497-3136 NO July meeting David Larrick Historian General 740-369-1309 Dates are subject to cbange Patty Barker Chief of Signal Corps 614-985-3353 War Council Members Patty Barker War Council Commander 't. Richard Cartwright 614-855-3333 Jason Dietsch 614-268-1967 Howard Strouse 614-864-2681 Ben Wallace 614-488-7200

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