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“The Life and Times of Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner” EXECUTIVE OFFICERS President Dave Pattison First Vice-President Simon Bolivar (Chip) 472nd Regular Meeting Buckner Second Vice-President Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Ron Basel Sunset Room, 8th Floor, Holiday Inn Treasurer Susan K. Keipp 8787 Reeder Rd., Overland Park, KS 66214 Asst Treasurer Social Hour - Cash Bar – 5:30p.m. Dennis Garstang Dinner - 6:30p.m. Corresponding Secretary & Recording Secretary Judy Smith Preservation Director September Speaker Arnold Schofield Board of Directors Don Bates Sr. “The Life and Times of Confederate General Sylvia Stucky Les Thierolf Simon Bolivar Buckner” Past Presidents Lane Smith Civil War Round Table member Chip Buckner Don Bates, Sr. will present a program about his great-grandfather, Dennis Garstang Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner. Chairman of Board General Buckner also served as the 30th governor of Monnett Battle of Westport Kentucky (1887-1891). Fund (Ex-Officio) Daniel L. Smith Sergeant at Arms Lane Smith Chaplain Rev. David L. Holloway Historian Betty Ergovich Border Bugle Editor Dick Titterington Attendance requires a paid dinner reservation. [email protected] Please be sure Susan Keipp receives all reservations by 12 noon on Friday September 18, 2015 along with payment of $27.00 per person. Mail to: Civil War Round Table of Susan Keipp, 436 W. 88th Ter Kansas City, MO 64114-2912 Kansas City Report any necessary adjustments to Susan at 816-333-0025 by 12 noon on Friday, P.O. Box 6202 September 18. Shawnee Mission, KS 66206 Use your debit/credit card at our website, http://www.cwrtkc.org. Go to Dinner_Reservation under the Meetings tab, fill out the reservation form, and then make your payment in the box to the left on that page through PayPal. If you are using this service please send Susan an email so An IRC 501(c)(3) she will not miss your reservation. [email protected]. Charitable Organization Website- http://cwrtkc.org/ Join us on Facebook! A Message from Your President Dinner Reservation Reminder This month our speaker will be Chip Buckner, who Dinner reservations are due by 12:00 noon on Friday, will be talking about the life of his great-grandfather, August 21st. Please adhere to this deadline, because we Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, C.S.A. We must turn in our head count to the Holiday Inn on Friday are very honored to have Chip as our speaker. Chip, his afternoon. wife, Deb Buckner, and his father, Bill Buckner, have Meet Our Speaker for September been members of the Civil War Round for many years. Chip honors his great-grandfather by sharing the life Simon Bolivar "Chip" Buckner IV attended Southwest history and stories of General Buckner. High School in Kansas City before earning a B.A. in Economics from Williams College and a J.D. from the I would venture to say that none of us have as famous University of Kansas. He practiced law in Tulsa, a Civil War ancestor as Chip does. However, many of us Oklahoma, then moved to Jefferson City to join the have one or more ancestors that served during the Civil Missouri attorney general's office, where he had a variety War. Some of our members, such as Lane Smith and of duties, including responsiblity for the state's consumer James Speicher have ancestors that served for the Union protection program. While there, he argued cases and ancestors that served for the Confederacy. The fact everywhere from traffic court to the the US Supreme that you are interested in the Civil War, are a member of Court. Chip returned to Kansas City to run the legal the Civil War Round Table, and attend our monthly department and Bartlett and Company, a hundred year-old dinner meetings honors your Civil War ancestors, no agribusiness on the Plaza. matter which side they served on. In addition to numerous short talks to Rotary Clubs, I became interested in finding out more about one of SCV camps and Civil War Roundtables about mint juleps my Civil War ancestors in 1982, after I bought the book and the relationship between Generals Buckner and US titled: Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor. I wrote to the Grant, Chip was the featured speaker at the occasion of National Archives in Washington D.C. and requested the the 75th anniversary of the dedication of the Sterling Price Federal pension and military service records for my great- statue in Keytesville, Missouri and shared the podium grandfather, Livander W. Pattison, who served in the 2nd with former CIA director William H. Webster at the Illinois Cavalry. I received a great deal of information, not closing of the ceremonies marking the sesquicentennial of only about his military service, but also about his personal the Battle of Perryville. life. To request information about your ancestor, use National Archives Trust Fund Board forms NATF 85 and Chip's first exposure to the CWRT came in the mid- NATF 86. To expedite your order, submit it online at: seventies when CWRT member (and later president) Glen eservices.archives.gov/orderonline. Whittaker led a group of Boy Scouts on a 16-mile Battle of Westport hike. To begin researching your Civil War ancestor, you need to know the soldier’s name and the state of service. The Sergeant Major’s Book Auction You can locate this information through the Civil War Arnold Schofield will auction two books at the August Soldiers and Sailors Database meeting. (http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors- "The Gallant Hood" A biography of Confederate database.htm). You can also find information on your General John Bell Hood by John P. Dyer, 1st Edition Civil War ancestor through subscription-based services published by the Bobbs-Meerrill Co, New York, 1950 such as Ancestry.com and Fold3.com. excellent condition with Dust jacket. The Kansas City area has three outstanding resources "Lincoln and His Generals" by T. Harry Williams, available to genealogists: Alfred A Knopf Publishing, New York, 1952, 1st edition • National Archives at Kansas City, 400 West in excellent condition. Pershing Road, Kansas City MO 64108. Dinner Menu for September 2015 • Missouri Valley Room at the Kansas City Public Chicken Da La Cruz: Lightly breaded tender, Library, Central Library, 14 West 10th Street, boneless breast of chicken, sautéed and topped with our Kansas City MO 64105. own rose sauce. Served over a bed of long grain wild rice • Midwest Genealogy Center, 3440 South Lee’s and chef’s choice of vegetable. Served with a house salad, Summit Road, Independence MO 64055. freshly baked bread with herbed butter, chef’s choice of I look forward to seeing you at our dinner meeting on dessert, coffee, iced tea & water. September 22nd. The Holiday Inn & Suites has advised they can provide -- Dave Pattison the following 3 options for dinner: The main entree meal as selected by the Civil War Round Table. A vegetarian meal as determined by the chef. Arnold Schofield will present a program titled: “Gardens A gluten-free meal as determined by the chef. of Stone.” Mr. Schofield will discuss the burial of our Blue and Gray Patriots, with a special focus on the The Holiday Inn & Suites indicated they cannot National Cemetery System. provide a low-carb meal. May 24, 2016: Dr. James F. Gentsch, associate Check out the Round Table’s website for the 2015 professor of history at the University of West Alabama, menu selections. will be presenting a program on the role of geography on Executive Committee Meeting military operations such as Shiloh. There will be a meeting of the Executive Committee Round Table’s 2015 Bus Tour of the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City at 10:00 am Save the Date! on Saturday, October 3, 2015. The meeting will be held at Mine Creek Battlefield and Fort Scott, KS Don Bates' office, located at Reece Nichols, 7600 State Saturday, October 24, 2015, 8 am – 5:15 pm Line, Prairie Village KS 66208 Arnold Schofield will be leading a bus tour following The Round Table’s Website the general route taken by Sterling Price's Confederate Embedded throughout our emailed newsletter are links to Army of Missouri in its retreat after the Battle of the website. Just click on those links and find out what Westport. The tour will also include a visit to the Fort great information is available on the website. Scott National Historic Site and the Fort Scott National Cemetery. The tour starts at 8:00 a.m. and goes until 5:15 Civil War Round Table of Kansas City website. p.m. Check out the Round Table’s Facebook page, and make sure you “like” the page. The bus tour will cost $48 per person. Make checks payable to Civil War Round Table of Kansas City. Mail Civil War Round Table of Kansas City Facebook Page checks to Treasurer Susan Keipp, 436 W. 88th Ter Kansas Future Programs in 2015 City, MO 64114-2912. Visit our website to see the list of Scheduled Meetings. For a detailed itinerary, download the brochure at October 27, 2015: Dr. Diane Mutti-Burke, professor http://u.b5z.net/i/u/10182926/f/Events/2015_CWRT_BU of history at UMKC, will speak about the book that she S_TOUR.pdf co-authored with Dr. Jonathan Earle titled: Bleeding August Meeting Photos Kansas, Bleeding Missouri: The Long Civil War on the Border. Link to our website for more photos of Beth Foulk at the November 17, 2015: Eric Wittenberg, an attorney August meeting. from Ohio, will be speaking about the Battle of Brandy Station. He has written several books on the Civil War, including cavalry officers and battles. Eric’s latest book is titled: The Battle of Brandy Station.
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