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January 2008 Newsletter Old Baldy Civil War Round Table of Philadelphia January 10, 2008, The One Hundred and Forty-Eighth Year of the Civil War ment in 1879. He later “Meet General A. A. Humphreys” wrote two books on his at the January meeting of wartime experiences: Old Baldy CWRT. From Gettysburg to the Rapidan and The On Thursday, January 10, 2008, Mr. Virginia Campaign of Gerald “Jerry” McCormick will grace us ’64 and ’65. He died with his full-uniform, first-person impres- in Washington D.C. in sion of Major General A. A. Humphreys. December, 1883. A native Philadelphian, Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (November 2, 1810 Also a native – December 27, 1883), graduated from Philadelphian, Jerry the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in McCormick has 1831. He was a career U.S. Army officer, become well known civil engineer, and a Union general in the for his accurate por- Civil War. trayal of General A. A. Humpreys, which he At the outbreak of the War, Humphreys has been perfecting was promoted to major and chief topo- Andrew A. Humphreys since 2003. A gradu- graphical engineer, initially involved in - LOC ate of Roxborough planning the defenses of Washington, Monument on High School with D.C. After serving under General George Emimitsburg Road, Advance Placement McClellan in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, Gettysburg - Wiles Honors in American he was promoted to brigadier general of History, he went on volunteers, and in September of that year assumed com- to earn a B.A. from Rutgers University, and currently is mand of the new 3rd Division in the V Corps of the Army a substitute teacher in the North Penn School District in of the Potomac. Under his leadership, his division achieved Lansdale, PA. With an interest in historic preservation, the farthest advance against the fierce Confederate fire Mr. McCormick is a member of the Civil War Preservation from Marye’s Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg. In Trust, and The Association for the Preservation of Historic late May of 1863, Humphreys was transferred to command Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., where of the 2nd Division of the III Corps under Major General General A. A. Humphreys is buried. Dan Sickles. On July 2nd at the Battle of Gettysburg, when Sickles insubordinately moved his corps from its Come out and join us for Jerry McCormick’s most inter- assigned position on Cemetery Ridge, Sickles placed esting first-person presentation on “the great soldier of the Humphreys' division on the Emmitsburg Road, directly in Army of the Potomac”. See you on Thursday, January the path of the Confederate assault. Too long a front for a 10 starting at 7:30 PM at the Civil War and Underground single division to defend, two of Humphreys' brigades were Railroad Museum at 1805 Pine Street in Philadelphia. If demolished (the third reserve brigade having been pulled you can, join us at 5:30 as we head out to the Marathon back by Sickles). Having put up the best fight that could Grille at 19th & Spruce with our guest speaker for a bite to be expected, Humphreys’ division --- as well as Sickles’ eat before the meeting. entire corps --- were finished as a fighting force. After Harry Jenkins, Program Chairman Gettysburg, Humphreys accepted Major General George Meade’s offer to serve as chief of staff, serving in that posi- President's Message tion until given command of the II Corps in November of 1864, which he led through the balance of the Petersburg I hope that everyone had a great holiday season! I must Campaign and during the pursuit of Lee’s Army to admit that for my wife Irene and I, it was perhaps the best Appomattox Court House. Christmas that we’ve had in many years as it was spent with our dear friends the Holdsworths and our mutual After the War, Humphreys became a permanent brigadier friends the Ginsburgs. While dinner was great and sharing general and Chief of Engineers from 1866 until his retire- Continued on page 2 Don't forget 2008 Membership Dues are do in January - See Page 2 1 Become active in your Roundtable! Come to a meeting! Enjoy an evening of education, information and fellowship! We urge you to continue your membership and hope to see you soon! Please take a moment and write a check for your annual dues of only $25.00 ($35.00 for the family) payable to “Old Baldy CWRT” and send it to: Herb Kaufman. Treasurer, 2601 Bonnie Lane, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006. Steve Wright, President Herb Kaufman, Treasurer Continued from page 1 - President's Message time with friends and family was special, I think I speak not rest in peace. Before the burial an unknown person for all that were there that the highlight of the event was known as “Dr. Sheardown” removed skin from some of the seeing and spending time with Old Baldy’s active-duty dead which later turned-up in the form of small boxes. Be- Marine PFC Billy Holdsworth, who was home for a short cause of the high demand for cadavers for medical study, leave. Billy had just fi nished his School of Infantry training a number of the bodies were exhumed for that purpose. and was on his way to his permanent assignment with the Dr. William Worrall Mayo, received the body of Mahpiya 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 3rd Marine Division in Hawaii. Okinajin (He Who Stands in the Clouds). Mayo suppos- Billy left for Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Sunday, 30 edly had had a run-in with He Who Stands in the Clouds, December and arrived there on New Year’s Eve in the early who (with a small group a friends) confronted him about afternoon local time. Immediately upon arrival the fi rst his horse. Mayo refused to surrender the horse and the “scuttlebutt” that he heard was that his outfi t was up for confrontation ended. Years later, Mayo ended-up dissecting deployment to Iraq in August. the body of He Who Stands in the Clouds before medical colleagues in Le Sueur, Minnesota. Afterward, Mayo had During the holidays I can’t help but think about the Dakota the bones cleaned and preserved and he kept them in his War of 1862. In early December some 303 Dakota Sioux, offi ce. Many years later, the identifi able remains of Mahpiya (eastern Sioux, as opposed to their cousins the Lakota), Okinajin and other Native peoples were returned to the had been tried by a military tribunal and sentenced to Dakota tribe for reburial under the Native American Graves death for crimes related to the uprising along the Minneso- Protection and Repatriation Act. ta River earlier that summer. President Abraham Lincoln in- tervened and personally reviewed the trial records of every As I mentioned in last month’s newsletter, last year was one of the condemned prisoners in an attempt to differenti- quite remarkable for the Round Table. This year will defi - ate between those who had participated in warfare against nitely be a “make or break” year for organization. We need the United States and those who had murdered and/or everyone to renew their membership and (if possible) get raped civilians. When fi nished, Lincoln had commuted the a new member to join. (When they ask what they get for sentences of 264 prisoners, allowing the execution of 39 their membership dues – tell them twelve fi ne issues of of the condemned. (Tatemima, or Round Wind, received the best round table newsletter in the country!! Most round a reprieve at last minute. As a result, a total of thirty-eight tables only issue 9 or 10 issues and believe me, Don DOES prisoners were ultimately executed.) put out the BEST newsletter around!!) In addition, dues go to supporting historic preservation and to bringing in The day after Christmas was chosen for the day of execu- speakers. This is defi nitely a grassroots organization so tion, with the town of Mankato as the site. A huge four-sid- let’s all make it even stronger and better!! ed scaffold was built large enough to hold the thirty-eight condemned prisoners. Eyewitnesses reportedly gave a Here’s wishing you all a healthy, happy, and prosperous muffl ed cry as the trapdoor dropped on the largest mass New Year!! (and the same to OBCWRT!!) execution in the history of the United States. The bodies of Be well!! Steven J. Wright, President the prisoners were buried in a mass grave along the sandy banks of the Minnesota River, although they certainly did From the Treasurer's Desk Greetings and best wishes for a Happy New Year to all the Special thanks to Robert Mulberger for his donation of members of the Old Baldy CWRT. Can you believe it, it is $100. to Old Baldy. Thanks Bob for your continued sup- 2008! Thanks to all members who are attending our month- port! ly meetings. We have a great list of speakers and programs Old Baldy is now operating in cooperation with the Civil coming up. Remember, it is your round table. Let us know War & Underground Railroad Museum. I hope that all the of your interests and how Old Baldy can best provide you members will have an opportunity to visit the museum with with education, friendship and an enjoyable evening. their friends and family. Remember, the museum will now As we enter 2008, your annual dues are due. We have some remain open until 5:30 and reopen again after dinner at really great programs and discussions planned and we hope about 6:45 on meeting nights.
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