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October Meeting of the Blue and Gray Newsletter of the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable Frederick, Maryland Founded January 30, 1989 http://frederickcountycivilwarrt.org 197th Meeting October 2010 Vol. 37 Issue 2 October Meeting Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:30 PM at the National Museum Soldiers wandering the battlefields, a face in the of Civil War Medicine window, footsteps on a staircase, sounds of fighting, 48 East Patrick Street an empty rocking chair that rocks . Frederick, Maryland 21701 Believe it or don’t believe it, but Frederick County and the battlefields of the surrounding region are Speaker: George Deutsch known as favorite haunts of many spirits of the Civil War. In fact, a small industry has developed around these ghostly sightings with books, tours, overnight Subject: Abraham Lincoln and Roger Taney: stays at haunted inns, ghost hunts and spirit photography. The Great Antagonists Encounters of the ghostly kind have been reported for years at both the Antietam and Gettysburg Our Speaker battlefields. The well-known Ghosts of Gettysburg Tour, based on licensed Battlefield Guide and Park Civil War historian, Ranger Mark Nesbitt’s six-volume book series by the author and teacher same title, was named best in the nation by Haunted George Deutsch will Tours of America. Nesbitt documents visions such as a explore the legendary phantom battalion that appears, marches, then vanishes. constitutional rivalry Antietam Battlefield is considered one of the most between President haunted, and visitors attest to apparitions of soldiers, Abraham Lincoln and George Deutsch leads a battlefield tour and sounds of singing and fighting. The Pry House’s legendary woman standing at the window of a second his Chief Justice, Frederick’s own Roger Brooke floor room is thought to be the wife of Gen. Israel B. Taney. The rivalry began with the Dred Scott decision Richardson, who died in that room of battle wounds of 1857 and lasted until Taney’s death in 1864. suffered six months earlier in the Battle of Antietam. The opening salvo was Lincoln’s famous “House The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is Divided” speech in the Illinois Legislature in another local hotspot for ghosts, with at least seven response to Taney’s decision in Dred Scott v. known spirits in residence, some thought to be soldiers Sanford. Soon after Lincoln was sworn in as president haunting objects on display that belonged to them in life. in March 1861, he faced an unprecedented crisis that And Barbara Fritchie is still with us, according to tour threatened the nation's survival. When riots broke out guides who have seen her rocking chair in motion and lights on when the house/museum is closed. in Baltimore and pro-Confederate groups cut telegraph These are just a few of the many ghost sightings in wires and burned railroad bridges in Maryland, the area. To find local ghost tours, such as the ever- isolating Washington, Lincoln suspended the writ of popular Candlelight Tours of Frederick, check out habeas corpus and followed by declaring martial law http://www.marylandghosttours.com/. and arresting John Merryman who was accused in the Baltimore riots. 2 rioting. Taney challenged The Prez Sez Lincoln's authority and issued a On a personal note, last May Dottie writ for Merryman that Lincoln and I took a 10-day tour of Italy, chose to ignore. Other starting in Venice, through Rome and challenges to presidential war cities all the way down the "Boot", powers followed, culminating even Pompei and Assisi, ending at the in the Prize Cases in 1863 Isle of Capri and the Blue Grotto. involving Lincoln’s naval We ar e all history buffs here, but just imagine blockade in lieu of declaring Italy's aw esome history dating B.C. and the Italians war on the Confederacy. In that case, the Taney Court ruled co-existin g with enormous stone structures built Lincoln’s action was through the many periods of their rich history! constitutional. Taney was Actually, these antiquities are their treasure. We preparing briefs opposing both found it t o be an amazing place — a trip of a lifetime. We highly recommend visiting there. the Emancipation and Conscription laws at the time On a trul y sad note, we have missed seeing member of his death in October 1864. and old fri end, John Jones, at our meetings. He had From 1801 to 1823, sad news to bare in our last conversation. His stepson, Taney lived in Frederick a brave you ng United States Marine, was killed some City where he practiced months ago in the line of duty. We are grateful for his law with his brother-in- stepson's s ervice and recognize the sacrifice John's law, Francis Scott Key. family end ured. We again send them all our good The restored Taney House wishes. Please keep them in your prayers. is now a museum, part of Donnie the Frederick County Historical Society, and is located in downtown Frederick, across from the At last month’s meeting . former county Court House, now City Hall. We had a terrific George Deutsch co-founded several historical turnout at our meeting organizations related to the Civil War and the War on September 16 where of 1812 in his hometown of Erie, Pa. He has also historian and author published multiple articles on the 83rd Steve Stotelmyer gave a Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and Commodore riveting lecture on all Oliver H. Perry’s Flagship Niagara that played a things Barbara Fritche. major role in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Steve also discussed Gen. Jesse Reno, known as a Deutsch designed the wayside marker for Strong “soldier’s soldier” who died in the Battle of South Vincent and Joshua Chamberlain at Little Round Mountain. The evening was a great way to kick off Top, worked to erect Vincent’s statue in Erie, and the 2010-2011 season, our first in the initial year of the led the effort to restore Erie County’s Civil War Sesquicentennial anniversary. monument. He also helped to lead the conservation th of the 83rd and 145 Pennsylvania’s battle flags Next Month’s Speaker now preserved in the Erie Library. Tom Clemens will discuss “How Antietam Deutsch annually teaches Civil War history Battlefield Was Created” at our next meeting, courses at the Chautauqua Institute in New York Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, at 7:30 PM. and has led more than 20 battlefield tours for roundtable and university groups. Reminder to Members Educated at Georgetown University's School of If you have not paid your 2010 FCCWRT Foreign Service, Deutsch also has a degree in membership dues, please bring a check to the history from Mercyhurst College. He is writing, October 21st meeting. Annual dues are $30 for with a partner, a new book on the 83rd individuals and $50 for families. And feel free to Pennsylvania, focusing on the untold history of its bring a friend to our meetings. We welcome and last year in the war. He now lives in Catonsville, encourage new memberships, which is especially Md., with his wife, Mary Fran. important with the start of the Sesquicentennial. 3 The Bookshelf Calendar of Events West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace by Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh. Through October, Exhibit, Living History, Battlefield Bibliography, index, notes. 304 pp., 2009. University of Hikes, Monocacy National Battlefield Visitor Center, North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N.C. Frederick MD Dr. Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, “To Secede or Not to Secede” exhibit and programs assistant history professor on the exploring Maryland’s turmoil over seccession in April civilian faculty at the U.S. Naval 1861, daily starting at 8:30 AM through October . Also, Academy, Annapolis, presents a three ranger-led hikes to separate battlefield areas highly readable, extremely well- highlighting the events of July 9, 1864. Free. Additional researched study of the birth and information: www.nps.gov/mono/. development of the nation’s Oct. 15-17, Symposium, Petersburg, VA professional military from the War of 1812 to the Civil War. The “The 1860 Presidential Election & and the Coming of th author’s well-substantiated premise the Civil War,” 14 Annual symposium at Pamplin is that the Union and Confederate armies were basically Historical Park. Speakers include George C. Rable, the same: a mass of untrained and inexperienced Elizabeth Varon, Gary Ecelbarger, Joseph Dawson, civilians who were ill-equipped for battle. It was the and Russell McClintock. Additional information: 804- 861-2408. leaders who made the difference. West Pointers all, the leaders’ professional military training and battlefield Oct. 16 & 17, Battle Reenactment, Middletown, VA experience in the Mexican War enabled them to Cedar Creek Battlefield Reenactment for 146th anniversary transform a hodge-podge of recruits into combat-ready of the battle. Living history, military demonstrations, soldiers. Dr. Hsieh contends that the officers’ shared battles, special lectures. Proceeds to benefit Cedar Creek background accounts for the tactical similarities between Battlefield preservation. For information, reservations: the Union and Confederate forces and perhaps, 540-869-2064, www.cedarcreekbattlefield.org. ultimately, for the length of the war. Dr. Hsieh emigrated from Taiwan in infancy and grew Oct. 29, Anniversary Ceremony, Gettysburg, PA, 10AM up in Los Angeles and earned his doctorate in history 100th Anniversary ceremony at the Father William from the University of Virginia, received a Meritorious Corby Statue on the battlefield. For information, Honor Award from the U.S. State Department for his [email protected], www.aoh.fairfax.org. work in Iraq between July 2008 and June 2009. West Oct. 30, Symposium, Washington, DC, 9AM-4PM Pointers and the Civil War earned the 2009 New York Military Affairs Symposium Civil War Book Award.
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