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October 2005 THE CIVILFounded WAR December 3, ROUND 1940 TABLE Volume LXVI, Number 2 Chicago, Illinois October, 2005 EDWIN C. BEARSS - on - “The Most Forgotten, Misunderstood & Least Appreciated Civil War 644th REGULAR Battles and Soldiers” MEETING ED BEARSS By Bruce Allardice Edwin C. Bearss ON In this 65th year of The Civil War Marines on Guadalcanal and New THE MOST FORGOTTEN, Round Table of Chicago, it is alto- Britain, suffering wounds which MISUNDERSTOOD & LEAST gether fitting and appropriate that we caused him to spend 26 months in APPRECIATED CIVIL WAR have Ed Bearss address our group. various hospitals. Upon recovery, he BATTLES AND SOLDIERS No man has been a bigger friend to earned degrees from Georgetown our Round Table, and to the Civil University and Indiana University. # # # # # War Round Table movement, than Ed While writing his history thesis on Friday, October 14 Bearss. General Pat Cleburne, he visited bat- We all know him as our indefati- tlefields and concluded that inter- # # # # # gable tour guide, barking orders for preting battles in the field was more Holiday Inn Mart Plaza us to get off the bus and walk faster, interesting than academic history in 350 North Orleans Street striding with his fast, purposeful an office. In 1955 entered the stride through the muck and mire of National Park Service as park histo- Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. battlefields, delivering what the rian at Vicksburg. While at Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Washington Post calls “Homeric Vicksburg, his research led to the dis- monologues” in a voice that needs no covery and salvage of the Union $30 - Members/Non-members microphone to be heard. Ed’s been Ironclad Cairo, the remains of which Entrée: leading our tours for 40+ years now are now on display at the park. Chicken Casriel, (since 1961), and those tours, and our Ed is the author of numerous lives, have been books and over 100 Catch of the Day or enriched by his pres- articles in scholarly Vegetable/Fruit Plate ence, his energy, his Call by journals. In 1995 he PLEASE N O TE endless store of color- Monday, retired after 14 years ful (and sometimes as chief historian of Make your reservation by MONDAY, October 10, by calling 630-460-1865. We now also have ribald) anecdotes, and Oct. 10 the National Park our online dinner reservation system at his prodigious mem- Service. Ed currently http://www.thecwrt.org/commiss.htm. Reservations made after Wednesday, October ory for facts. leads well-attended 12, will be surcharged $5. Edwin C. Bearss grew up on a history tours in the U.S. and Europe, People who attend without having made a reser- ranch in Montana. Even as a youth tours covering (among other sub- vation will pay a $5 walk-in charge. If you make a reservation and then find you cannot attend, please he was interested in the Civil War, jects) World War II, the Indian Wars call to cancel or you will be billed for a dinner. naming his ranch animals after Civil and the Lewis & Clark Expedition, We are offering the option of choosing not to have War figures. Mary Abroe will be along with his signature Civil War dinner and coming only for the address at 7:30 p.m., for a charge of $5 per person. happy to learn that Ed’s favorite milk tours. As Ed has often said, “You Parking at the Holiday Inn is $8 with a validated cow was named “Antietam”. In can’t describe a battlefield unless parking sticker. World War II he served with the you walk it.” 2 The Civil War Round Table THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE CWRT Renews Memberships in In addition to approving and com- Preservation Groups: In July the pleting the noted membership renewals, Battlefield Preservation Fund (BPF) com- the BPF committee also voted to renew mittee voted to renew the CWRT’s mem- our memberships in the National Founded December 3, 1940 berships in the following organizations: Museum of Civil War Medicine 9670 N. Dee #205 Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT), (NMCWM) and Save the Franklin Des Plaines, Illinois 60016 winner of the 1st Bearss Preservation Battlefield, Inc., both of which come due Phone: 630-460-1865 Award; Kernstown Battlefield Association in the near future. www.thecwrt.org (KBA), winner of the 2nd Bearss CWRT Supports Restoration of Preservation Award; Friends of the Chicago Light Artillery Monument: The only requirement for membership in The Round Table is a genuine interest in the Civil National Parks at Gettysburg; and the The Sons of Union Veterans (SUV) War and its era. For information, address Save Historic Antietam Foundation Reserve, the reenacting branch of the Membership Committee, 9670 N. Dee #205 (SHAF). Upon renewal of those member- SUV, currently is the moving force Des Plaines, Illinois 60016, or contact ships, we received acknowledgements behind the restoration of the Chicago [email protected]. from all four. Denise Troxell, SHAF treas- Light Artillery Monument at Rosehill urer, sent thanks from that organization, Cemetery; according to past president while Larry Duncan, president of the Jerome Kowalski of the SUV, the group is KBA, wrote that he and his colleagues “in the final stages of fundraising” for the of this deal are Ed Bearss, Jim Campi of “really appreciate...(our) longstanding project. the Civil War Preservation Trust (which generosity.” In response to the CWRT’s donation is donating $50,000 for the acquisition), From Dr. Mike Stevens, president of of $250 from the Battlefield Preservation and Professor William G. Piston of the CVBT, came detailed information Fund, we received the following note of Missouri State University; Piston calls the about recent activities with which we thanks from Bob Conklin, Adjutant, acquisition “one of lasting benefit to (the) assisted: “We are very pleased to Battery A of the Chicago Light Artillery: people of Missouri and (the) people of announce that thanks to the Civil War “We want to express our appreciation for the nation...” Preservation Trust, Tricord Homes, and The Civil War Round Table of Chicago’s The area around Springfield has been the Spotsylvania County Board of generous donation to the Chicago Light expanding rapidly in recent years. Supervisors, 140 acres of the Day One Artillery, Battery A’s Monument Making that problem more urgent has Chancellorsville battlefield have been Preservation Fund. This will be applied been Redford’s proposed 2,000-acre saved.... Because of you and your sup- for the restoration of the battery’s monu- Terrell Creek residential development, port for preservation, this ground, which ment at the Rosehill Cemetery recogniz- which borders Wilson’s Creek National is quite literally America’s sacred soil, will ing the sacrifices the soldiers of the bat- Battlefield. Redford’s offer earlier this year be there for you, your children, and all tery endured during the Civil War. Over to sell the 157 acres was welcomed by future generations, for as long as there is the years weathering has taken its toll the foundation, which eventually hopes an America.” and deterioration is much in evidence. to sell the land to the National Park President Stevens also indicated that We are anxious to have the monument Service. The NPS at Wilson’s Creek, in the CVBT is in the process of saving six- restored to more nobly recognize those turn, received a $1.2 million appropria- teen-plus acres at Chancellorsville on the original CLA veterans who performed tion in the 2006 federal budget and may Talley Farm ridge, just south of the his- with honor. Again your donation was complete such a purchase with those toric Orange Turnpike (State Route 3); most appreciated.” funds. this acreage is part of the May 1863 Wilson’s Creek Preservation As is often the case in contemporary Jackson Flank March area. Currently the Group Will Acquire 150-Plus Acres: dealings between developers and preser- Trust is raising $50,000 as matching The September 1 issue of the Springfield vationists, this deal between Redford and funds in order to receive a $150,000 (MO) News-Leader reported that 157 the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield grant for completion of the purchase, acres of historically significant land bor- Foundation represents a compromise. and the support of our Round Table “will dering Wilson’s Creek National The foundation will gain 112 acres west help us as we strive to meet this most Battlefield will be purchased by the of the park, the 112 acres being part of a recent fundraising challenge.” In con- Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield total of 200 that have been designated cluding, Mike Stevens emphasized the Foundation, a not-for-profit organization historically significant. Most of the following: “Thank you! Together we are that supports the NPS locally. The foun- remaining 88 acres, however, lay within making a difference!!” We also received a dation, to which we made a $500 dona- the Terrell Creek development. The personal phone call from vice-president tion last year, has been negotiating a deal foundation also will acquire 45 acres Harriet Condon, in which she noted that with developer Steve Redford since last south of the park, part of a 160-acre tract “we really appreciate everything you do.” March, when Redford offered to part that has been specified for acquisition; For additional information on the CVBT, with the acreage for $1.86 million. the rest of the 160 acres remains open visit its web site at www.cvbt.org. Among those applauding the conclusion land in private ownership. The Civil War Round Table 3 SEPTEMBER MEETING By Larry Gibbs On September 9th Richard McMurray The generals in the book were Robert McMurry argued strongly that the received the prestigious Nevins- E.
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