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November 2014 Newsletter Old Baldy Civil War Round Table of Philadelphia November 13, 2014, The One Hundred and Fiftieth Year of the Civil War “Civil War Artifacts: The Story Behind the Relics” it. Your feedback is important, please let Harry know your comments. The Board recently met to move the planning of the Luncheon along, discuss our clothing line and other issues of the Round Table. Details will be presented at our meeting on the 13th. Look for more Membership Profi les in the next year; we are planning on one every two months. The pre-meeting meals at the Lamp Post Diner have re- ignited a long OB tradition, come by around 5:30 on a meeting night for some social interaction. Joe Bilby gave a good presentation last month on the colored units from New Jersey, everyone in attendance enjoyed it. This month our own Joe Wilson will share Joe Wilson some of his vast artifact collection with us explaining Join us on Thursday, No- items and telling stories. Bring a friend for this interesting vember 13th at 7:15 PM exhibit. After the updates at the meeting, we will be voting at Camden County Col- on the By-law change to move our election to December. lege, Blackwood Campus, Connector Building - Room The Nominating Committee has been contacting members 101 to hear Joe Wilson on “Civil War Artifacts: The to assemble a slate. Thank you to Fred Barletta and Story Behind the Relics” Priscilla Gabosch for working on this task for the Round Old Baldy C.W.R.T. member Joe Wilson will be discuss- Table. There is still time to consider serving next year; ing some of his most interesting relics that have a solid nominations will be accepted from the fl oor. history and are often identifi ed to a soldier. An identifi ed Tickets are on sale for our January 17th luncheon to honor relic opens the door and sheds light on the path of the relic Mike Cavanaugh. You can purchase them at the meeting through its storied history. Included in the presentation or send your order to Bob Russo using the attached fl yer. will be the personal Bible of Joe's great-great-grandfather, Tickets for the raffl e will also be available at the meeting. Corporal George Garman of the 36th PA Volunteers, which Plan on attending what will be a grand event. came into Joe’s possession by a series of strange coinci- dences after a visit to Greenwood Cemetery in Northeast Events on the horizon include the 2015 Virginia Signature Philadelphia. Glued to the back cover of the Bible, Joe Conference on April 18th and to end the 150th celebration found a photo of Corporal Garman taken upon his release a Civil War Concert of various types music will be held on from Andersonville Prison. This image lent a face to an May 16th at the Monmouth County Library. Please share ancestor he had been researching for many years. any events you know about, so we can include in future newsletter. Joe Wilson is an avid Civil War relic collector. A retired plumber, in addition to belonging to Old Baldy, he is a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. Enjoy the member of the General George Meade Society and the Civil time together. See you on the 13th at the Lamp Post or War Trust. He is currently working on a book entitled In Joe’s exhibit. Line of Battle: The Pennsylvania Reserves. Rich Jankowski, President Notes from the President... The weather has turn cooler and the dark comes sooner, Join us at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, November 13th, but Old Baldy CWRT continues to progress. The Lecture at Camden County College, Series was a success, thank you to all who participated Blackwood Campus, Connector Building and kudos to Harry Jenkins for setting it up and running Room 101. Friday November 13, 1863 Today in Civil War History Hungry Horses Hinder Heroics Gen. Robert E. Lee and his men had had a rough summer. Wednesday November 13, 1861 Heavy action in the spring, constant movement, fi nally the Mcclellan Makes Major Marriage Mistake desperate move into Maryland and Pennsylvania culminat- ing in the three days of Gettysburg. Even after that, move- No, Gen. George McClellan, newly appointed head of the ment if not active battle had been constant. This had been Army of the Potomac, didn’t get married today, but he did hard on the men of the Army of Northern Virginia, harder go the wedding of somebody else. The commander in chief on their supplies and equipment. It had, however, been who had just named “Little Mac” to the top job came to call hardest of all on the members of the army least able to while McClellan was out, and assuming he would be home protest: the horses and other beasts of burden. Gen. Lee shortly, Lincoln, his secretary John Hays, and Secretary of sent a telegram from Orange Court House, Va., to Jefferson War Seward decided to wait for him. McClellan returned af- Davis in Richmond today, imploring him to fi nd a supply of ter about an hour, was told he had guests waiting, and went food for the animals, saying that they had had only three to his room. After waiting another half hour, a servant went pounds of corn per day per horse for the last fi ve days. to get McClellan and discovered that he had gone to bed. Davis ordered other supplies delayed until corn could be After this, when Lincoln wanted a meeting, he scheduled it shipped in. for the White House. Sunday November 13, 1864 Thursday November 13, 1862 Early’s Expedition Ending Early Several Skirmishes Sorely Suffered Gen. Jubal Early and his force had been detached from The presence or absence of a railroad, like an interstate the siege of Petersburg fi ve months ago and sent North on highway connection today, could make or break a town in a mission: scare the bejeebers out of the Yankees, par- the 1860’s. To have a rail intersection, where two or more ticularly the ones living in or near Washington, D.C. The lines passed through the same city, made it of consider- hope was that these alarmed people would put pressure on able military importance, too. It was this factor that inspired the fellow living at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to bring some a skirmish in the otherwise little-known hamlet of Holly troops home to protect them. Neither Lincoln nor Gen- Springs, Mississippi today. Federal troops wound up in pos- eral of the Armies U.S. Grant was inclined to oblige him, session of the town, rail connections and all. Other minor and now Early’s men were beginning to be brought back actions took place in Sulphur Springs, Va., near Nashville, to Richmond for the defense effort. Early and company Tenn., and along the coast of Georgia. Bragg decided to had marched nearly 1700 miles and fought 72 battles in relocate the Army of Tennessee from Chattanooga north this fi ve months, but to no avail. The Shenandoah Valley towards Murfreesboro, which would allow him to link up with now pretty well belonged to Phil Sheridan and his Yankee Breckinridge. cavalry. General George Meade stands alone in Fairmount Park on a Move the Meade Statue... remote road behind Memorial Hall - staring at the trees. I need the help of the Civil War community. As some of you know, there are two major statues in Pennsylvania honor- ing Gen. George Meade. One is in Gettysburg, and isplaced in a highly visible and appropriate location. The other is in Philadelphia, in a section of the city’s vast Fairmount Park that is rarely viewed. It is an equestrian statue of the General and his horse, Old Baldy, designed ny Alexander Milne Calder. Right now it stands on Landsdowne Drive behind Memorial Hall and stares out into a grove of trees. The drive that goes past it is rarely used. If you ask local citizens, nobody know where it is located. The park administration doesn’t even know where it is, and some do not know who General Meade is. Nevertheless, attempts by the General George Meade Society in Philadelphia, and other Civil War enthusiasts, to move the statue out of isolation, have been rebuffed by the city. These attempts have been going on for 100 years. The City of Philadelphia’s Parkpersonnel’s reply is that this location ws the original desire of the Meade family. However, the original location was selected so that horse Continued on page 3 2 Continued from page 2 - "Meade" carriages and their occupants would pass by through the park on this once popular drive, and also that the statue The Meade family has expressed the desire to move the would look ot over Laurel Hill Cemetery, where Gen. Meade statue. A location has been selected at the head of the is buried with his family. parkway, which would be a highly visible and resplendent representation of Philadelphia’s involvement in the Civil Now Landsdowne Drive is rarely used and a grove of trees War. has grown up to block the vista to the cemetery. Now the statue looks ridiculous, with no purpose, rarely viewed. There have been statues moved before. The response from Even aside from history, the statue is a magnifi cent work the City has been less than vague and has no credibility. As of art. we approach the last year of the Sesquicentennial, how wonderful it would be to place the Meade statue in a place Besides Meade’s involvement in the Civil War, he was also where it can be seen - where Philadelphia’s place in Civil the fi rst Fairmount Park Commissioner.
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