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Border Bugle February 2011 Newsletter of the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City EXECUTIVE OFFICERS President Lane Smith First Vice-President Alisha Cole Second Vice-President th Larry Coleman 427 REGULAR MEETING Treasurer TUESDAY, February 22, 2011 Paul Gault Homestead Country Club Assistant Treasurer 6510 Mission Road, Prairie Village, Kansas Betty Ergovich Corresponding Secretary Social Hour-Cash Bar-6:00p.m. Recording Secretary Dinner-6:30p.m. Judy Smith Preservation Director Arnold Schofield FEBRAUARY SPEAKER Board of Directors Don Bates Sr. Daniel Hadley Don Bates Jr. Brian Lawson “The Battle of Lone Jack” Past Presidents Howard Mann Mr. Hadley’s presentation will take a closer look at some fascinating details Jack Brooks about the Battle of Lone Jack, those who fought in it, and the tragic aftermath. Also James Speicher discussed will be the creation of the museum on the battlefield site, and the famous Chairman of Board Missouri statesman who helped it become a reality. The presentation will conclude Monnett Battle of Westport Fund with a highlight of the new battle being fought at Lone Jack- the fight for battlefield (Ex-Officio) preservation- the threat of future development, and the mission to save what’s left of the Lone Jack battlefield. Daniel L. Smith Sargeant at Arms Dan Hadley is Vice President of the Lone Jack Historical Society. Born and Don Bates Sr. raised in Independence, Missouri, Dan now resides in Lee’s Summit, just ten miles Chaplain from the Lone Jack Battlefield, Museum and Soldiers’ Cemetery. A graphic Rev. David B. Holloway designer by trade, he also does freelance illustration and graphic design for a Historian variety of clients, including local museums, publishers, as well as the Emmy Betty Ergovich Award-winning, Kansas City-based Civil War documentary filmmakers, Wide Border Bugle Editor Awake Films. He is also editor of the Lone Jack Historical Society quarterly Michael J. Epstein newsletter, “The Acorn”. [email protected] Civil War Round Table of Kansas City Please be sure that we have your reservation by Friday Feb. 18. Return reservation P.O. Box 2602 In the enclosed envelope with required payment of $25.00 per person to; Shawnee Mission, KS 66206 Paul Gault, 7118 N Congress Ave., Kansas City, MO 64152. An IRC 501(c)(3) If you have questions or your payment is unavoidably tardy, please contact Charitable Organization Assistant Treasurer Betty Ergovich at 913 441-6462. Battle of Carthage AttendanceTour requires a paid dinner reservation. Battle of Carthage Tour Dec 27: Dave Para and Cathy Barton Para "Music of the Civil War" & Silent Book Auction April 30, 2011: Why this battle: Missouri was an important state for both the North and the South. No state was more hotly contested in 1861 than Missouri Civil War Symposium which had more than twice as many incidents of with David Blight violence that year than any other state. Was Missouri a "Lasting Legacies of the Civil War," a neutral state? Who were the primary players and what symposium featuring Dr. David Blight, Dr. Dwight sparked the campaign that led to this battle and the Pitcaithley, Jim Denny, and Arnold Schofield will be abandonment of neutrality? held at the North Independence Library on Saturday, Who were the soldiers that participated in this March 26, 2011, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event battle and what were their commitments? What was the is free and reservations are recommended. It is being importance to the outcome of the battle? The impact of sponsored by the Mid-Continent Public Library System, this campaign and battle determined the future path that the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City, and the Missouri would take. The battle was fought on July 5, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. 1861. This being the sesquicentennial of that battle it Dr. David Blight will present: "Has Civil War only seemed appropriate that this is the time to study and Memory Divided or United Americans Over 150 review the major impact of this battle. Join us on that Years?" He is a professor of history at Yale University tour for a very informative tour of Missouri and that and is the author and editor of several books including battle, a tour that will be hosted by Roundtable Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory members. Even though the Burnt District occurred after and Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the this battle our first stop will be at that monument in American Civil War. Harrisonville with our second stop at the Bushwhacker Dr. Dwight Pitcaithley will present: "Missouri's Museum in Nevada before we begin the tour on Civil Secession Convention and the Great Slavery Question." War Road at Carthage and conclude at the Civil War He is a former chief historian of the National Park museum of Carthage. Our tour guide will be Steve Service. Weldon, the battlefield historian for the Battle of Jim Denney will present: "Bleeding Missouri." Carthage. Official registration for this tour will begin at He is retired from the Missouri Department of Natural the Feb 22nd meeting and the tour is open to all Resources and is the author of The Civil War's First organizations and the public. Blood: Missouri, 1854-1861. The Round Table's own Arnold Schofield will Speakers 2011 present: "Origins, Animosities, and Legacies of the Kansas/Missouri Border Wars: 1856-1865 and Beyond." Feb 22: Daniel Hadley, Vice President, Lone Jack He is the Site Administrator at the Mine Creek Historical Society, "Battle of Lone Jack" Battlefield State Historic Site. The North Independence Mar 22: Patricia Moss, Patricia Moss Art and Family Library is located at 317 West US Highway 24 in History Services, "George Caleb Bingham and Order Independence. For reservations, call the Center at (816) No. 11" 252-0950 or at http://www.mymcpl.org. Apr 26: Alicia Scott, Community Outreach The program will also be presented on Sunday, Coordinator, Kendallwood Hospice, "The Sultana" March 27, 2011, at the Brown v. Board of Education May 24: Joseph K Houts, Jr., Vice President, National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas. Community Development Center, Commerce Bank, St. Joseph, MO "Medicine and the Founding of the Sanitation Commission" 2011 Local and Coming Events SUMMER SESSIONS: March 12, 2011 - Ladies and Gentlemen: Greetings and Jun 28: John Hilmer: Superintendent of Wilson’s Creek salutations! I am inviting you to participate in what July 26: Dan Smith: Civil War History of Jackson should be a great start to the 150's. The Fourth County Missouri's Grande Ball on March 12, 2011. Aug 23: Col. James Speicher: “The H. L. Hunley” This will be a formal dinner and dance. Our goal is period wear but current military class 'A's or formal wear Sep 27: Glenda J. Wallace, Chief, Eastern Band of The will be acceptable. Please pass on to anyone whom you Shawnee, “American Indians and The Civil War’ deem appropriate. (If you know of a sutler that would Oct 25: Arnold Schofield, "Thunder in the Valleys" want to have a display table at the ball, have them either Nov 22: Doug Mischler as: "Jefferson Davis" call me or send me an email.) When I have more information I will post it on my web site of www.4moinf.com I have attached a registration sheet that you can mail to: (go to website) Daniel Keith, 3893 these sales is to allow us to have funds to bring in future South 117th Road, Bolivar, MO 65613, I look forward speakers. Fran said that of all of the organizations to to your correspondence. Your Obedient Servant, Captain which Jay belonged, the Civil War Round Table of Daniel Keith, Company E, Fourth Missouri Infantry Kansas City was his favorite. Although not a founding Regiment, First Missouri Battalion, Trans-Mississippi member of the Round Table, Jay did become a member Brigade, Huckabee's Division3893 South 117th Road, during the year it was founded. Thank you Frances Bolivar, MO 65613, (417)777-2296 Gunnels! April 30, 2011 – Bus Tour: “Battle of Carthage, Mo.” More information to come in next month’s Border Bugle or see Lane Smith “The Sargeant Major’s Roar” May 13-15, 2011 – Carthage, Mo., Re-enactment. June 17-19, 2011 – Booneville, Mo., Re-enactment. Battlefield Dispatches #83 August 12-14 2011 – Springfield, Missouri. Wilson's Creek Reenactment Planned for 2011 The Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Foundation has begun “Scalps & Spies” planning a maximum-effort Civil War reenactment to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Wilson's Creek. The reenactment will take place during This column is not about a spy who was scalped, the weekend of August 12-14, 2011. but does concern a reminder of a vicious type of calling Excitement is already building for the Civil War card & the voluntary use of women as spies for the sesquicentennial, and as the second major battle of the Union “Hounds” in the pursuit of Confederate “Foxes”. war, Wilson's Creek compels a great deal of attention in As mentioned previously, the scalping of dead Union the reenactment community. The Western “Hounds” & leaving said remains to be discovered was a Division of the Blue-Gray Alliance, a re-enactor calling card & warning, that this would be your fate if organization, will help design battle scenarios and you were captured by “Bloody Bill Anderson” and or handle all military aspects of the reenactment. possibly his men. The reputation of “Bloody Bill” was Due to the high level of interest, the Blue-Gray not only disseminated by word of mouth & in Alliance anticipates that this will be a well-attended newspapers of the day, it was also communicated in the event, with more than 3,000 re-enactors and huge after action reports & telegrams of the Union “Hounds”.
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