Case Shot & Canister 1BA Publication of the Delaware Valley Civil War Round Table Partners with Manor College and the Civil War Institute Our 24th Year October 2016 4BVolume 26 5BNumber 10 Editor Patricia Caldwell Contributors Hugh Boyle, Book Nook Editor Rose Boyle Nancy Caldwell, Artistic Advisor Jerry Carrier The Assault of Meade's Pennsylvania Reserves Jack DeLong fusiliers.wordpress.com. Judy Folan Paula Gidjunis Ed Greenawald John Jastrzebski Bernice Kaplan Our October Meeting Herb Kaufman Topic: “Meade’s Breakthrough at Fredericksburg” Walt Lafty, “Snapshots” Editor Presenter: Author Don Ernsberger Jane Peters Estes Book Signing after Program Larry Vogel Andy Waskie Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Original Photos Patricia Caldwell (unless 7:30 pm otherwise noted) 6:15 pm for dinner Officers (all welcome – but reservation needed!) President Radisson Hotel Hugh Boyle Vice President Route 1 @ Old Lincoln Highway Jerry Carrier Treasurer Trevose, PA Herb Kaufman Secretary Dinner Menu – Rosemary Roasted Pork Tenderloin, served with Patricia Caldwell Artichokes and Roasted Tomatoes. e-mail:[email protected] U Served with soup, rolls/butter, iced tea, diet soda, and dessert. phone: (215)638-4244 Substitute: Pasta (chef’s selection). website: HUwww.dvcwrt.orgU Umailing address: for membership: Contact Rose Boyle at [email protected] or 215-638-4244 for 2601 Bonnie Lane Huntingdon Valley PA 19006 dinner reservations by October 13. Dinner Price $25.00 for newsletter items: You are responsible for dinners not cancelled 3201 Longshore Avenue Philadelphia PA 19149-2025 by Monday morning October 17. A long time re-enactor with the 69th PA “Irish In This Issue Volunteers” Don has authored several books on this storied regiment, along with numerous other books, This month’s Member Snapshot provided by including Meade’s Breakthrough at Fredericksburg, Judy Folan the subject of this presentation. Don’s most recent Lots of Upcoming Events for the fall season book is Stars and Bars over Philadelphia, a work of Paula Gidjunis shares preservation news alternative historical fiction which he co-edited. Some fun comments in our September Prior to publication of Meade’s Breakthrough at meeting recap by Larry Vogel – and your editor’s Fredericksburg, most of the attention in the study of reaction this critical 1862 battle focused on the repeated Matt Borowick’s presentation sparked a new assaults by the Union troops on Marye’s Heights. Civil War Vignette from Larry Vogel Don asserts that the key to the battle and the real Paula Gidjunis and John Shivo share an chance for Union success was downstream from the excellent adventure city, where the ultimate Federal strategy of breaking Our Book Nook tackles the importance of the right flank of the Confederate position and researching new titles, along with a review of a throwing Lee’s defensive lines off balance collapsed new volume on “Bleeding Kansas” due to miscommunication and lack of leadership. To date, Meade’s Breakthrough is the only focused Walt Lafty completes his trilogy on the story study of this aspect of the battle, a detailed review of of the USS Red Rover the tactics, strategy and participants, and full muster We have some great classes and seminars of Union and Confederate forces involved in this coming up at Manor’s Civil War Institute “what might have been” fight. Our newest contributor Jim Gallagher with a local story – with a seasonal twist Once again Bernice finds the unusual – check out the photo she discovered A fabulous book sale – you won’t want to miss this!! The “Other” Fredericksburg In October we welcome back author Don Ernsberger, who is no stranger to our Membership Round Table, having spoken numerous times at So many times people have asked me what it our meetings and at our takes to have a successful Round Table. It all Manor College events. starts with the membership and their passion, Although he was born in desire and eagerness to know more about the war Fremont, Ohio, Don spent most of his life in and their willingness to discuss it with others. It Philadelphia and its is also a desire to preserve and protect the history suburbs. His education of the Civil War. Membership includes you in includes a degree in US History from Penn State, and the mission of the Round Table and enjoys the Masters and PhD Programs at Temple. He devoted fellowship of your fellow members. That is what over 30 years to teaching at the high school and makes your membership so important. Your college levels, and following retirement in 2001 membership is the life blood of the Round Table. served as a Deputy Chief of Staff in the US Congress. Don and his wife Louise live in Lansdale, and have two children and two grandchildren. There are two main activities of a round table, one is the presentations, and membership helps 2 support that, the other is a newsletter. The Delaware Valley CWRT does not produce a newsletter with a few upcoming projects. No, our Newsletter is a journal, a journal of activities, articles, book reviews, interviews and FIRST LADIES a list of upcoming activities and events. Case Shot & Canister is much more than just a Match the First Ladies with their husbands. newsletter. All this is prepared by the editor Pat Caldwell. Our presentations are always top 1 – _____U.S. Grant a. Louisa notch, interesting and educational, and offered 2 – _____Rutherford B. Hayes b. Edith by some of the best presenters around. Thanks to 3 – _____James Madison c. Rachel Herb Kaufman and Carol Ingald for their work 4 – _____Abraham Lincoln d. Julia in procuring our speakers. Your membership 5 – _____Andrew Jackson e. Lucy keeps it all going. Our doors are always open to 6 – _____Andrew Johnson f. Mary new members, so invite as many to come as you 7 – _____Teddy Roosevelt g. Eliza 8 – _____John Quincy Adams h. Dolley want. It is not just the more the merrier. It is more so we can do more. (Answers in next month’s newsletter!) See you at the meeting. ANSWERS TO SEPTEMBER’S BRAIN TEASERS “CAN YOU COME UP WITH THE PERCENTAGE Hugh Boyle OF VICTORY FOR THESE PRESIDENTS?” President 1 – James Buchanan in 1856 – 45.3% 2 – Abraham Lincoln in 1860 – 39.9% 3 – Abraham Lincoln in 1864 – 55.0% 4 – U.S. Grant in 1868 – 52.7% WE NEED YOUR HELP! Member contributions to this newsletter are always welcome and encouraged. Please submit book reviews, short articles, informative pieces, Congratulations to our monthly raffle winners for newsy items and opinion pieces September – Alan Ash (dinner raffle), Ed to the Editor. Greenawald, Matt Bruce, Larry Vogel and John Hartner. Short articles of 600-800 words are especially desired. John Jastrzebski attended Shepherd University’s annual Civil War conference October 7-9, where the program on the battle of Antietam consisted First-time authors encouraged!!! of talks and battlefield excursions. On hand for the program were Tom Clemens, Scott Hartwig Please send as a Word document to and Dennis Frye. [email protected] Ed Greenawald and John Jastrzebski will Thank you! participate in the annual Brose Lecture Series at the Penn State University Park Campus on 3 October 27-29. The three free related lectures will feature Dr. Gregory Downs, University of California Davis on The Second American Revolution: Cuba, Mexico, Spain, and the U.S. Civil War. NOVEMBER 15, 2016 John Shivo and Paula Gidjunis were on hand for **NOTE PROGRAM CHANGE** the anniversary activities at Antietam in Author/Professor James Scythes September. “This will make a man of me: The For all you genealogists out there, Jack DeLong Life and Letters of a Teenage recounts an unusual experience he and Dor had Officer in the Civil War” while driving home from Bowling Green, Kentucky recently. As he gave his name at check-in at the DECEMBER 13, 2016 Best Western Hotel in Barboursville, WV, a woman *Note 2nd Tuesday of month* awaiting her turn to register remarked that her name also was DeLong. Realizing that DeLong is not Annual Holiday Dinner such a common surname, Jack questioned their Austrian Village Restaurant possible Pennsylvania Dutch heritage. In Rockledge, PA conversation with the woman’s husband Jack learned that both men were descended from the JANUARY 19, 2017 same Peter DeLong who settled in America in the early 1700's, making them distant cousins! As Round Table Discussion Jack says, “What are the odds – same little hotel “Your Family Military History” in a small West Virginia town, travelling in different directions, I am travelling to eastern FEBRUARY 21, 2017 Pennsylvania, he is from Indiana but born in the Author & Historian Steve Wright Pennsylvania Dutch area of eastern Pennsylvania, “The Story of Louis Weichmann and we check in at exactly the same time and are from a common ancestor, Peter Delong born in and the Lincoln Conspiracy” Germany arriving in America about 1717 as best as we can derive from historical records. Now we are MARCH 21, 2017 sharing records, he descends from Peter's son Author & Historian Ken Milano Jacob and I am from Peter's son Henry. Just “The Kensington Riots” thought this was something very unusual, what are the odds of such a meeting?” APRIL 18, 2017 On October 13, Jack Lieberman will share his Historian John Zinn first-person impression of Captain Percival “Civil War Baseball” Drayton, USN to the Old Baldy CWRT. Congratulations to Hugh (Reds) and Rose Boyle MAY 16, 2017 who celebrated their Golden Anniversary on Member Bob Russo October 8. Geez, Rose surely was a “child bride”! “The History of Arlington National Cemetery” Lance Lacey – Oakford, PA 4 MEMBERS' SNAPSHOTS by Judy Folan (Photo by Nancy Caldwell) We have a surprise this month as we highlight a member known to and admired by all.