Case Shot & Canister 1BA Publication of the Delaware Valley Civil War Round Table Partners with Manor College and the Civil War and Military History Institutes Our 26th Year!! February 2018 4BVolume 28 5BNumber 2 Editor Patricia Caldwell Contributors Fred Antil Hugh Boyle, Book Nook Editor Rose Boyle Nancy Caldwell, Artistic Advisor Jerry Carrier Judy Folan Paula Gidjunis Ed Greenawald Bernice Kaplan Herb Kaufman E – A – G – L – E – S … EAGLES!!!! Walt Lafty, “Snapshots” Editor Zack Margolies Our February Meeting Jane Peters Estes “Remembering the Civil War Era” Pete Romeika Larry Vogel Presenter: Author/Historian Daniel Crofts Andy Waskie Original Photos Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Patricia Caldwell (unless otherwise noted) 7:30 pm 6:15 pm for dinner Officers (all welcome – but reservation needed!) President Hugh Boyle Radisson Hotel Vice President Route 1 @ Old Lincoln Highway Jerry Carrier Treasurer Trevose, PA Herb Kaufman Secretary Patricia Caldwell Dinner Menu – Salmon Florentine. Served with soup du jour, rolls/butter, iced tea, diet soda, coffee, dessert. e-mail:[email protected] U Substitute: Pasta (chef’s selection). phone: (215)638-4244 website: HUwww.dvcwrt.orgU Contact Rose Boyle at [email protected] or 215-638-4244 for Umailing addresses: Membership dinner reservations by February 15. Dinner Price $27.00 2601 Bonnie Lane NOTE NEW PRICE FOR 2018 Huntingdon Valley PA 19006 Newsletter You are responsible for dinners not cancelled 3201 Longshore Avenue by Monday morning February 19. Philadelphia PA 19149-2025 FROM THE TREASURER’S DESK ANNUAL DUES ARE DUE Greetings and best wishes to all the members of the Delaware Valley CWRT! Can you believe it, 2018 is our 26th Year!! First, I wish to expressly thank all the members of our Round Table who have already sent in their 2018 annual dues. Your interest and participation in the Round Table are much appreciated. Thanks to all members who are attending our monthly meetings. The Program Committee has a great list of speakers for the coming year. Remember, it is your Round Table. Let us know of your interests and how the Delaware Valley CWRT can best provide you with education, friendship, and an enjoyable evening. As we enter 2018, your annual dues are due. We have some really great programs and discussions planned, and we hope that you will remain a member of our renowned Round Table. Dues remain only $25.00 ($35.00 for the entire family). Please bring your dues to the next meeting, or mail your dues payable to: “DELAWARE VALLEY CWRT” Herb Kaufman, Treasurer 2601 Bonnie Lane Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 We hope that everyone will come out to a meeting and join in the discussions. It’s a great night out with friends who share your interests and enthusiasm for this era. All the best, I hope to see you at a future meeting, Herb Kaufman, Treasurer 2 began to study history, what he has learned over the In This Issue years, and how this knowledge helps us to understand the country we live in today. As usual, following the February – Month of Lincoln, Presidents, and presentation, Mr. Crofts will welcome questions, the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles!! comments, and discussion. Reminder that Dues are Due! Walt Lafty provides this month’s Snapshot – Professor Crofts earned his doctorate at Yale nd University in 1968 and taught history at The College the 2 (better?) half of a dynamic duo of New Jersey from 1975 until his retirement in 2014. Paula Gidjunis updates our Preservation His newest book, Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery: Notes The Other Thirteenth Amendment and the Struggle to Does anything really happen on a holiday? Save the Union was awarded the University of Bernice Kaplan tells us what’s “In the Media” Virginia’s Bobbie and John Nau Book Prize in Once in a Blue …. Well, you get the idea, from American Civil War Era History. Walt Lafty Want to hear something funny about Abraham Dan Crofts has written six books about the North- Lincoln, then check out Hugh Boyle’s Book Nook South sectional crisis that led to the Civil War. They Also in Our Book Nook, Ed Greenawald include Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis, Old Southampton: provides a review of a very presidential book Politics and Society in a Virginia County, 1834-1869 Did he play Abraham Lincoln? Go “Under and A Secession Crisis Enigma: William Henry Lincoln’s Hat” to find out some of the many actors Hurlbert and “The Diary of a Public Man”. He made who filled the role many contributions between 2011 and 2014 to the A heads up for our July discussion book title New York Times blog “Disunion.” Our Winter/Spring classes for the Civil War Institute, and for the inaugural full season of our Military History Institute Larry Vogel’s “Rest of the Story” subject is truly a Civil War story Judy Folan shares “A Personal Civil War” – with a surprising dessert A special invitation for all to a Wine & Cheese Party “Remembering the Civil War Era” An Apology At our February meeting we will An Apology is necessary. That is because of the welcome cancelation of our January meeting. Weather author/historian Daniel reports early in the day told us of snow, sleet and Crofts to our Round Table meeting. freezing rain at meeting time. The fear that Professor Crofts will someone might get hurt coming to the meeting speak to the following made me make a decision to cancel the meeting topic: “Remembering all together. It sounded and felt like a good the Civil War Era.” He decision. Well, it did not turn out that way, the will explain why bad weather did not come and I sat and looked historical memory often becomes disconnected from historical reality. He out at no snow, rain or sleet, and the will suggest how to get the wartime era back into temperatures that did not fall as far as they were sharper focus. The program will recount why he expected. At that time, I felt like I just made a 3 bad mistake. I did my best saying to myself “It is better to be safe than sorry” Yes, we were safe and yes, I am sorry. The decision was made in the best interest of our members. It is now February and a new meeting is here. It is our Larry Vogel wants to thank all of the Del Val “Lincoln Month” and we have a great talk members for their well wishes, cards, calls, and scheduled, and I look forward to seeing you all visits, as he recovers from recent surgery. Get this month. I thank you in advance for your well soon, Larry! We miss you and want you back as understanding and cooperation. See you at the soon as possible!! meeting. Fred Antil will portray our 16th president in “One Man’s Search for Abraham Lincoln” at HighPoint Hugh Boyle Law Offices in Chalfont on February 13. President On February 14 Herb Kaufman will present a program on “The Political and Cultural Aspects of the Jewish Population During the Civil War” to the Lower Merion Synagogue. Hugh Boyle will be speaking to the Newtown Historical Society on February 19 on “Presidential Assassins”. Zack Margolies plans to attend the NY Rangers vs FEBRUARY BRAIN TEASERS Detroit Red Wings game on Sunday, February 25 at the Garden for the retirement of Jean 1 – What was the first ironclad vessel to go into Ratelle's jersey. Ratelle played for the Rangers in action for the Confederacy? the '60's for what Zack says is “the greatest team never to win the Cup.” 2 – What was name of the fort at the mouth of the Savannah River? Nancy Caldwell was awarded for her loyalty on 3 – What Virginia river flows through Richmond? Season Ticket Holders Appreciation Day by the Philadelphia Flyers on February 3. She was one of (Answers in next month’s newsletter!) the lucky winners of an iRobot Roomba! Let’s go, Flyers!! ANSWERS TO JANUARY’S BRAIN TEASERS While visiting Florida, Pete Romeika and his family 1 – What fiery Kentucky abolitionist served as attended the Jaguars vs Bills AFC Wildcard game minister to Russia during the War? – Cassius at Everbank Park in Jacksonville. Marcellus Clay 2 – Whose last words were “Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees”? – Attention!!! Stonewall Jackson 3 – Who had the first chance of purchasing the Monitor? – Napoleon III in 1854 The email for the GAR Museum has been changed – it is now [email protected] 4 MEMBERS' SNAPSHOTS by Walt Lafty We highlighted her husband Fred Rosso in our November newsletter, but as the saying goes, “save the best for last”. So, this month’s newsletter features a long time member of our Roundtable, Pat (Chapman) Rosso. Pat was raised in the Academy Gardens section of Philly and attended St. Katherine of Sienna School. She met Fred at a grade school dance at Our Lady of Ransom School in N.E. Philadelphia. In 1969, Fred and Pat were married. That was also the same year she graduated from Holy Family College (now University). Together, Pat and Fred raised three daughters and today are the happy grandparents of nine grandchildren. Pat’s oldest daughter Jennifer works in early childhood education and has four children. Middle daughter Kirsten is an electrical engineer in Silicon Valley, and has 3 children. Alyssa, the youngest, is the mother of 2 children and after getting her degree in Journalism is a marketing manager in Public Relations in Alexandria, Virginia. Somehow, after getting her degree in Chemistry from Holy Family, getting married, raising her three daughters, and working, Pat found the energy to go back to school to earn her Masters Degree in Information Science.