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Meeting: December 14, 2010
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Our speaker will be our own Earle
Hollenbaugh. Earle has been the Newsletter editor for the
last decade. He has also served the Roundtable as Vice-President
and Member of the Board of Directors. Earle is a retired Analyst
for the Federal Government and a long-time Catonsville resident.
Earle will discuss the early 1862 trans-Mississippi campaign that culminated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. By the end of 1861 the war in Missouri had reached a stalemate. Union forces held St. Louis and the Missouri River valley. In the Southwest corner of the state the secessionist Missouri State Guard held Springfield and were a constant threat to St. Louis. This threat could seriously affect plans for springtime offenses by the Federal forces on the Mississippi, Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. Every soldier used to hold Missouri was one less available for the planned operations in Kentucky and Tennessee. As the two armies faced each other over the frozen Ozark Plateau, events were in motion that would end the stalemate and bring thousands of men together on an icy battlefield in Northwestern Arkansas that would decide the fate of Missouri and the entire Confederate effort west of the Mississippi. |
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Meeting: November 9, 2010
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Our speaker will be
Peter Cozzens.
Peter Cozzens is the author of sixteen critically acclaimed
books on the American Civil War and the Indian Wars of the
American West. He also is a Foreign Service Officer with the U.
S. Department of State.
In 2002 Cozzens received of the American Foreign Service Association’s highest award, given annually to one Foreign Service Officer for exemplary moral courage, integrity, and creative dissent. He also received an Alumni Achievement award from his alma mater Knox College, from which he graduated summa cum laude. Mr. Cozzens is a member of the Advisory Council of the Lincoln Prize, one of the nation’s foremost literary awards. Mr. Cozzens’ presentation will explore the relationship between U.S. Grant and his friend and wartime Chief-of-Staff John A. Rawlins. Rawlins also served as President Grant’s first Secretary of War until ill health forced him to resign. See also http://www.petercozzens.com/ . |
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Meeting: October 12, 2010
Our speaker will be
Martin D. “Mitch” Tullai. Mitch Tullai, a
native of Glen Lyon Township, PA has been a regular contributor
to numerous sports and history related publications. Over the
years he has served as a U.S. History teacher, Varsity Football
Coach and Athletic Director at St.Paul’s school in Lutherville.
Mitch served as the school's athletic director from 1953 to 1978
and retired from coaching football in 1993 as the area's second
winningest coach with a 209-126 record and 10 Maryland
Scholastic Association championships over 41 seasons. He is a
member of the Athletic Directors' Hall of Fame. A writer, and
lecturer, he is presently Senior Master Emeritus at St. Paul’s
School and the author of numerous books. A humorist as well as a
historian, Mitch was also the original Vice-President of the
Baltimore Civil War Roundtable. |
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Meeting: September 14, 2010
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will be Garry Adelman. Join Garry Adelman for
a photographic tour of the Civil War's eastern theater. Through
the then & now techniques pioneered by William A. Frassanito, Adelman
will present the campaigns and actions from Harpers Ferry to Appomattox,
from Washington to Richmond and from the Shenandoah River to the
James. You'll see the eastern theater in a manner available nowhere
else. Director of History and Education for the Civil War Preservation Trust, Garry Adelman earned his B.A. in business from Michigan State University and his M.A. in history at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. He is the author, co-author or editor of Antietam: Then & Now (2005), The Myth of Little Round Top (2003), The Early Gettysburg Battlefield (2001), Little Round Top: A Detailed Tour Guide (2000), and Devil's Den: A History and Guide (1997) as well as eight Civil War image booklets. He has published articles in The Gettysburg Magazine and Hallowed Ground and conceived and drafted the text for wayside exhibits at the Third Winchester, First Day at Chancellorsville, Mine Run and Slaughter Pen Farm battlefields. A frequent lecturer at Civil War Round Tables, he has also appeared as a speaker on HISTORY, C-Span, and Pennsylvania Cable Network. He is the vice president of the Center for Civil War Photography and a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg. |
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Meeting: August 10, 2010
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Our speaker will be Marion V. Armstrong (Vince).
Vince will discuss weapons and Tactics at the Battle of Antietam Dr. Marion V. Armstrong is a native of Maryland with a life long interest in military and Civil War history. He is a 1969 graduate of the University of Scranton, holds masters degrees from The University of Southern California and Old Dominion University, and a Doctor of Arts degree in History from Middle Tennessee State University. From 1969 to 1975 he was on active duty with the United States Army as an infantry officer, completing tours of duty in Viet Nam and Korea. As an Army civilian employee from 1976 to 1995, he served at various posts throughout the U.S. and in Germany, and was active as a reserve officer. Dr. Armstrong moved to Nashville in 1995 to pursue a second career as an historian. He teaches American and military history for various colleges in the Nashville area, and regularly lectures on military topics and conducts 862.battlefield tours. He is the author of Disaster in the West Woods, General Edwin V. Sumner and the II Corps at Antietam, and Unfurl Those Colors; McClellan, Sumner, and the Second Army Corps in the Maryland Campaign of September 1. |
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Meeting: July 13, 2010
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Our speakers will be BCWRT members Bob Mullauer and
Jerry Bayer. Bob Mullauer was a high school history teacher for over a decade. He currently teaches nighttime courses at Anne Arundel Community College as well as speaking to a variety of groups on topics such as the American Civil War in the Western Theater, World War II in the Pacific, and the Napoleonic Wars. He has led United States Army officers on staff rides over the Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefields. Besides Civil War battlefields, his travels include tours of World War II battlefields in the Pacific as well as Normandy, the Bulge, Verdun, and various Napoleonic sites in Europe. Jerry Bayer is a former Marylander now living in retirement with his wife, Marianne, in Harper’s Ferry, VA. He is a member of various historical groups, as well as a Life Member of both the SCV and SAR. A 1971 graduate of the University of Baltimore, Jerry has spent a lifetime studying American Military History and World War II. Both He and Marianne are re-enactors and appear in the movie “Gods and Generals”. Bob and Jerry will discuss the lives of six foreign born Generals, three Confederate, three Union. |
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Meeting: June 8, 2010
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Our speaker will be Dave Booz. Dave Booz is an adjunct
professor in the Civil War Era Studies department at Gettysburg
College. He teaches at McDaniel College and Carroll Community College
as well. He spent 30 years as an educator in the Carroll County,
Maryland system and also works for the American Institute for History
Education. He is also active in the North-South Skirmish Association
and shoots competitively with Civil War firearms. He currently resides
with his wife, Barbara, near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The Vicksburg Campaign is one of the most significant ones in American history. For over six months the Federals tried to capture this Confederate stronghold. There were many unsuccessful attempts to capture Vicksburg before U.S.Grant and his Army of the Tennessee, supported by the United States navy, finally succeeded. Grant's final campaign to take Vicksburg has a brilliance that rivaled Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign. We will examine the time period from May to July of 1863 to discover the actions of both sides in the Vicksburg drama. |
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Meeting: May 11, 2010
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Our speaker will be Dr. Bradley M.
Gottfried. Bradley M. Gottfried holds a Ph.D. in Zoology from
Miami University. He has worked in higher education for more than
three decades as a faculty member and administrator. He is currently
President of the College of Southern Maryland. An avid Civil War historian, Dr. Gottfried is the author of several books, including Brigades of Gettysburg: The Union and Confederate Brigades at the Battle of Gettysburg (2002) and The Maps of Gettysburg (2007). Dr. Gottfried provides insight into how the two armies employed their artillery at the Battle of Gettysburg, how the different kinds of weapons functioned in battle, and the strategies for using each of them. He shows how artillery affected the ebb and flow of battle for both armies and thus provides a unique way of understanding the strategies of the Federal and Union commanders. |
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Meeting: April 13, 2010
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Our speaker will be Reverend John W. Schildt. Reverend
Schildt has led tours of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign for many
colleges, military and civilian groups, including the BCWRT. He has
been involved with Dr. Gabor Boritt in the “Gettysburg Civil War
Institute” and also Dr. James Robertson’s “Campaigning With Lee”
Seminar. Reverend Schildt graduated from Shephard College, Wesley Theological Seminary and has studied at Western Maryland College, Gettysburg Seminary and West Virginia University. He is the author of several books, including Roads from Gettysburg; September Echoes: The Maryland Campaign of 1862; Roads to Antietam; Stonewall Jackson, day by day; and Stonewall Jackson and the Preachers. Reverend Schildt’s presentation will discuss the Union Twelfth Corps in the 1862 Maryland Campaign. |
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Meeting: March 9, 2010 - Annual Dinner
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Meeting: February 9, 2010 - Canceled due to weather
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Our speakers will be BCWRT members Bob Mullauer and
Jerry Bayer. Bob Mullauer was a high school history teacher
for over a decade. He currently teaches nighttime courses at Anne
Arundel Community College as well as speaking to a variety of groups
on topics such as the American Civil War in the Western Theater, World
War II in the Pacific, and the Napoleonic Wars. He has led United
States Army officers on staff rides over the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga battlefields. Besides Civil War battlefields, his travels
include tours of World War II battlefields in the Pacific as well as
Normandy, the Bulge, Verdun, and various Napoleonic sites in Europe.
Jerry Bayer is a former Marylander now living in retirement with his wife, Marianne, in Harper’s Ferry, VA. He is a member of various historical groups, as well as a Life Member of both the SCV and SAR. A 1971 graduate of the University of Baltimore, Jerry has spent a lifetime studying American Military History and World War II. Both He and Marianne are re-enactors and appear in the movie “Gods and Generals”. Bob and Jerry will discuss the lives of six foreign born Generals, three Confederate, three Union. |
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Meeting: January 12, 2010
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Our speaker will be Randy Grimsley
Randy is a long-time member of
the Baltimore Civil War Roundtable. In 2004, he retired as the Executive Director of Human Resources with the Baltimore County Public Schools system, after forty years of service. During the past six years, Randy has spent Saturdays as a volunteer with the Friends of Gettysburg at the historic Rupp House and at the Members’ Services Desk at the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitors’ Center. In 2006 Randy was invited to volunteer as a member of the art conservation team working to restore the Cyclorama painting. His PowerPoint presentation will highlight the 126 year journey of the Cyclorama painting, “The Battle of Gettysburg”, from its development in 1882 to its completed restoration in 2008. |
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Jan. 16 -
Ceremony to honor General Robert E. Lee
and General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson on the anniversary of
their births held at the Lee/Jackson monument, Art Museum and Wyman
Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland. For information call, Elliott
Cummings, 410-296-9235 or e mail
basilduke@comcast.net
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