Circular Memorandum #430 louisvillecwrt.yolasite.com August, 2011

Summer 2011

50th Anniversary Celebration Continues Until January 2012

The Round Table’s official 50th birthday was January 19, 2011 but we will not end our celebration until January 19, 2012. As we continue to recognize our 50th year, we will continue to bring in great speakers starting with our own Joe Reinhart in September. The January meeting will be a special event as we bring Saxton's Cornett Band for a presentation of authentic Civil War music. We will also be publishing the Round Table’s “25 Best Civil War Books on Kentucky” this year. In March, renown Civil War historian Gary Gallagher will return. We hope you will plan on attending as many meetings as possible to help us make this another very special year!

It is Time for Membership Renewals

**** Patron Memberships Are a Major Boost to the Round Table **** The annual membership fees of the Round Table are now due and there is good news! Once again we are not raising any of our membership fees. And even more good news, any amount you give above the basic or family membership fee is tax-deductible since the Round Table has tax-exempt status as a 501 (c) (3) organization! Following is a description of three membership options from which you can choose. Please read carefully the following explanations so that you will understand what your choices are. First, you may choose a single membership. Your membership dues will be $30 and this will allow you and your spouse to attend all Round Table meetings and events. The second option is a family membership for $35. Under this option, you may choose to add a spouse, son or daughter as a member. For each family member, the cost will be an additional $5. For example, the cost for three family members would be $40. A family is defined as anyone living in the same household. Thus, two brothers who live in the same house can join on a family membership. By choosing this option, the spouse or family member will be recognized as a member of the Round Table, will be eligible to be elected to the Board of Directors, can serve on committees appointed by the President, and will receive a name tag to wear at the meetings. The third option is a special category of membership called Patron, which was introduced in 1998 and has been a big success. This option allows members who so desire to make a contribution with their membership dues to the Round Table above the usual cost of membership. This is for members who want to make a financial gift because they believe the Round Table is a worthy organization and they wish to show their appreciation and insure its ongoing success. Patron memberships start at $55 and can include a family membership. Of course you can contribute more if you wish. Patron

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memberships provide no additional benefits to members but simply give the individuals the satisfaction of supporting our Round Table with a financial gift. The additional funds raised through this option will allow the Round Table to take a more active role in the Preservation of Civil War battlefields and sites and also help pay the costs of bringing the very best Civil War speakers to our meetings. Note: Please send your renewal check made out to LCWRT directly to Harriette Weatherbee, 1028 Sarah Drive, Louisville, Ky., 40219. Thanks. To Summarize the Options: Option One: Regular Membership $30 Basic membership. Option Two: Family Membership $35 A spouse or family member living at the same address

can also join +$5 For each additional family member. Option Three: Patron Membership $55+ Membership with tax-deductible financial gift to LCWRT.

We Wish to Recognize and Thank the 105 2010-2011 Patron Members! Win Ahrens Tom Lively & Suzanne Givan Jerry & Sharon Armstrong Brad & Miranda Luppino John & Mary Bellucci Bob & Linda Marrett Everett Bethune, Jr. Janet Marshall John & Faris Bilby Reed & Janice Martin, Jr. Art Boerner Berl & Patricia Meyer Bob & Judy Bortner Don & Peggy Meyer Bob & Barbara Braverman Charlie & Tish Moore, Sr. Doug & Barbara Brown Sonny & Betty Neurath, Jr. Jack & Donna Bruner Jack & Marilyn Nichols Leif Bunting Marc & Jill Oca John & Joy Davis Howard & Joyce Patton Dave Deatrick, Jr. Terry Pyles & Edwin Grosel Ken & Melissa Draut Sheldon Rein Monty & Holly Jenkins Evans Joe & Virginia Reinhart Jim & Rose Marie Fishback Jim & Carol Simpson, III Sean & Mary Fore Doug & Tina Rose Dale & Donna Gettelfinger Darrell & Nancy Shelton Len Gross & Emily Durrett Kerry Short Bob & Cindy Heleringer Kurtz Simmons Dave & Sue Hoffmann Jim & Carol Simpson Jack & Virginia Holt, Jr. Dick Skidmore Gary & Jackie Hopkins Robert Slaton & Mary Bradley Tom Issac Tom Speckman John & Mary Jefferson John Thomas Maurice Jeffries Don Van Slyke Charlene Jones C. Noel Walker & Jack Walker Al & Janet Jozik Harriette Weatherbee Chris Kolakowski Bryan & Cindy Winslow Doug & Margaret Krawczyk Cary & Jane Wiseman Steve & Susan LaFalce Herb Zimmerman

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Joe Reinhart to Speak at Louisville Library August 13 Round Table member and our September speaker, Joe Reinhart, will be speaking on "Kentucky in the Civil War" at the main branch of the Louisville Public Library on Saturday, August 13 at 9:30 A.M. It will be followed by a talk on researching Civil War ancestors.

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Shiloh is Destination for 2012 Field Trip

We will be going to Shiloh sometime in April 2012 for our Spring Field Trip. Exact dates, tour guide and other details will be announced soon.

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Charter and Life Member Tom Speckman Passes Away

Tom Speckman, the Round Table's last surviving Charter member who was still active and a Life Member, passed away at age 83 on June 19. Tom was at the very first meeting of the Round Table and was a key leader in the early years when he worked closely with his friend Frank Rankin. Tom Speckman was an attorney and had practiced law for 55 years, which included appearances in the KY. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a member of the Louisville Bar Association, KY. Bar Association, American Judicature Society, and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Speckman was a Master Mason and a 50-year Life member of Crescent Hill Masonic Lodge # 820, Louisville Council No. 4 and King Solomon Chapter No. 5, and was awarded the 33 degree of the Scottish Rite, a member of Louisville-De Molay Commandery, 50-year member of The Kosair Shrine Temple, a member of The Royal Order of Scotland, and a member of The Royal Order of Jesters. He graduated from Louisville Male High School and has been inducted into the Male High Hall of Fame. He was a graduate of Centre College and the University of Louisville School of Law. Tom was very proud of his role in setting up and running the Round Table's Boy Scout Treks at Perryville in the late 1960's and early 70's. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Mary Lee, who was also a member of the Round Table. He will be greatly missed. Our condolences go to his family and friends.

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Round Table Has Lost Other Members of Our Family In addition to the loss of Tom Speckman, we have also had to say good-bye to the following members who have passed away recently: Paul Karcher, Dennis Kute, and Martha Likins, wife of Merle Likins Sr. They will be missed and our deepest sympathies go out to their families and friends

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2011 – 2012 Dates

Saturday September 10 Joe Reinhart “ McCook’s Dutchmen and the Union Invasion Of Western Virginia in 1861” Saturday October 8 Thomas Schott “Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens: A Marriage Made in Hell” Saturday November 12 Glenn LaFantasie “The Rise of U.S. Grant in 1862” Saturday December 3 Sam Elliot “Tennessee Governor Isham Harris” Saturday January 21 Saxton’s Cornett Band “Civil War Music” Saturday February 11 Michael Bradley “TBA” Saturday March 10 Gary Gallagher “The Real Lost Cause: Union in the Memory of the Civil War” Saturday April 14 Ari Hoogenboom “Gustavas Fox of the Union Navy” Saturday May 12 Brian McKnight “Contested Borderland”

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Welcome New Members!

We wish to extend the warm hand of fellowship to new members:

Brad and Rachel Lyons Pete and Jane Wimsatt Tom and Babs Hardy

Jared, Justin, and Joshua Hardy

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Winners of the May Door Prizes

Congratulations to our door prize winners at the May meeting. Civil War Railroads by George Abdill won by Bob Braverman All Afire to Fight by Martha Crabb won by David Cooper Stephen D. Lee by Herman Hathaway won by Judy Bortner Confederate Commissary General by Jarod Moore won by a Guest Little Phil by Eric Wittenberg won by Harriette Weatherbee

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The City of Frankfort, Kentucky, will host a unique observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil

War. The Cornets and Cannons Civil War Sesquicentennial Music Festival will celebrate the music of the War Between the States. Outstanding ensembles and solo performers from across the eastern United States will be in Kentucky’s capital city for this event on September 1-4, 2011.

The Festival will begin on the evening of Thursday, September 1 with an opening ceremony and a program about the history of Civil War era music at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History. A highlight of this evening will be piano music of the mid-19th century performed by Helen Beedle. A similar session will follow on Friday morning, and it will feature Jari Villanueva – the foremost expert on the bugle call Taps, the history of which is closely tied to the Civil War.

The Festival will feature the brass band music of the time. Festival concerts will begin on Friday with a performance on the lawn of the Old State Capitol by the Wildcat Band from Pennsylvania. On Friday evening, Saxton’s Cornet Band – Frankfort’s hometown Civil War ensemble – will perform in the Grand Theatre. A performance of period string and vocal music will follow. Performances will continue Saturday and Sunday with a “battle of the bands” the climax of the event on Sunday afternoon. This joint performance will be at Frankfort’s new Ward Oates Amphitheatre overlooking the Kentucky River. Cannons will join the horns, fifes, and drums in a dramatic – and loud – closing concert.

All Cornets and Cannons events will be free. Performers will offer recordings of their music for sale at the festival, and a recording of many of the festival performances will be offered after the event. The proceedings of the scholarly publications will be published as well. Details about the performers, presenting scholars, and venues are at the event website – www.cornetsandcannons.com.

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May 2011 Quiz Answers: 1. What was the Department of the Ohio and who was placed in charge? George B. McClellan was put in charge of the Department, which was formed in May 1861 and

comprised of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. 2. Which two states had both Federal and Confederate governments?

Kentucky and Missouri

3. Who was Colonel Elmer Ellsworth?

A 24 year old friend of President Lincoln, he led the Eleventh New York Fire Zouaves. He was killed after removing a Confederate flag from the Marshall House in Alexandria, Virginia. He laid in state in the White House, was considered a martyr for the Federal cause, and was regarded as the first officer to die in the line of duty during the Civil War.

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4. Who was James Jackson?

He was the hotel keeper at the Marshall House. He killed Ellsworth with a blast from his shotgun and was immediately fatally shot by Private Francis Brownell.

5. When three runaway slaves sought freedom at Fort Monroe near Hampton, Virginia in May 1861, General Benjamin Butler's classification of them as "contraband of war" and his refusal to return them resulted in what Federal policy?

The refugees should be cared for and given work in Federal military installations, with records kept of their work and pay.

Summer 2011 Quiz: 1. Who is Francis H. Pierpoint? 2. Federal Victories in Western Virginia in July 1861 resulted in what major consequences for the

Federal army? 3. What battle was fought on July 21, 1861 and why does it have two names? 4. What were the battle plans of the Federal and Confederate generals for the above battle? 5. In late July 1861, President Lincoln nominated a number of men to Brigadier Generals of Volunteers,

including an obscure colonel. Who was he??

(The Quiz is prepared by Harriette Weatherbee)

Attest: By Order of: John Davis Chris Kolakowski Adjutant President