Sept. 10, 2011: Joe Reinhart
September 10, the LCWRT welcomed author and LCWRT member Joe Reinhart. Joe has been actively researching and writing about the Civil War for the past 17 years. He is the author of a history of the Union’s 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and the translator and editor of three books containing letters from German-born soldiers fighting for the Union. His most recent book, A German Hurrah!: Civil War Letters of Friedrich Bertsch and Wilhelm Stängel, 9th Ohio Infantry, was the runner up for the Museum of the Confederacy’s 2010 Founder’s Award for outstanding editing of primary source documents. Joe is a Louisville native, a retired C.P.A. and has degrees from Bellarmine College and Indiana University.
Joe discussed the 1861 Union invasion of Western Virginia, with a focus on the 9th Ohio Infantry, aka McCook’s "Dutchmen", including the battles of Phillipi, Rich Mountain, and Carnifex Ferry. The presentation will also include some of the experiences of the in western Virginia. The 9th Ohio was a German regiment organized in Cincinnati, and is credited with being the first three-year regiment organized in the West.
Many of Joe's books are available at Amazon.com
Fall Field Trip: Lexington October 23
We will be traveling to Lexington for our annual one-day Fall Field Trip on Sunday October 23. We will meet our guide, Sam Flora, at 9:30 at the gates to the Lexington Cemetery at 833 West Main St. From there we will begin our tour which will include stops at the John Hunt Morgan House, Lexington History Museum, the Fayette County Courthouse, Ashland, and a few other interesting places. Plan on car pooling and bring money for lunch and house tours.
Spring Field Trip: April 25-29,2012
We will be going to Shiloh April 25- 29 for our Spring Field Trip. Our tour guide will be Tim Smith, historian at Shiloh Military Park. More details will be announced soon.
2011 – 2012 Meeting Dates
Oct. 8 Thomas Schott “Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens:A Marriage Made in Hell”
Nov. 12 Glenn LaFantasie “The Rise of U.S. Grant in 1862”
Dec. 3 Sam Elliot “Tennessee Governor Isham Harris”
Jan. 21 Saxton’s Cornett Band “Civil War Music”
Feb. 11 Michael Bradley “TBA”
Mar.10 Gary Gallagher “The Real Lost Cause: Union in the Memory of the Civil War”
Apr. 14 Ari Hoogenboom “Gustavas Fox of the Union Navy”
May 12 Brian McKnight “Contested Borderland”
Help the Civil War Trust Save 141 Acres at Perryville
The Civil War Trust has launched a campaign to save 141 acres of core battlefield at Perryville. Here is the scoop from Trust President James Lighthizer:
"Today, you and I have the chance to save 141 absolutely crucial acres that go a long way toward completing this tremendously significant battlefield.
This ground saw horrific fighting during the afternoon of October 8, 1862, with hundreds of casualties occurring on this land. This property surrounds on three sides the historic Bottom House, and contains the site of Henry Bottom’s Barn which burned during the battle, killing many wounded men who had crawled in there for shelter.
By the end of the day, both sides would suffer a total of approximately 7,400 casualties, and local experts on the battle estimate that about 500 of those occurred in just a few afternoon hours of fighting on the 141 acres we are working to save. If we can raise $181,250, we can save this critically important land valued at $725,000 – that’s a $4-to-$1 match of your donation dollar".
Follow this link to donate: Civilwar.org
Contributions may be mailed to:
Civil War Trust, P.O. Box 1477, Hagerstown, MD 21741-1477.
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