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Neil Chatelain was ecstatic at presenting his research into European ironclad construction during the Civil War at the 2022 Emerging Civil War Symposium. It was great to meet and have a chance to chat with all of the attendees.
Steve Davis has an article in the Summer 2022 issue of Crossfire, the magazine of the American Civil War Roundtable (UK). Steve’s article, “Tossing History on Its Head: The ‘C.”’ Telegram,” focuses on a mysterious document from “the middle of the Confederate government’s torment over whether to relieve General Joseph E. Johnston of command of the Army of Tennessee.” “I'm very proud to have been a ‘Yank’ invited to address the UK CWRT back in 2014,” says Steve, a proud Southerner, “though I cautioned my hosts against too liberal use of that word.”
On August 13, outside the historic Hale-Byrnes House, Phillip S. Greenwalt (pictured) spoke about the Emerging Revolutionary War Series book he co-authored with Rob Orrison, Bloody Autumn, The Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Beginning of the American Revolution, April 19, 1775. The Hales-Byrnes House was the site of a council of war held by General George Washington on September 6, 1777, following the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the only American Revolutionary War engagement fought in Delaware. For more information on the site and their calendar of events, go to www.halebyrnes.org.
Meg Groeling is enjoying the weather, reading like a mad woman (or a grad student), and trying to get Sut Lovingood into understandable English. She adds: “Lots of late summer roses, a new kitten, and pretty reliable health. Looking forward to a Zoom interview with Paula Tarnapole Whitaker and thinking about vending at a Labor Day reenactment. On to some wonderful stuff concerning the holidays a la 1862-ish. Sarah Bierle & I will plan your Civil War Christmas Dinner--or at least your Civil War Cocktail Party. No wine & cheese pairings, but maybe a ‘temperance cocktail’ or two.”
Dwight Hughes will record a two-part podcast this fall for the Tell Me Another series of the Naval Academy History Department billed as "fascinating stories from the past—stories of genius and folly, compassion and cruelty." The talk and discussion will be based on his ECW Series book Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862. Dwight's presentation on the same subject at the Brass Cannon Brewing Company in Williamsburg, VA, turned out their record crowd for a weekday afternoon, almost 40. He spoke the same evening at the Williamsburg James City Cavalry Camp of the SCV.
From Frank Jastrzembski and his work with Shrouded Veterans: “A veteran headstone was placed at Colonel George W. Cartwright’s grave at Fairmount Cemetery in Newark, New Jersey. Cartwright was wounded in the left shoulder and the lungs at the battle of the Wilderness in May 1864 and suffered from inflammation and consumption as a result. He moved to South Carolina after the war to seek relief and died there on March 20, 1868.
“Also, a custom headstone was added to Reverend Eleazer Cady Thomas’s grave at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Colma, California. On April 11, 1873, Thomas was killed alongside Major General Edward R. S. Canby at Lava Beds during the Modoc War. A relative of General Canby kindly offered to cover the expense to place a headstone on Thomas’s unmarked grave after seeing our article in the October 2021 issue of Wild West Magazine.”
From Brian Matthew Jordan: “After a stimulating weekend at the Emerging Civil War symposium, I spoke to the Kent, Ohio, Civil War Society on August 9. In between, I managed to squeeze in a bit of archival work at Kent State University. I continue to make progress on my new book, Crucible of the Republic: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Civil War and am wrapping up a short narrative of the Lincoln assassination for the ECW series. As the new semester looms, I am also looking forward to my third visit with the fine folks at the Augusta, Georgia, Civil War Roundtable.”
From Patrick Kelly-Fischer: “Last month's New York trip got derailed by a bout of COVID (recovered now, thankfully). Later this month I'll be heading down to Mace's Hole, supposedly the camp of Colorado's only organized Confederate troops.”
Cecily Nelson Zander took part in the Civil War Monitor’s Fall 2022 issue survey on George G. Meade.
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