THIS MONTH’S MEETING:
The
1863 Draft Riots - Causes and Consequences
Presented by Dave Wells
April 23, 2008
7:15 p.m.
Gere Branch Library, 56th and Normal, Lincoln
(Board meeting at 6:30 - all are invited to attend and contribute ideas)
UPCOMING MEETINGS
(Get all of these on your calendars!):
All programs are at 7:15 p.m. and most are at the Gere Branch Library
(56th and Normal, Lincoln, Nebraska),
unless another location and/or time is stated.
May 28, 2008
Civil War Railroads
By Professor Will Thomas
Note that meeting dates and places could change as special events may
be scheduled.
DUES
2007-2008 Dues are now
due! Please bring your check for $15.00 ($25.00 for a family
membership) to the meeting, or you may mail it to Civil War Round
Table, 1227 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln, NE, 68508. So far, forty-three
members have paid their 2007-2008 dues, with two of those being a
family membership and six new members, for a total of $665.00
collected. One member has already paid for next year! The
treasurer reports the following as having paid at this point:
Basso, Art
Bender, Wally
Clark, Reed
Dawson, Tom
Dellert, Hal
Dieckhaus, Billie Jo
Faimon, Jim
Guenzel, Bob
Guenzel, Steven E., Family
Hadley, Paul
Harb, Joyce (new member!)
Higgins, John
Jantzen, William
Johnson, Virginia “Cuz”
Jones, Dallas, Family
Kosch, Linda
Krumland, Gary (new member!)
Landis, Frank
Lawson, Lester
Lefler, Larry (new member!)
Nelson, Neal
Nichols, Mark
Obrist, Lawrence
Oliver, Bob
Ottoson, Howard
Owens, James
Peterson, Bob
Peterson, Shere (new member!)
Potter, Jim
Reagan, Mike
Reagan, Paul
Rinkevich, Tom
Rockenbach, Ron
Roelle, Wayne
Rudebusch, Merle
Schlismann, Carol (new member!)
Schnieder, Craig
Stewart, Dean B.
Stock, Darrell
Svoboda, Ron (new member!)
Wells, Dave
Woolf, John
Zalewski, Jim (new member!)
If you have paid and are not on
the list, please contact the treasurer to correct the records. If
you have not paid, please support the Civil War Round Table of Nebraska!
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Here are some links to read up on the Draft Riots:
The
New York City Draft Riots of 1863, An excerpt from In the Shadow of
Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863, by Leslie M.
Harris
Mr.
Lincoln and New York: The 1863 Draft Riots
Wikipedia
Article
Harper’s
Weekly Drawings
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Hope you can all come
on the
23rd!
