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CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE OF NEBRASKA

April 2009 Newsletter






THIS MONTH’S MEETING:
We will be visited by Elizabeth Van Lew,
(as portrayed by Jessica Schnieder)
   
April 22, 2009
7:15 p.m.
Legacy Estates Theater, 7200 Van Dorn
(Here is a link to an old newsletter with directions:  September 2008 Newsletter)
(Board meeting at 6:30 - all are invited to attend and contribute ideas)

Our programs featuring prominent women in the Civil War continue this month when we will be visited by Elizabeth Van Lew, a Richmond abolitionist, Union spy during the war, and Richmond’s postmistress after the war.  Here are some links to internet pages discussing this colorful Civil War participant:


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UPCOMING MEETINGS

May 27, 2009
General Orders No. 100
Rules of Engagement for the Union Army in the Civil War
Later adopted by the Hague and Geneva Conventions
Presented by Member Charlie Wright

Note that meeting dates and places could change as special events may be scheduled.

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Dues

2008-2009  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, 51 members have paid their 2008-2009 dues, 5 being family memberships, 6 of these being new members, for a total of $815.00 collected.  The treasurer reports the following as having paid at this point:

Beverly Ashley
Wally Bender
Reed Clark
Dennis Crawford
Tom Dawson
Hal Dellert
Billie Jo Dieckhaus
Raulee Escobar, Family
Jim Faimon
Gary Greene (New Member!)
Bob Guenzel
Steve Guenzel, Family
Joyce Harb
John Higgins
Ken Hunter
William Jantzen
Virginia “Cuz” Johnson, Family
Dallas Jones
Gayla Koerting (New Member!)
Linda Kosch
Gary Krumland
Frank Landis
Lester Lawson
Larry Lefler
Neal Nelson
Mark Nichols
Larry Obrist
Bob Oliver
Howard Ottoson
James Owens
Victor Penrosa (New Member!)
Bob Peterson
Shere Peterson
George Pickard (New Member!)
Jim Potter
Mike Reagan
Paul Reagan
Tom Rinkevich
Ron Rockenbach
Wayne Roelle
Merle Rudebusch
Carol Schlismann

Craig Schnieder, Family
Rich Scott
Dean Stewart
Ron Svoboda
Marvin Welstead (New Member!)
Earl J. Witthoff, Family (New Member!)
John Woolf
Charles Wright
Jim Zalewski

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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The Platte Valley Civil War Round Table (of Fremont) has a tentative schedule for all of 2009.  The meetings are the second Monday of each month at the Keene Memorial Library, 1030 N. Broad St., Fremont, NE. Here is their schedule, at least as of now:

May:  “John M. King–92nd Illinois Infantry” by Richard Vitters

June:  “Lincoln’s Motivation for the Gettysburg Address” by Professor Koerting

July:  “Civil War Institute Update” by Leffler, Hansen, and Vitters

August:  A Field Trip to either the UP Museum, the Dodge House, or the General Crook House

September:  Dave Wells, Stu, Bill, or Ray, topic of their choice

October:  “Far Western Campaign in the Civil War” by Ralph Gibbons

November:  Internet selected topic

December:  “Pauline Cushman and other Women Spies” by Valerie Enholm


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Hope to see you all on the 22nd!

Don’t forget to come to Legacy Estates
rather than Gere!!!