CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE OF NEBRASKA
April 2010 Newsletter
THIS MONTH’S MEETING:
Mud Springs and Rush Creek:
Civil War-Era Combat in the North Platte Valley
Presented by Archeologists Doug Scott and Peter Bleed
April 28, 7:15 p.m.
Legacy Estates Theater, 7200 Van Dorn
(use the lower parking on the west side)
(Board meeting at 6:30 - all are invited to attend and contribute ideas)
UPCOMING MEETINGS
May 26, 2010
Civil War Veterans Die on the Plains:
Vets Who Fought at the Little Big Horn
Presented by Craig Schnieder
Note that meeting dates and places could change as special events may be scheduled.
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DUES
2009-2010 Dues are now due! 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, 49 members have paid their 2009-2010 dues, 9 being family memberships, and 3 being new members, for a total of $825.00 collected. The treasurer reports the following as having paid at this point:
Beverly Ashley
Steve Bauermeister
Wally Bender
Reed Clark
Tom Dawson, Family
Hal Dellert
Raulee Escobar, Family
Jim Faimon
Gary Greene, Family
Robert Guenzel, Family
Steve Guenzel, Family
Jim Harris
Monty Heidenreich (New member!)
John Higgins
Ken Hunter
Chris Jacobsen (New member!)
William Jantzen
Virginia Johnson, Family
Dallas Jones, Family
Gayla Koerting
Linda Kosch
Gary Krumland
Frank Landis
Lester Lawson
Larry Lefler
Neal Nelson, Family
Mark Nichols
Larry Obrist
Bob Oliver
Howard Ottoson
James Owens
Victor Penrosa
Bob Peterson
Shere Peterson
Jim Potter
Mike Reagan
Paul Reagan
Tom Rinkevich
Ron Rockenbach
Wayne Roelle
Carol Schlismann
Craig Schnieder, Family
Dean Stewart
Darrell Stock
Clayton Streich (New member!)
Ron Svoboda
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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Here is a link to an internet site discussing the work that is the basis of this month's presentation, and it discusses the second of the two battles, the Battle of Rush Creek:
And here is a link to a site discussing the Battle of Mud Springs:
And finally, a link to a report by one
of the participants in the Battle of Mud Springs:
Report
from the Battle of Mud Springs
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Hope to see you all on the 28th!