CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE OF NEBRASKA

April 2011 Newsletter

 

THIS MONTH’S MEETING:
Civil War Washington
  Presented by Dr. Elizabeth Lorang
7:15 p.m., April 27, 2011

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

Saturday, May 21, 2011
Cannon shoot
At a site near Hickman, Nebraska

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

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DUES

2010-2011 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.  Please support the Civil War Round Table of Nebraska!    So far, 46 members have paid their 2010-2011 dues, 8 being family memberships, and 2 being new members, for a total of $770.00 collected.  The treasurer reports the following as having paid at this point:

David Anderson (New member!)
Beverly Ashley
Art Basso
Wally Bender
Jay Callahan (New member!)
Reed Clark
Tom Dawson
Hal Dellert
Raule Escobar, Family
Jim Faimon
Gary Greene
Robert Guenzel, Family
Steve Guenzel, Family
Joyce Harb
Jim Harris
Butch Haws, Family
Higgins, John
Ken Hunter
Andy Jacobsen, Family
William Jantzen
Dallas Jones, Family
Gayla Koerting
Linda Kosch
Gary Krumland
Frank Landis
Lester Lawson
Neal Nelson, Family
Mark Nichols
Larry Obrist
Bob Oliver
Howard Ottoson
James Owens
Jim Potter
Mike Reagan
Paul Reagan
Tom Rinkevich
Ron Rockenbach
Wayne Roelle
Craig Schnieder, Family
Dean Stewart
Darrell Stock
Clayton Streich
Ron Svoboda
John Woolf
Charlie 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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Civil War Washington
A few years agon we had a program presented by Dr. Ken Price on Walt Whitman.  He told us at that time that the University of Nebraska English and History Departments were collaberating on a project to study Washington, D.C. during the Civil War.  Our topic this month is that study and our presenter is Dr. Elizabeth Lorang, who is in the English Department at UNL.

Here are some links to sites relating to our topic this month:

Wikipedia article on Washington, D.C. during the Civil War

Civil War Traveler

Historynet

And here is a site with links to a diary kept by a resident of Washington, D.C. during the war years:

The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft 1861-1865

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Upcoming Historical Events
There is a history conference every other year at Fort Robinson.  This year, the topic is The Civil War in the American West.  Our own Jim Potter is one of the presenters!  It takes place at Fort Rob on April 28-30.  Here is a link to a brochure on the conference:
The Civil War in the American West

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Hope to see you all on the 27th!