Civil War Round Table of Nebraska
February 2010 Newsletter



THIS MONTH'S MEETING:

A Tale of Two Yankees
Presented by
  Don Bryant
(Retired NU Sports Information Director)
Mr. Bryant's great-grandfather was imprisoned at Andersonville
and his wife's great-grandfather wrote many letters home

February 24, 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

March 24, 2010
Topic to be announced

April 28, 2010
Topic to be announced

May 26, 2010 (Cannon shoot???)
(The 'cannon folks' have indicated they are willing and ready
to return to Lincoln for us, but we have not 'nailed down' a date;
it will most certainly be a Saturday, and we will aim for the
middle of May.)


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Dues

2009-2010 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-four members have paid their 2009-2010 dues, eight being family memberships and two being new members, for a total of $740.00 collected.  The treasurer reports the following as having paid at this point:

Beverly Ashley
Wally Bender
Reed Clark
Tom Dawson, Family
Hal Dellert
Raulee Escobar, Family
Jim Faimon
Gary Greene, 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
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
Jim Potter
Mike Reagan
Paul Reagan
Tom Rinkevich
Ron Rockenbach
Wayne Roelle
Carol Schlismann
Craig Schnieder, Family
Dean Stewart
Darrell Stock
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 are some links to internet sites discussing Civil War letters and providing transcripts of many:

American Civil War Soldier Letters Home

The Soldiers Write: (an Alaskan site???)

Civil War Letters

Letters from the American Civil War

As with all Civil War topics, a Google search for "Civil War letters" will result in many many more interesting sites.

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Hope to see you all on the 24th!