Civil War Round Table of Nebraska
March 2010 Newsletter

THIS MONTH'S MEETING:

  The Guns that Stopped Longstreet's Center
at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863
Presented by
  Steve Guenzel and Craig Schnieder

  March 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

April 28, 2010
Archeologists Doug Scott and Peter Bleed
Topic:  Mud Springs and rush Creek:
Civil War-Era Combat in the North Platte Valley

May 26, 2010 (Cannon shoot???)
(The “Cannon Shoot” is looking a little less likely for this May.
If it cannot be arranged for May, perhaps it can be held this September.)

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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-six members have paid their 2009-2010 dues, eight being family memberships and two being new members, for a total of $770.00 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
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
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 links to three pages of a many-paged web site about the Battle of Gettysburg.
These three lead up to the combat that will be discussed by Steve and Craig at this month's meeting:

Union Major General Daniel Sickles moves forward:  Daniel Sickles

Fighting spread to the north into the Wheatfield:  The Wheatfield

From the Wheatfield, the fighting spread on to the Peach Orchard:  The 21st Mississippi

And here is a photo of what one battery left behind:



Steve and Craig will discuss what happened to create this scene.


Hope to see you all on the 24th!