Programs in Chronological Order1989 Season
We met at the Chancellorsville Visitor Center. President, Greg Mertz; Vice-President Karen Rehm; Newsletter Editor, Mac Wyckoff; Mike Vice, Treasurer; Secretary, Melanie Jordan; Executive Committee Members, Ray Brown, Frank O'Reilly, Noel Harrison, Lou Allahut, Frank and Julie Olsen February – Karen Rehm spoke on "Civil War Veterans and Their Gift of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania N.M.P."
March – Bob Krick spoke on “Reflections on Longstreet’s Attitude”
April – Frank O’Reilly spoke on “George G. Meade: Not a Braver Man on the Field”
May – Ed Bearss spoke on “Lee vs. Grant: The Generals”
June – Greg Mertz led a walking tour of Hazel Grove on the Chancellorsville Battlefield
July and August summer break
September – Bud Hall spoke on “Brandy Station: Yesterday and Today”
October – Dennis Frye spoke on “Mosby’s Impact on Sheridan: An Analysis”
October - Bud Hall led a bus tour of Brandy Station
November – Juanita Leisch spoke on “Women and the War – The Photographic Evidence”
December – Will Greene spoke on “The Character and Personality of Stonewall Jackson" 1990 Season
We met at the Chancellorsville Visitor Center. At some point we moved to the Lee Hill Community Center. President, Greg Mertz; Vice-President, Karen Rehm; Newsletter Editor, Mac Wyckoff; Treasurer, Mike Vice, Secretary, Melanie Jordan; Executive Committee members, Ray Brown, Frank O'Reilly, Noel Harrison, Lou Allahut, Frank and Julie Olsen January cancelled by snow
February – Dane Hartgrove spoke on "L.Q.C. Lamar & Confederate Foreign Relations: A Study in Civil War Diplomacy”
March – Ray Brown spoke on “The Battle of Salem Church: Opportunity for Cadmus Wilcox”
April – Otho Campbell spoke on “Petersburg Siege and the Final Days of the Civil War”
April - Joe Whitehorne led a bus tour of Cedar Creek Battlefield
May – William Sill spoke on "The CSS Alabama"
June – Ketih Bohannon led a walking tour of Upton’s Attack at Spotsylvania
July and August summer break
September – Bob Krick led a book discussion “Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain"
October – Mike Andrus spoke on “The Petersburg Campaign North of the James River”
November – Mark Stephens spoke on “The Effect of Union Veterans Who Left at the End of Enlistment”
December – Chris Calkins spoke on “The Apple Jack Raid” 1991 Season
The January meeting was held at the Lee Hill Community Center. We then moved to Aunt Sarah's Restaurant for the February meeting and met there except for the April debate which was held at Mary Washington College. The officers were: President, Mac Wyckoff; Secretary, Betty Ford; Newsletter Editor, Greg Mertz; Treasurer, Dane Hartgrove; and Executive Committee Members Lou Allahut, Julie Olson, Mike Vice, Frank O’Reilly, Milton Ford, LeeAnn Williams and Robert Williams. January – Milton Ford spoke on "Civil War Arms"
February - Noel Harrison spoke on “Researching Sites on the Chancellorsville Battlefield”
March – Mike Musick spoke on "How to Do Civil War Research at the National Archives"
April - Dr. Joe Harch and Will Greene debated "The Generalship of General George B. McClellan"
May – Mac Wyckoff spoke on "The Battle of Shiloh"
June- Frank O'Reilly led a walking tour of Prospect Hill on the Fredericksburg Battlefield
July- Greg Mertz led a walking tour of Gordon’s Flank Attack on the Wilderness Battlefield
August – Annual picnic
September – Dr. Gary Gallagher spoke on “Putting the ‘War’ Back into the Civil War”
October – Dave Ruth spoke on "The Siege of Charleston"
November – Round Table discussion of the impact of Mosby’s men on the war in Virginia
December – Mac Wyckoff spoke on "Sergeant Richard Kirkland," last minute substitute for William Marvel. 1992 Season
We met at Aunt Sarah’s Restaurant. The officers were: President, Mac Wyckoff; Vice-President, Mark Stephens, Secretary, Betty Ford; Newsletter Editor, Dane Hartgrove; Treasurer, Milton Ford; and Executive Committee Members Lou Allahut, Julie Olson, Greg Mertz, Frank O’Reilly, Milton Ford, LeeAnn Williams and Robert Williams. January – Homer Musselman spoke on "The 47th Virginia"
February – James Chalker spoke on “The High Mortality Rate of Black Soldiers in the Union Army”
March – Donald Pfanz spoke on "Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign"
April – Mike Litterst spoke on "The Seven Days Campaign"
April – Bobby Krick led a bus tour of the Seven Days Campaign
May – Bill Matter spoke on "The Spotsylvania Campaign"
June – Frank O'Reilly and Greg Mertz led a walking tour of Harris Farm on the Spotsylvania battlefield
July – Annual picnic at Motts Run Police Pistol Range
August – Ian Lowe and Mac Wyckoff led a walking tour of Widow Tapp farm on the Wilderness Battlefield
September – William Marvel spoke on "General Ambrose E. Burnside"
October – Round Table discussion of “What if Stonewall Jackson had Survived his Gettysburg Wounds and had been at Gettysburg?”
November – Paul Sledzyk spoke on “Bones and Battle Casualties”
December – Greg Biggs spoke on "The Atlanta Campaign" 1993 Season
We met at Aunt Sarah’s Restaurant. The officers were: President, Milton Ford; Vice-President, Mark Stephens, Secretary, Betty Ford; Newsletter Editor, Dane Hartgrove; Treasurer, Milton Ford; Immediate Past President, Mac Wyckoff; Executive Committee Members Lou Allahut, Greg Mertz, Frank O’Reilly, Tom Quigley, Elsa Schemmer (Lohman) January – Bobby Krick spoke on "The Battle of Falling Waters"
February – Jack Thompson spoke on “The Men of the 54th Massachusetts: Some Life Stories”
March - Joe Fulginiti spoke on “The Life Cycle of a Civil War Print”
March - 1st Annual Civil War Preservation Conference. Jay Monahan spoke on "Current Issues, Legislative Affairs"; Catherine Gilliam and Virginia McConnell spoke on "Preserving Virginia's Heritage"; Maria Burks and David Brown spoke on "Clarifying Preservation Issues"; Dewey Cashwell and Mark Stephens spoke on "Building Community Consensus". Bus tour of Chancellorsville by Bob Krick and Greg Mertz.
April – Mike Litterst spoke on "The Second Manassas Campaign"
April – John Hennessy led a bus tour of 2nd Manassas
May – Grant Gates spoke on "The C & O Canal in the Civil War"
June – Mac Wyckoff and Glen Swain led a walking tour of Kershaw’s Brigade at Fredericksburg
July – Tom Quigley led a walking tour of Catharine Furnace on the Chancellorsville Battlefield
August – Annual picnic at Jim Flanagan’s House in Sumerduck
September – Mike Balis spoke on "The Battle of Dam #1 in the Peninsula Campaign" (substituting for Pete Carmichael)
October – Round Table discussion of “Your Favorite and Most Over-rated Civil War Leaders"
November – Greg Biggs spoke on “Ragged Rags: Battleflags of the Confederate Army”
December – Al Harris spoke on "The Battle of Franklin" 1994 Season
We met at Aunt Sarah’s Restaurant. The officers were: President, Milton Ford; Vice-President, Frank O’Reilly, Secretary, Melanie Jordan; Newsletter Editor, Dane Hartgrove; Treasurer, Mac Wyckoff and Ned Hall; Executive Committee Members Lou Allahut, Greg Mertz, Jim Flanagan, Tom Quigley, Elsa Schemmer (Lohman) January – Pete Carmichael spoke on "Colonel Willie Pegram, Confederate Artillerist"
February – Elsa Schemmer (Lohman), Julie Olsen, Betty Ford, Sue Hartgrove and Janice Frye spoke on "Women in the Civil War"
March – Mark Stephens spoke on "The Battle of Pea Ridge" (substituting for Tim Reese)
March - 2nd Annual Preservation Conference. Mark Stephens spoke on "A Short History of the Creation of national Battlefield Parks"; Rebecca Shrimpton and Stephen Morris spoke on "Significant Sites Outside the National Park Service System: Recent Initiatives"; Justin Gross spoke on "The Economics of Battlefield Preservation"; Will Greene spoke on "Preservation partnerships: APCWS Case Studies"; Tersh Boasberg and Rich Kleese took part in a panel discussion on "The Highest and Best Use of Land"; Bobby McManus spoke on "The Role of Elected Officials"; Erik Nelson spoke on ""Preservation and the Professional Staff"; Banuqet speech by Tersh Boasberg on "Civil War Preservation". Bus tour of the Wilderness led by Bob Krick and Frank O'Reilly
April – Mac Wyckoff spoke on "Kershaw’s Brigade at Maryland Heights" (substituting for Dennis Frye)
May – Keith Snyder spoke on "The Battle of Antietam"
June – Mac Wyckoff led a walking tour of Kershaw’s Brigade at Laurel Hill at the Spotsylvania Battlefield
July – Greg Mertz led a walking tour of the Chancellorsville History Trail
August – Annual picnic at the home of Milton and Betty Ford on the Potomac River
September – Noel Harrison spoke on “The Impact of the War on the Fredericksburg Civilians”
October – Round Table discussion of the “Most Under-rated/Over-rated Battles of the War”
November – Howard Coffin spoke on "Vermonters and the Civil War"
December – Pat Furgurson spoke on "The Battle of Chancellorsville" 1995 Season
We met at Aunt Sarah’s Restaurant in January and then moved to Sophia Street Station for the rest of the year. The officers were: President, Dane Hartgrove; Vice-President, Mac Wyckoff, Secretary, Melanie Jordan; Newsletter Editor, Greg Mertz; Treasurer, Ned Hall & Jeff Driscoll; Immediate Past President, Milton Ford; Executive Committee Members Lou Allahut, John Graham, Bob Roser, Marc Thompson and Tom Quigley. January – Ray Brown spoke on "The Battle of Salem Church"
February – Bobby Krick spoke on "The Battle of Yellow Tavern"
March – Elsa Schemmer (Lohman), Betty Ford, Julie Olsen, Sue Hartgrove and Janice Frye spoke on "Women in the Civil War"
March - 3rd Annual preservation conference with moderator Rich Kleese. Dennis Frye spoke on “Changing People’s Minds: Convincing the Doubters About Preservation’s Benefits”; Dr. Brandon beck spoke on “The Three Battles of Winchester”; Robert Watkins spoke on “Battlefield Preservation Efforts in Frederick County and Winchester”; Don Pfanz spoke on “Stonewall Jackson in the Valley”; Will Greene spoke on "Preserving Jackson’s Legacy”; Joe Whitehorne spoke on “Cedar Creek and the 1864 Valley Campaign”; Thomas Lewis spoke on “”Cedar Creek, Seen From the present”; Banquet speech by John Hennessy on “Civil War Preservation”. Bob Krick and Greg Mertz led a bus tour of Cross Keys and Port Republic battlefields. April – Marc Thompson spoke on "The Battle of North Anna River"
May – Jeff Driscoll spoke on “The Common Solider of the Army of the Potomac”
May – Mike Miller led a bus tour of North Anna
June – Frank O'Reilly led a walking tour of Bernard Cabins area of the Fredericksburg Battlefield
July – Elsa Schemmer(Lohman)led a walking tour of the Battle of Lee’s Last Line on May 18, 1864 on the Spotsylvania Battlefield
August – Annual picnic at Lake of the Woods Pavilion
September – Mark Snell spoke on “General William Buel Franklin: Undeserved Scapegoat”
October – Round Table discussion “What Other Options did Burnside have at Fredericksburg”
November – Dorothy Kelly spoke on "The Failure of Longstreet’s East Tennessee Campaign"
December – Gordon Rhea spoke on “General Grant’s Leadership from Wilderness to Bloody Angle” 1996 Season
We met at Sophia Street Station through August and then moved to the Holiday Inn North for the rest of the year. The officers were: President, Dane Hartgrove; Vice-President, Mac Wyckoff, Secretary, Melanie Jordan; Newsletter Editor, Robert Williams; Treasurer, Lou Allahut; Immediate Past President, Milton Ford; Executive Committee Members Steve Gambaro, John Graham, Bob Roser, Marc Thompson and Tom Quigley. January – Cancelled due to snow. Scheduled program by Thomas Moncure moved to May.
February – William A. Tidwell spoke on "The Confederate Secret Service"
March – Elsa Lohman, Betty Ford and Melanie Jordan speaking on the role of women in the war. Elsa spoke on Northern civilian women, Betty on Southern civilian women and Melanie on the first ladies, Varina Davis and Mary Todd Lincoln.
March- 4th Annual Preservation Conference. Bus tour of Fredericksburg led by Frank O’Reilly and Mac Wyckoff. Banquet speech by John Hennessy on “Preservation of the Rappahannock Valley Battlefield Sites” Bus tour of Kelly’s Ford and Brandy Station led by Greg Mertz and Bud Hall.
April – Scott Patchen spoke on "The Battle of Piedmont"
May – Thomas Moncure, Jr. spoke on “Comparing/Contrasting Provost Marshalls John H. Winder, CSA and Marsena Patrick, USA”
June – Dr. Edward Longacre spoke on “The Real George Pickett”
June – Elsa Lohman and Mac Wyckoff led a walking tour of Wounding General “Stonewall” Jackson on the Chancellorsville Battlefield
July –Don Pfanz spoke on "Confederate General Richard Ewell in the Gettysburg Campaign"
July – Frank O'Reilly led a candlelight tour of Jackson Shrine
August – Greg Mertz spoke on “Preceding Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg”
August – Annual picnic at the Steckler private park
September – Marc Thompson spoke on “Stuart at Gettysburg: The Battle of Rummel’s Farm”
October – Round Table discussion “General George Meade’s Actions During the Withdrawal From Gettysburg”
October – Scott Hartwig, Eric Campbell, etc. led a bus tour of Gettysburg
November – David Bastian spoke on "Grant’s Canal in the Vicksburg Campaign"
December – Sandy Bernard spoke on "John Ryan: From the Irish Brigade to Custer’s 7th Cavalry" 1997 Season
We met at the Holiday Inn North. The officers were: President, Melanie Jordan; Vice-President, Mac Wyckoff, Secretary and Newsletter Editor, Robert Williams; Treasurer, Lou Allahut; Immediate Past President, Dane Hartgrove; Executive Committee Members Steve Gambaro, John Graham, Elsa Lohman, Ann McCarthy, Mike Stevens and Tom Quigley. January – Dane Hartgrove spoke on “Two Great Rebel Nations”
February – Stephen Gambaro spoke on “The Civil War, the American Indian and Manifest Destiny”
March – Jeanne Christie spoke on “Women’s Roles at City Point”
March - 5th Annual Preservation Conference. Bus tour of Spotsylvania led by Mac Wyckoff and Greg Mertz
April – Mark Bradley spoke on "The Battle of Bentonville"
May – Pete Carmichael spoke on “The Lost Generation: Sons of Virginia Slaveholders and the Creation of Confederate Identity”
June – Daniel Barefoot spoke on “General Robert F. Hoke: Lee’s Modest Warrior”
July – Mac Wyckoff led a car caravan tour of the “Union Opening Moves at Chancellorsville”
July – Bobby Krick spoke on "The Battle of Haw’s Shop" (substituting for Ed Sanders)
August - Mac Wyckoff led a car caravan tour of the “Confederate Response to the Union Opening Moves at Chancellorsville”
August – Frank O’Reilly spoke on "The Battle of Trevilian Station"
August – Annual picnic at the Steckler private park
September – Ed Bearss spoke on “A Critical Evaluation of Grant’s Generalship in the Overland Campaign”
October – Round Table discussion “A Comparison of McClellan’s 1862 Peninsula Campaign and Grant’s 1864 Overland Campaign”
October – Mike Andrus led a bus tour of Cold Harbor
November – Bob Housch spoke on "The Battle of Chickamauga"
December – Greg Biggs spoke on “Tactical Perfection: Nathan Bedford at Brice’s Crossroads” 1998 Season
We met at Holiday Inn North. The officers were: President, Dane Hartgrove; Vice-President, Mac Wyckoff, Secretary, Chuck Siegel; Treasurer, Lou Allahut; Immediate Past President and Newsletter Editor, Dane Hartgrove; Executive Committee Members Steve Gambaro, John Graham, John Griffiths, Elsa Lohman, Ann McCarthy, Mike Stevens and Tom Quigley. January – Philip Crown spoke on "Henry C. Matrau of the Iron Brigade"
February – Milton Ford spoke on "Burnside’s 1862 Expedition to North Carolina"
March – Elsa Lohman and Betty Ford speaking on “Women View the Civil War”
March - 6th Annual Preservation Conference. Bus tour of Mine Run Campaign led by Frank O'Reilly and Bobby Krick. Bus tour of Cedar Mountain led by Bob Krick
April – Gary Ecelbarger spoke on “Stonewall takes a Stand: Thomas Jackson vs. Richard Garnett”
May – Mac Wyckoff spoke on “Visiting Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park”
June – Dr. Glenn Robertson spoke on “Bull of the Woods? Longstreet at Chickamauga”
June – Frank O’Reilly led a walking tour of the street fighting in Fredericksburg
July – Richard DiNardo spoke on “Bragg’s Actions and Decisions After Chickamauga”
July – Noel Harrison led a walking tour of the destruction caused by the fighting and occupation in Fredericksburg
August – Jim Ogden spoke on “To the Edge of Glory: Rosecrans’ Campaign for Chattanooga”
August – Annual picnic at the Steckler private park
September – Ron Furqueron spoke on “The Lighting Brigade at Chickamauga”
October – Round Table discussion “The Problems Between the Confederate Generals in the Aftermath of Chickamauga”
October – Jim Ogden led a bus tour of Chickamauga and Chattanooga
November – Keith Alexander spoke on "The 33rd North Carolina"
December – Dane Hartgrove spoke on "The Bristoe Campaign" 1999 Season
We met at Holiday Inn North. The officers were: President, Elsa Lohman; Vice-President, Mac Wyckoff, Secretary, Chuck Siegel; Newsletter Editor, Dane Hartgrove; Treasurer, Mike Stevens; Immediate Past President, Melanie Jordan; Executive Committee Members, Steve Gambaro, John Graham, Jack Barnes, Richard DiNardo, John Griffiths, and Tom Quigley. January – Jim Gannon spoke on “The 6th Louisiana: Irish Rebels: Confederate Tigers”
February – Kelly O’Grady spoke on “Irishman in the Army of Northern Virginia”
March - Elsa Lohman spoke on "Women in Combat in the Civil and Other Wars"
March- Preservation Conference held at Mary Washington College with Dr. Art Tracy as coordinator. Speakers included Melissa Delcour, Don Pfanz, Keith Alexander. Bus tour of lesser known sites of the Chancellorsville led by Eric Mink and Mac Wyckoff
April – Michael Kauffman spoke on “What We Don’t Know About the Death of Lincoln”
May – Jim Baldwin spoke on "General Micah Jenkins"
June – Dr. Tracy Power spoke on “Morale in the Army of Northern Virginia in the War’s Last Winter”
June – Mac Wyckoff lee a walking tour of Upton’s Charge at Spotsylvania (substituting for Bruce Rollins)
July – Ed Longacre spoke on "Ben Butler and the Army of the James"
August – Jerry Netherland and Mark Jacobson spoke on "The Bermuda Hundred Campaign"
August – Annual picnic at the Steckler private park
September – George Fickett spoke on “Bermuda Hundred: Past, Present and Future”
October – Round Table discussion on the Bermuda Hundred Campaign
October- George Fickett led a bus tour of Bermuda Hundred
November - Dane Hartgrove spoke on “A Country Divided by Extremists: The South’s Fire Eaters vs. The North’s radical Abolitionists”
December – Frank O’Reilly spoke on “New Perspectives on the Battle of Fredericksburg 2000 Season
We met at Holiday Inn North through March. We then moved to Fredericksburg Square for the rest of the year. The officers were: President, Elsa Lohman; Vice-President, Mac Wyckoff, Secretary, Chuck Siegel; Newsletter Editor, Dane Hartgrove; Treasurer, Mike Stevens; Immediate Past President, Melanie Jordan; Executive Committee Members, Steve Gambaro, John Graham, Jack Barnes, Richard DiNardo, John Griffiths, and Tom Quigley. January – Eric Mink spoke on “Colonel William Gilham: Southern Educator and Soldier”
February – Melissa Delcour spoke on "The Battle of Front Royal"
March – Diane Logan did a first person impression of Confederate Diarist Mary Chestnut
March – Michael Kauffman led a bus tour of Ford’s Theatre and Retreat Route of John Wilkes Booth
April – Dr. Otho Campbell spoke on "The 1860 Presidential Election"
May – Mac Wyckoff spoke on "The Crisis in Charleston Harbor"
June – Dr. Steven Wise spoke on “Battling for the Symbol of Secession: Charleston in the Civil War”
July – Dave Ruth spoke on "Morris Island and the Defense of Charleston"
August – Pat Brennan spoke on the "Raising of the Hunley" (switched from speaking on Battle of Secessionville)
August – Annual picnic at the Steckler private park
September – Round Table discussion on “What Caused the Civil War”
October – Mac Wyckoff, Rick Hatcher, etc. led a bus trip to Charleston
October – Erik Nelson spoke on “Decisive Terrain: The Rappahannock River Fords During the Battle of Chancellorsville”
November- Dr. Carol Reardon spoke on “Pickett’s Charge in History and Memory”
December – Walt Sheffield spoke on “The Career of General Billy Mahone” 2001 Season
We met at Fredericksburg Square through April and then moved to the The Church of the Rock in June and July. In August we returned to the old friendly confines of Aunt Sarah’s Restaurant. The officers were: President, Jack Barnes; Vice-President, Mac Wyckoff, Secretary, Chuck Siegel; Newsletter Editor, Dane Hartgrove; Treasurer, Mike Stevens; Immediate Past President, Elsa Lohman; Executive Committee Members, John Graham, Richard DiNardo, John Griffiths, Tom Quigley, Dorothy Emery, Conway Richardson and Brad Henderson. January – Mike Gorman spoke on “Researching Civil War Richmond”
February – Pete Wilson spoke on “The Civil War: One Man, His Unit, His Family and His Community”
February – Dave Roberts led a mini field trip to Point Lookout Prison site
March – Elsa Lohman and Betty Ford spoke on “Women’s Activities in the Civil War: Sketches and Vignettes"
March – Mike Gorman led a bus trip to the new Richmond National Battlefield Park Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works and Belle Island and Don Pierce led a trip to Hollywood and Oakwood cemeteries
April – Dr. J. Boone Bartholomees spoke on “Staff Operations in the Army of Northern Virginia and Army of the Potomac”
May – Carolyn Elstner and Tom Van Winkle spoke “Ellwood: It’s Past and Future”
June – Frank O’Reilly spoke on "The 1864 Shenandoah Campaign: An Overview"
July – John Heatwole spoke on "The Burning of the Shenandoah Valley"
July – Mini field trip to Signal Knob on Massanutten Mountain and to the fords used by the Confederate during the Battle of Cedar Creek
July – Mini field trip to Fort Delaware and Fort Mott
August – Mini field trip to Antietam and fording the Potomac River at Boetler’s Ford
August – Richard Kleese spoke on "The Battle of Fisher’s Hill"
September – Eric Wittenberg spoke on "The Battle of Tom’s Brook"
October - Round Table discussion of "Generalship of Phil Sheridan During the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign: Loathsome Little Pyschopath or Inspired Warrior?"
November - Richard Kleese led a field trip to 3rd Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Tom's Brook
November - Chuck Siegel spoke on "The Orange and Alexandria Railroad"
December - Tom and Debra Goodrich spoke on "The Wild Side: American History, 1854-1880" 2002 Season
We met at Aunt Sarah’s Restaurant. The officers were: President, Jack Barnes; Vice-President, Mac Wyckoff, Secretary, Brad Henderson; Newsletter Editor, Dane Hartgrove; Treasurer, Conway Richardson; Immediate Past President, Elsa Lohman; Executive Committee Members, John Graham, John Griffiths, Tom Quigley, Dorothy Emery, Chuck Siegel and Mike Stevens. January - Dr. Mike Stevens spoke on "Preserving the Land, Preserving the Stories: CVBT and Its Fight to Save America's Sacred Soil"
January - Jim Morgan led a tour of Ball's Bluff
February - Dr. Jim Bryant spoke on "African-Americans in the Civil War: The Virginia Experience"
March - Elsa Lohman spoke on "The Woman's Patriotic Support of the War"
March - Will Greene led a bus tour of The Last Days of the Petersburg Campaign
April - Chris Kolakowski spoke on "New York City in the Civil War"
May - Dave Roberts spoke on "Behind: Enemy Lines: St. Mary's County, Maryland in the Civil War"
June - Jim Morgan spoke on "60's Music: Songs of the American Civil War"
July - David Johnson spoke on "Historian Douglas Southall Freeman"
August - Mark Bradley spoke on "General Johnston's Surtrender at the Bennett House"
September - Chris Fonvielle spoke on "The Fall of Wilimington"
October - Discussion of "A Comparison of the Surrenders at Appomattox and the Bennett House"
November - John Hennessy spoke on "Return to Bull Run"
December - Robert Lee Hodge spoke on "Civil War Battlefield Preservation" 2003 Season
We met at Aunt Sarah’s Restaurant, January-April. We met at Uncle Sam's Restaurant for rest of year. The officers were: President, Mike Stevens; Vice-President, Mac Wyckoff, Secretary, Brad Henderson; Newsletter Editor, Dane Hartgrove; Treasurer, Conway Richardson; Immediate Past President, Jack Barnes; Executive Committee Members, John Graham, John Griffiths, Tom Quigley, Dorothy Emery, Chuck Siegel, Greg Mertz, and Joe Bongiovi. January - Dr. Thomas Wheat spoke on "Medical Knowledge on the Eve of Civil War"
February - Paul Duvall spoke on "No More Bloody Bandages"
March - Ann Bartholomew spoke on "Clara Barton: Professional Angel"
April - Keith Alexander, Mac Wyckoff and Mike Stevens spoke on "The Effects of Illness and Wounds on Civil War Soldiers"
May - Tom Lowry spoke on "The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell: Sex in the Civil War"
June - Ben Maryniak spoke on "Elmira Prison"
July - Peter J. D'Onofrio spoke on "Medical Advances of the Civil War"
August - Dane Hartgrove and Mac Wyckoff spoke on "The Lives and Prison Experiences of Civil War Soldiers."
September - Alan Marsh spoke on "Andersonville Prison"
October - Discussion on "Grant's Ending of POW Exchanges: War Crimes or Operational Necessity?"
November - Edwin C. Bearss spoke on "Comparing the Treatment of Wounded in the Civil War and World War II
December - Bob Krick spoke on "Under War's Savage Heal" 2004 Season
We met at Uncle Sam's Restaurant. The officers were: President, Mike Stevens; Vice-President, Joe Bongiovi; Secretary, Brad Henderson; Newsletter Editor, Mac Wyckoff; Treasurer, Barbara Stafford; Executive Committee Members, John Graham, John Griffiths, Tom Quigley, Dorothy Emery, Bob Jones and Greg Mertz. January - Terry Thomann spoke on "Researching a Historic Artifact"
February - Tony O'Connor spoke on "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln"
March - Susan Youhn spoke on "Undelivered Letters to Confederate prisoners at Point Lookout"
April - Steve Cushman spoke on "Reflections on the Battle of the Wilderness"
May - Al Stratton spoke on "The Battle of New Orleans"
June- Virginia Morton spoke on "The Civil War in Culpeper"
July-Frank O'Reilly spoke on "Two Contrasting Councils of War in the Civil War: Chancellorsville and Gettysburg"
August-Deanne Blanton spoke on "Women in the Civil War
September-Rich DiNardo spoke on "The Tullahoma Campaign"
October - Bob Krick and Mike Stevens debated "The Power of the Pen and the Sword. Do Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Thomas Jonathan Jackson deserve their Modern Profiles?"
November - Don Hakenson and Gregg Dudding spoke on "Mosby in Fairfax County."
December - Stuart Purks spoke about Civil War Maps and Mapmakers 2005 Season
We met at Uncle Sam's Restaurant. The officers were: President, Mike Stevens; Vice-President, Joe Bongiovi; Secretary, Bob Jones; Newsletter Editor, Mac Wyckoff / Lois Wilson; Treasurer, Barbara Stafford; Executive Committee Members, Dan Augustine, John Graham, John Griffiths, Melanie Jordan, Greg Martin, Terry Matthews, Greg Mertz, Tom Quigley, and Marc Thompson. January - Stephen May spoke about Artists of the Civil War: Winslow Homer, Edouard Manet and Company
February - Gustav Person spoke about "Drill Books and Rifles - Revolution in Tactics."
March -Todd Berkoff spoke about the "Botched Battle at Bristoe Station: The Bristoe Station Campaign."
April - John G. Selby Spoke about "Virginians at War: The Civil War Experiences of Seven Young Confederates"
May - Reed Lewis on the "Development, History, Principles, and Methods of Army Signaling"
June - Edmund Bonekemper speaking on "U.S. Grant, a Victor not a Butcher - Overlooked Military Genius."
July - Alan Zirkle spoke about “Gettysburg of the West?" (The Civil War in New Mexico)
August - Stacy Humphreys spoke about "The Washington Artillery."
September - Betsy Estilow on "Nurses in the Civil War"
October - Round Table discussions based on chapters in the book "Controversies and Commanders" by Stephen Sears
November - Col. Guy Stratton spoke about "Bridging Techniques in the Civil War"
December - Ken Rawlings on "Santa in the Civil War" 2006 Season
We met at Uncle Sam's Restaurant. The officers were: President, Greg Martin; Vice-President, Joe Bongiovi; Secretary, Bob Jones; Newsletter Editor, Lois Wilson; Treasurer, Barbara Stafford; Executive Committee Members, Dan Augustine, John Graham, John Griffiths, Melanie Jordan, Terry Matthews, Greg Mertz, Tom Quigley, Marc Thompson, and Bob Pfile. Mike Stevens took over Book Raffle from Jim and June Brown.
January - David Bridges on "Fighting With Jeb Stuart: Major James Breathed and the Confederate Horse Artillery.
February - Gus Person spoke about "Uniforms and Equipment of Regular Troops at 1st Bull Run."
March - Kristie Poehler on "Women of Gettysburg"
Greg Clemmer - speaking about "Major General Edward Johnson - Old Alleghany"
May - Donald Markle - "The Telegraph in the Civil War"
June - Ken Purks - "Ballooning in the Civil War, Chatham in Particular"
July - Charles W. Plummer - "Reflections from General Joshua L. Chamberlain" August - Larry & Connie Clowers - "A Fresh Look at General Grant" September - Albert Z. Connor, Jr. - "Not for Fame or Reward: A Few Good Men from VMI of Local Interest" October - James A. Morgan - "Balls Bluff" November - Kristopher White - "Battle of Five Forks and the Controversy Between Sheridan and Warren" December - John Hennessy - "Winter of Discontent: Spring of Change: The Army of the Potomac, Joseph Hooker, and the Prelude to Chancellorsville: 2007 Season We met at Uncle Sam's until May, when we moved to Brock's Riverside Grill. The officers were: President, Greg Martin; Vice-President, Joe Bongiovi; Secretary, Bob Jones; Newsletter Editor, Lois Wilson & Dan Augustine; Treasurer, Barbara Stafford; Executive Committee Members, John Graham, John Griffiths, Greg Mertz, Tom Quigley, Marc Thompson, and Bob Pfile. Bob Pfile took over Book Raffle from Mike Stevens. January - Howard Means - "The Avenger Takes His Place" February - Dave Patch - "Introduction of the President and Mrs. Lincoln" March - Kevin Levin - "Confederate Military Executions" April May - Allan Shikhvarg - "General James Longstreet" June - Andrew H. Talkov - "The June 9th, 1864 Battle of Old Men and Young Boys - The Petersburg Campaign" July - Bob O'Connor - "The Perfect Steel Trap: Harpers Ferry" August - Charles Stayton - "Redoubts at Yorktown and The Forces at Jamestown" September - Scott Walker - "Matthew Fontaine Maury - Pathfinder of the Seas" October - Lincoln Landis - "Dr. Abraham Landis, Father of Kenesaw Mountain Landis" November - Edward H. Bonekemper III - Did George McClellan Try to Lose the Civil War?" December - Robert A Creedon II, "Artillery at Gettysburg"
2008 Season
We met at Brock's Riverside Grill on Sophia Street. The
officers were: President Marc Thompson; Vice President Joe Bongiovi; Secretary,
Bob Jones; Newsletter Editor, Jim Smithfield; Treasurer, Bob Pfile; Scribe, Greg
Mertz;Web Site, Dan Augustine; Executive Committee Members Tom Quigley, John
Griffiths, John Graham
January - Joseph W. McKinney "Buford at Brandy Station"
February - Kati Singel "Making the Right Choice: The Mine Run
Campaign, November 1863
March - Kevin M. Levin "Battle of the Crater in History and
Memory"
April - Kristopher White - "The Battle and Siege of
Chattanooga"
May - Jason Emerson - "The Madness of Mary Todd Lincoln"
June - Gregg Biggs - "The Crack of Doom: The Collapse of
Confederate Department No. 2"
July - Terry Thomann - "A Museum on a Mission"
August - Col. Robert R. Mackey - "Unconventional Warfare’ in
the Civil War"
September - Mac Wyckoff - "The Making of a Civil War
Historian"
October - Greg Martin -
"The 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry"
November - Chris Kolokowski -
"Perryville: The Battle that Saved Kentucky"
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