Adjutant’s Call - Summer 2024
Link to Original PDF of the Summer 2024 Newsletter
Circular Memorandum #557 - Summer 2024
Our 64th Year is Almost Here!!!
Greetings! As we toil through the hot and humid days of July and August, we can look forward to another exciting year that is fast approaching with the Louisville Civil War Round Table! We have a lot to look forward to in the coming year. Once again, we have a great lineup of outstanding speakers that includes some of the very best Civil War historians in the country. We have a great Bourbon & BBQ scheduled for October 6 that promises to be our best ever with Bourbon legend Bill Samuels of Maker’s Mark fame! We will have great food, fellowship and some Maker’s Mark tastings and you will help raise funds for our Round Table. We also can look forward to a field trip to tour the Shiloh battlefield in southwestern Tennessee with Civil War historian and Shiloh expert Tim Smith. Our treasurer Pat Wilbourn and webmaster Brian Taylor are continuing to work on the ability to make your reservations and payments online for all events and to give us a greater presence on social media.
A Special Shout Out to Our Patron Members
Our Patron members are the main reason we can continue to operate, and our thanks are due to all of them for being willing to give above the basic membership fee because they appreciate what we are doing and want us to continue being one of the best Round Tables in the country. If you are not a Patron, please consider becoming one. We had 77 Patron memberships last year and it would be great if we could push that number even higher!
As stated in our by-laws, “The purpose of the Louisville Civil War Round Table, Inc. is to study all aspects of the American Civil War and to promote the interchange of knowledge about it.” By studying, reading, and learning from great historians and speakers about this crucial time in our history, we ensure that the sacrifices of those “who gave the last full measure” should not be forgotten or devalued and their memory forgotten. That is why I hope you will renew your membership and stay the course with us. Please consider becoming a Patron member as that will help us to continue to bring you great speakers! Be assured that your Board of Directors are committed to our mission and will continue to work hard to make our Round Table one of the best in the country.
These are your Board of Directors for the coming year: President, John Davis, Secretary, Julie Bartlett, Treasurer, Patrick Wilbourn, Doug Butler, Webmaster, Brian Taylor, Art Boerner, Doug Krawczyk, Bryan Winslow, Terry Pyles, Paul Fridell, Harriette Weatherbee, Lowell Griffin, Marc Oca, and Chris Morris.
April 23-27,2025, Field Trip to Shiloh Albert Sidney Johnston vs U.S. Grant with Tim Smith
We will be going to Shiloh in southwestern Tennessee April 23-27, 2025 for our yearly field trip. Our guide will be Civil War historian and author Tim Smith. He has written the definitive account of the battle in his award-winning book, Shiloh: Conquer or Perish. Tim was our guide in 2012 and did a fantastic job for us. We could not have a better guide. Tim has served as a park ranger at Shiloh National Military Park for six years and has conducted numerous tours of this battlefield and has been involved in Shiloh’s preservation. The battle of Shiloh occurred on April 6-7, 1862 and the resulting causulties of more than 16,000 shocked the nation. After being surprised by Albert Sidney Johnston’s Confederate army on the morning of April 6, the Federals rallied under Grant’s leadership and were able to force the Confederates to retreat back to Corinth, Mississippi the following day after receiving reinforemcnts during the night. The Shiloh battlefield is one of the best preserved battlefields of the Civil War. We will also be going to Corinth and visiting the Corinth battlefield and visitor’s center. We will be staying in Corinth. We will walk this hollowed ground and cover in detail what happened there. We will begin taking signups in November. If you have any questions, you can email John Davis at johnd.davis@twc.com .
MAY 2024 QUIZ
1. Who is believed to be the youngest Union Civil War soldier killed in battle?
Charles Edwin King of West Chester, PA of the 49th PA, Company F, was a drum major (drummer boy). He died on September 20, 1862 at 13 years 5 months of wounds received at the Battle of Antietam.
2. What interim cabinet post did General U.S. Grant hold after the war?
Grant served as temporary Secretary of War from August 12, 1867 to January 12, 1868.
3. How long was the Confederate prison Andersonville in existence?
It was open for 15 months, opening in late February 1864 and closing in early May 1865.
4. What two states maintained governments in exile in the Confederacy?
They were Kentucky and Missouri.
5. Which arm of Stonewall Jackson was amputated?
He lost his left arm.
SUMMER 2024 QUIZ
1. Near what town did about 16,000 Confederates keep about 20,000 Union troops at bay in October, 1862?
2. Who was Elizabeth Van Lew?
3. Who wrote the original order of General Robert E. Lee’s Farewell Address to his troops?
4. Who was the Confederate Secretary of the Navy?
5. Who was the Union Army’s “railroad genius”?