October, 2015
Our Next Meeting – Thursday, October 22, 2015
edition 21, No. 2
“This is McClellan’s bodyguard” Lincoln surveys the Army of the Potomac after Antietam, October, 1862
THE OLDE COLONY CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE
THE CAMPAIGN!
Reporting the latest Occurrences from Both the Front and the Rear.
http://www.occwrt.org
Our Next Meeting:
OFFICERS
President
Joe Dipoli
Vice President
Dana Zaiser
Secretary
Gail Dugan
Treasurer
Don Fitzgerald
Campaign Editor
October 22, 2015
Annual Jubilee Dinner and Preservation
Raffle
Thursday, October 22, 2015, Tickets $40.00
each
Lombardo’s in Randolph
Paul Griffel
Past President
Rich Campagna
Social at 6:00pm; opening presentations at
7:00pm; dinner at 7:30pm
Exhibits of Civil War artifacts
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
(Officers are also members)
President Emeritus Joe Scalia
Bob Hearsey
Martha Horsefield
Barbara Magruder
Dana Zaiser
Dave Sheldon
The Fredericksburg
Campaign: Winter War on
the Rappahannock Frank
O’Reilly
Programs: Jack Kavanagh
Membership: Paula Cunningham
Jubilee: Bob Hearsey, Gail Dugan
Web Master and Preservation: Dana Zaiser
Revere Award: Martha Horsefield
Refreshment Barbara Magruder
THE CAMPAIGN!
A publication of the
Olde Colony Civil War Round Table
Headquarters: Dedham, Massachusetts
Editor Emeritus – David Kenney
Current Editor
gengibbon@comcast.net
OCCWRT Monthly Meetings (except June/July/August and
the October Jubilee Dinner)) are regularly held the 3rd
Thursday each month, 7:30 PM (except December—2nd
Thursday) at the Endicott Estate, Dedham.
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Frank O'Reilly is an historian at the Fredericksburg
and Spotsylvania National Military Park. He received
his BA and MA from Washington and Lee University
and is a frequent contributor to national and
international history journals. He has written several
books on Fredericksburg including the Award
winning The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War
on the Rappahannock. Frank is in the final stages of
researching and writing his new book on the Battle of
Malvern Hill and the Seven Days Campaign around
Richmond.
staggering, unequal casualties (13,000 Federal
soldiers compared to 4,500 Confederates); ruined the
career of Ambrose E. Burnside; embarrassed
Abraham Lincoln; and distinguished Robert E. Lee as
one of the greatest military strategists of his era.
Francis Augustín O'Reilly draws upon his intimate
knowledge of the battlegrounds to discuss the
unprecedented nature of Fredericksburg's warfare.
Lauded for its vivid description, trenchant analysis,
and meticulous research, his award-winning book
makes for compulsive reading.
Tickets are $40 each and can be obtained before Oct.
14, 2015 by sending a check payable to OCCWRT
and addressed to Bob Hearsey, 311 Sherman St.,
Canton, MA 02021. He can be reached at 781-8283183.
Oreilly lecturing at Fredericksburg
Here is a sample of some of the prizes to be won at
the Preservation Raffle at the Jubilee:
DVD’s
The American Civil War: Brother Against
Brother
Looking for Lincoln (PBS)
Robert E. Lee (PBS)
Books
1861:The Civil War Awakening by Adam
Goodheart (HC, pub. at $29)
A.Lincoln:Great Amer. Historians on Our 16th
Pres. ed. (HC, pub. at $28)
American CW, An English View,(Viscount
Wolseley) ed.(HC, pub. at $27)
Brady’s CW Journal by Theodore Savas (HC,
pub. at $30) 2 COPIES
The
battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862
involved hundreds of thousands of men; produced
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Brave Men in Desperate Times by John McKay
(Soft Cover, pub. at $13)
Brothers ’til Death: CW Letters of Wm., Tom, and
Maggie Jones, ed (HC)
The Campaigns for Vicksburg by Kevin
Dougherty (HC, pub. at $33)
The Civil War by Ken Burns (HC, pub. at $50)
The Civil War: 1st Year, Told by Those Who
Lived It , ed. (HC, pub at $38)
CW Battlefields, Then & Now by James Campi,
Jr (HC) 2 COPIES
The CW Veteran, A Historical Reader,ed (Soft
Cover)
Curiosities of the CW by Webb Garrison (HC,
pub. at $20)
Deliver Us From Evil: The Slavery Question…by
Lacy Ford (HC, pub. at $35)
General Gordon Granger by Robert Connor (HC,
pub. at $33)
Ghost, Thunderbolt, and Wizard (Mosby,
Morgan, & Forrest) by Col. Robert Black (Soft
Cover, pub at $20)
The Greatest Brigade (Irish Brigade) by Thomas
Craughwell (Soft Cover, pub. at $20)
Life in the Confederate Army by William Watson
(Soft Cover, pub. at $20)
The Life of Billy Yank by Bell Irvin Wiley (HC,
pub. at $30)
Lincoln’s American Dream, ed.(Soft Cover, pub.
at $30)
Lincoln and McClellan at War by Chester G.
Hearn (HC)
Lincoln, A Pres. for the Ages, ed. (Soft Cover,
pub. at $15) 2 COPIES
The Lincoln Assassination
Conspirators:Letterbook of John Hartranft ed. by
Edward Steers Jr. and Harold Holzer (HC)
Lincoln, the Cabinet, and the Generals by
Chester G. Hearn (HC)
Looking for Lincoln by Kunhardt (Philip, Peter, &
Peter,Jr) (HC, pub.at $50) 2 COPIES
Pinkerton’s War by Jay Bonansinga (HC, pub. at
$25)
Meade’s Army: Col. Theodore Lyman’s
Notebooks, ed.(HC)
Quest for a Star:CW Letters/Diary of Col. Francis
T. Sherman,88th Ill. ed (HC)
River Run Red (Fort Pillow), by Andrew Ward
(HC, pub at $30)
A War of the People: VT CW Letters, ed. (Soft
Cover)
Well Satisfied with My Position; CW Journal of
Spencer Bonsall, ed (HC.pub. at $28)
A Yankee Private’s Civil War:Robert Hale Strong,
ed. (Soft Cover, pub. at $13)
Poster Gettysburg 135th Anniversary memorial
poster Presentation Sword Regimental
Quartermaster Red Sox Baseball signed by Clay
Buchholts
THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE
PRESIDENT
Dear friends, this is the special month that we
celebrate our organization with the jubilee banquet.
I hope that we will see you all there in attendance and
enjoy yet another great program.
This new program year has already started with a
bang with Barbara Berenson and will continue to
make a trip to Dedham a great experience. Please
contact our programming chair Jack to inquire about
getting on the schedule with a Mini Bit or full length
presentation.
I have been working with my friends in Newburyport
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CAFÉ BAGEL, DEDHAM, MA, 2 DOZEN BAGELS &
CREAM CHEESE
CAMPAGNA, JOAN, NECKLACE AND EARRINGS
CIVIL WAR NEWS, TUNBRIDGE, VT, 1 YEAR
SUBSCRIPTION AND BACK ISSUES
CUNNINGHAM, PAULA, 2 BOOKS
DEDHAM COMMUNITY THEATRE, DEDHAM, MA,
$25.00 GIFT CARD
DEDHAM SAVINGS, DEDHAM, MA, $50.00 AMERICAN
EXPRESS GIFT CARD
DIPOLI, JOE, 4 DISPLAYS, CIVIL WAR RELICS
DUGAN, GAIL, MINUTEMAN STATUE
FULTON, PAT, CIVIL WAR STAMPS AND VINTAGE
CIRCUS POSTER STAMPS
GRIFFEL, PAUL, GETTYSBURG POSTER, BOOK
HEARSEY, DOREEN, 2 TICKETS, CHORUS
PERFORMANCE
HEARSEY, ROBERT, 33 BOOKS, 1 DVD
HOLIDAY INN DEDHAM, DEDHAM, MA, HOTEL ROOM
FOR JIM HESSLER
ISABELLA RESTAURANT, DEDHAM, MA, $25.00 GIFT
CARD
KAVANAGH, JACK, 5 BOOKS
KINGS BOWLING, DEDHAM, MA, BOWLING PASSES
MOSBY HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION,
MIDDLEBURG, VA, BALL CAP
PARADISE CAFÉ, DEDHAM, MA, 50% DISCOUNT
RED SOX BASEBALL AUTOGRAPHED BY DAVID ROSS
REGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTER, GETTYSBURG, PA,
SWORD
ROCHE BROTHERS, WESTWOOD, $50.00 GIFT CARD
RON’S ICE CREAM, DEDHAM, MA, $15.00
SARRA, HELEN $30.00 GIFT CARD FOR CHATEAU
RESTAURANT, NORWOOD, MA
SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS
FOUNDATION, NEW MARKET, VA, MUG
STAR MARKET, DEDHAM, MA $25.00 GIFT CARD
TAUNTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, TAUNTON, MA,
MEMBERSHIP 1 YEAR
THOMAS PUBLICATIONS, GETTYSBURG, PA, 4 BOOKS
VALORI TRELOAR, MD, NEWTON, MA,
DERMATOLOGY SAMPLES, 3 BAGS
USS JACOB JONES VFW POST 2017, DEDHAM, MA, 2
DINNERS AND $20.00 DONATION
ZAISER, DANA, CIVIL WAR TOKEN
50’S RESTAURANT, DEDHAM, MA, $25.00 GIFT CARD
to acquire books for the jubilee raffle and some other
goodies you will enjoy as well.
I am speaking at the Greater New Bedford chapter in
October on the subject of Jefferson Davis.
Davis was a man of great character who was the
“Other American President” and followed a cause
which history has proven tragic and unfortunate. He
and many other great men on either side contributed
blood and courage to help America find its way to a
new nation which was greater than the sum of its
parts.
My thanks and appreciate to the hard working folks
who bring you one great Jubilee year after year.
Joe Dipoli
DUES ARE DUE! Please submit!
OCCWRT 2015-2016
MEMBERSHIP DUES
Date:_____________2015
Name ____________________________________
Address___________________________________
City______________________State___Zip______
Enclosed is my check for :
‫۝‬Individual Membership $ 20
‫۝‬Family Membership
$ 25
‫ ۝‬Annual Membership plus added
Donation to Preservation Fund $_____
MAILTO: Paula Cunningham,
62 Ridgewood St., Taunton, MA 02780
Friends of Olde Colony Civil War Round Table
Generous donations were provided by the following businesses
and individuals, and resulted in one of the most successful
raffles. Wherever possible, please consider using the services of
those businesses that supported the raffle:
ALEXANDER, TED, SOUTHERN REVENGE,
AUTOGRAPHED COPY
AMERICAN DIGGER MAGAZINE, ACWORTH, GA,
SAMPLE & 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION
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3rd Monday of each month, 1:00 p.m. Yarmouth
Senior Center
Fred Wexler, President, or John Myers, Programming
at (580) 896-6421
Civil War History:
The incredible opportunities to learn and share our
heritage:
The Civil War Round Table of Greater Boston
Meetings: 7:30 pm on the 4th Friday of each month,
Sept. to June
President David L. Smith
781-647-3332
www.cwrtgb.com
The Civil War Roundtable
of the Merrimack
P.O. Box 421
West Newbury, MA 01985
54th Mass Glory Brigade Foundation
Ben Goff, Corr. Secy
P.O. Box 260342 Mattapan 02126
(617) 254-7005 goffbf@juno.com
President Emmett Bell-Sykes
sykeswisdom@verizon.net
617-333-9970
54thmass@verizon.net
The Civil War Round Table
of North Worcester County
Meetings: 7:00 pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each
month, Sept. to June, at the
Leominster Historical Society
17 School Street
Leominster, MA 01453
For information contact:
President, Ruth Frizzell
nwccwrt@comcast.net or www.nwrccwrt.org
978-365-7628
The Greater New Bedford
Civil War Roundtable
Joe Langlois, Pres.
info@newbedfordcwrt.org
Fourth Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.
1000 S. Rodney French Blvd. New Bedford
The Civil War Round Table of
Central Massachusetts/Worcester
Meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the
4th Wednesday of each month
September to June
at the Holden Senior Center
Main Street
Holden, MA
For information contact:
President Mark Savolis
860-923-2777
(thanks to Nadine Mironchuk, Northshore CWRT)
Rhode Island Civil War Round Table
third Wednesday of the month at the William Hall
Library,1825 Broad Street, Cranston, R.I.; social hour
at 5:30, meeting and speaker at 6:00.
Chairman is Mark Dunkelman
(NYVI154th@aol.com)
Secretary is Len Levin (lenlevin5@hotmail.com)
Civil War Roundtable of Cape Cod
P.O. Box 1431 20 Main St.
The Riverview School on Rte 6A
Civil War Round Table of East Bridgewater
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cent of the local population. Thus the radical opposition
party formed, supported by radical abolitionists, nominated
Fremont and Senator Colchrane as the president and VP
candidates. In fact, the Republicans went so far as to
change the name of the party for the election, and
campaigned as the National Union Party. Lincoln and the
Republicans removed VP Hamlin from the ticket, and
nominated Tennessee Democrat Andrew Johnson as VP,
largely for political reasons. Lincoln supporters actively
campaigned by telling voters it was best “not to change
Dale Julius, president
508 378-2706
Dalejulius91@gmail.com
ANNOUCEMENTS
Olde Colony Civil War Round Table can now be
found on the Web!
horses in midstream” not to elect a new president in the
midst of a (Civil) war. But the Democrats were equally
divided. The nominee was General McClellan. His
support for the party platform, which called for peace with
the Confederacy, was questionable at best.
Setbacks on the battlefield occurred; particularly
humiliating was Early raid on Washington. Lincoln
famously had Cabinet members endorse a memorandum
noting his defeat in the coming election. At this dark
moment, the tide turned on the battlefield. Sherman
captured Atlanta, Farragut damned torpedoes in Mobile
Bay, and Sheridan wreaked havoc in the Shenandoah
Valley. Fremont withdrew his candidacy, in order that he
not pull votes away from Lincoln reelection. With his re
election in hand, Lincoln endorsed the 13 th amendment,
and the institution of slavery was forever banned in the
United
States
Most compelling of presentation by Barbara Berensen was
not a review of the events, but the interpretation of the
legal aspects of the election. Most telling was a question
from new member Louis Ostrovsky,after which Ms.
Berensen described the limitations and legalities of the
13th amendment.
Minibit by Joe Dipoli
General Darius Couch
Joe described the history of this general who fought
prominently at the battle of Chancellorsville. He is buried
at the Mayflower Cemetery in Taunton.
Our Previous meeting
Barbara Berensen
The Election of 1864
The importance of the election was the outcome of the 13th
amendment. The issues deciding the election were the reelection of Lincoln, abolishment of slavery, and the defeat
of the Confederacy. There was opposition to Lincoln’s
reforms, who would allow Confederate states to resume
their status in the United States if supported by only 10 per
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April 21, 2016
Dale Julius
Olde Colony Civil War Round Table
2015-2016
Such appreciation to the effort of Jack Kavanagh
Program chair!
“A Civil War Round Table event”
May 19, 2015
“Alexander Stephens”
Most meetings begin at 7 pm with announcements from
the President, followed by a presentation:
The Civil War in 4, a video program from the Civil War
Preservation Trust, organized by Dana Zaiser:
Brian Sims: “Russia in the Civil War”
October 17, 2015
Jubilee
Frank O’Rielly
“The Fredericksburg Campaign”
November 19, 2015
Susan Kuecker minibit
15th Iowa at Shiloh
Mark Dunkelman, renowned author
“Patrick Henry Jones: Civil War general and gilded age
politician”
December 17, 2015
Brian Murphy, OCCWRT
“A Civil War Christmas”
A yearly OCCWRT event, not to be missed!
January 21, 2016
Rich Campagna, OCCWRT, minibit
“Petersburg”
Megan Kate Wilson
“A Man among ruins, Charles Fessenden and Civil War
Deconstruction”
February 18, 2016
Ralph Stenelli, OCCWRT, minibit
“Battlefield Flags”
Susan Kueker
“Grierson’s 1863 Mississippi Raid”
March 17, 2915
Paul Griffel, OCCWRT
“Civil War Trivia”
Mark Melllo
“The Devil’s Den”
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