The Baton Rouge Civil War Round Table 

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January Newsletter

Now is the time for all good members to come to the aid of their roundtable.
This year we will put into place processes to add and maintain membership which will benefit all. We can use help starting and maintaining this process. You can do as much as you want, every little bit helps. If you a want more info contact Peter Harrington for the membership work group or John Potts 225 937-2782 for marketing/promoting. 
A big thanks to Charles Nielson for helping organize and simplify the marketing process.

Meeting January 18, 2018

Lawrence Lee Hewitt
"Civil War Myths and Mythmakers" 

​Most of the “myths” Professor Hewitt will discuss in his presentation concern high ranking Confederate generals, but technology, medicine, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Joshua Chamberlain, and one private figure prominently as well. Much of his talk will deal with the Confederate high command, from the Army of Northern Virginia to the Trans-Mississippi Department. Though the campaigns of Gettysburg, Appomattox, and the Seven Days’ Battles are among the topics, he will focus more on what happened after the fighting had ended at each of them. Confederate generals given special attention are Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, Nathan Bedford Forrest, John Brown Gordon, John Magruder, Theophilus H. Holmes, Benjamin Huger, and especially Braxton Bragg. 

Lawrence Lee Hewitt, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. He was the manager of the Port Hudson and Camp Moore Historic Sites in Louisiana and taught at Southeastern Louisiana University. He was a tenured full professor and was the 1991 recipient of SLU’s President’s Award for Excellence in Research, the Charles L. Dufour Award, the Dr. Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr. Award, and the Nevins-Freeman Award, he is a past president of the Baton Rouge Civil War Round Table. His publications include Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi, The Confederate High Command, Leadership During the Civil War, Louisianans in the Civil War, Kentuckians in Gray, four volumes of Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Lee and His Generals: Essays in Honor of T. Harry Williams, two volumes of Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi, and, To Succeed or Perish: The Diaries of Sergeant Edmund Trent Eggleston, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment, CSA , which won the 2016 General Basil W. Duke Literary Award. A third volume of Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi will be out in 2018. He is currently writing a history of the Port Hudson Civil War photographs and biographies of Richard Heron Anderson and David Glasgow Farragut and researching a history of the 14th Louisiana Infantry and the siege of Port Hudson.

Place: Drusilla Seafood, 3482 Drusilla Lane  http://drusillaplace.com/
Meeting Time:  The doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting begins at 7:00 pm ending 8:30 to 9:00pm.
Meeting Cost:   $30.00 includes tax, tip, food and fun. Purchase of a meal is optional.
Reservations: Please make reservation(s) to attend this meeting by Tuesday January 16. 
Contact: John Potts (225-937-2782, ([email protected]) or Jess Searles 225-926-0096, ([email protected])
Late Reservations: are welcomed and appreciated.  Drusilla needs to know how many tables to set up.
Book Raffle: There will be a selection of books or items. $1 per ticket or 6 tickets for $5.
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Maria "Belle" Boyd
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Starvation, Rags, Dirt, and Vermin In The Civil War Army
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Other LA Civil War Related Activities 

Lee-Jackson Banquet on January 20, 2018 at Bergeron’s Cajun Meats Restaurant on LA 415 in Port Allen.
Speaker: Lawrence Lee Hewitt - Lee's Finest Hour"
Cost is $30, RSVP (with food choice) required. 
For more info contact: Randy Jarreau, 225-933-4694
[email protected]
www.scvcamp133.webs.com

Jan 15 (Mon) Vicksburg National Park - Larry Hewitt Talk
 
Jan 16 (Tue) CENLA CWRT Meeting – Speaker: Larry Hewitt 
Contact: Richard Holloway [email protected]

New Orleans Meeting
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      We are a Non Profit 501C3 Organization and can give tax receipts for donations. As far as what you can deduct on your taxes, check with your tax preparer.  
We can use donations of civil war books and items in good shape and items for the raffle. We will accept any items that can be put up for auctioned for donation.

Disclaimer: All articles posted do not reflex any position held by the BRCWRT. Articles are meant to be educational or entertaining. The opinions of the authors are not necessarily the opinion of the roundtable.
We support no opinion or position. The BRCWRT presents both sides in a random fashion.