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Bill Welsch, President               Gary Cowardin, Editor    
10708 Rocket Dr.                     1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Glen Allen, VA 23060                 Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
wmwelsch@comcast.net                 cowardin@juno.com        
"The Tribulations of Captain Oscar Hinrichs"
by
Rick Williams
7:30pm, Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at the 
First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA.,
4602 Cary Street Road, 23226. A parking lot is available behind
the church with an entrance off the parking lot to the right
and up a few steps into the DINING HALL on the left.


Prussian-born artist and  cartographer  Oscar  Hinrichs  was  an  active
member  of  Stonewall  Jackson's staff and collaborated on maps with Jed
Hotchkiss who mentioned him sixteen times in his own journals.  Hinrichs
served  under  other  prominent  senior commanders such as Joe Johnston,
Dick Anderson, and  Jubal  Early-as  well  as  a  number  of  well-known
generals in the Second Corps.                                           

Rick Williams is an independent historian based in Chapel Hill, NC.   He
is  also  the  author  of Chicago's Battery Boys: The Chicago Mercantile
Battery in the Civil War's Western Theater, which Ed Bearss  helped  him
to  research  and write.  Both Stonewall's Prussian Mapmaker (UNC Press)
and Chicago's Battery Boys (Savas Beatie) are based  on  his  Civil  War
collection  of  first-hand  accounts.  An executive in the biotechnology
industry, and an expert on doing business  in  China,  he  currently  is
serving  as  Chief Commercial Officer at Emulate, a major new bioscience
spinout from Harvard University.                                        

Meeting Attendance for April: 80

NOTE: Please put on your NAME BADGE on when you arrive for the meeting.
(They will be on a table near the back or side of the room.)
Message from Our President
Please let me start with a bit more business.  Thanks to David Whitehead
and  Troy  Arnold,  it appears that the annual dinner at the Willow Oaks
Country Club is still possible, albeit with a small price increase. It's
critical  to  our financial health that this wonderful holiday gathering
be  self  supporting.   Please  mark  your  calendar  for  November  10.
Executive  Committee  member  Dan  Balfour  has kindly agreed to chair a
small committee of members to review the  dues  question.   The  current
schedule is rather confusing and complex.  There is constantly a problem
with members not paying dues at all or finally paying very late  in  the
year.   Currently,  about  one-third  of  our  members are in the senior
category, paying less dues, or about $1.67 per  meeting.   As  more  and
more  members  move  into  this  category,  our revenue will continue to
decrease.  Again, we must plan for the future financial  health  of  the
Richmond  CWRT.   We'll be back to you with more details and  proposals.
Thank you to Art Wingo for coming forward to assist Treasurer Richard in
developing a new and simplified round table bookkeeping system.  It also
seems that we need new folks to handle our monthly book raffle  and  the
snacks.   If anyone is interested, please either contact me via email or
speak with me at the meeting.                                           

Thanks to our own Sam Craghead for  coming  forward  in  a  last  minute
rescue  with  his  excellent  Shenandoah  presentation.   The Library of
Virginia is an outstanding resource for any student of  the  Civil  War.
This link is a brief piece from their 'Out of the Box' series that deals
with the origin of the Official Records, especially the  atlas  portion.
Check the last paragraph for some interesting reference materials. Also,
be sure to explore Civil War Related  Posts  at  the  bottom.   As  they
suggest, officially mapping the Civil War turned out to be more art than
science.  Don't forget to sign up for our annual field trip on June  18,
when we'll ride around McClellan with Stuart and John Fox.              
                                                              Bill
Annual Field Trip: Stuart's Ride around the Union Army! 
Saturday, June 18th, 9:00-4:00, $35/person

ONLY 9 SEATS LEFT! Sign up Tuesday or mail it in NOW!
Historian John Fox, author of Stuart's Finest  Hour,  will  narrate  the
tour  using  Union,  Confederate  and civilian accounts as we follow the
route of Stuart and his Federal pursuers.  Stops will  be  made  at  key
points,  beginning  at  Hanover  Tavern  where  blue and gray cavalrymen
exchanged gunfire in the first encounter of the expedition.  We'll  then
continue  southeast  to Taliaferro's Mills, Haws Shop, Totopotomoy Creek
Bridge, Linney's Corner, and Old Church before crossing  into  New  Kent
County  where  we'll  pass Tunstalls Station and Baltimore Store.  We'll
head south to the famous  Chickahominy  River  crossing  site  at  Forge
Bridge,  then  cross  into Charles City County.  Then we'll head west on
the old James River Road (Rte.  5) where we'll pass  the  Rowland  house
before turning back to Richmond.                                        

We'll be meeting at the same parking lot we have used several  times  in
the past few years: North Park Shopping Center at Parham and Brook Roads
(8001 Brook Road).  Please plan on packing a lunch.  We'll  be  stopping
at New Kent Winery for a picnic lunch.  Water bottles will be provided. 

Don't miss this one, folks!  John Mosby, one  of  Stuart's  lead  scouts
observed,  "Richmond  is  in  fine  spirits...everybody  says  it is the
greatest feat of the war." Look for sign-up sheets at the March,  April,
and May meetings.  The price is $35/person.  Bring your  checks  to  the
April meeting, or mail them to:       (Make the checks out to RCWRT)    
Elaine Duckworth        
2508 Hanover Ave.       
Richmond, Virginia 23220

Any trip questions call Elaine at: (804)447-0252
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include the old address.)                                              

Civil War Trust
For the latest CWT news visit: www.civilwar.org
Upcoming Events/Links
May 14-15
Drewry's Bluff Anniversary Weekend
Saturday & Sunday:
Ranger Tours of the fort at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Living History demonstrations all day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Drewry's Bluff
7600 Fort Darling Road
Richmond, VA  23237
National Park Service Richmond
May 27-29, in Lexington
16th Biennial
Stonewall Jackson Symposium
www.stonewalljackson.org/symposium2016.html

Richmond Battlefields Association News & Events
www.saverichmondbattlefields.org/events.htm


Visit The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
www.tredegar.org

Pamplin Historical Park and
The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
www.pamplinpark.org
and their
Special Events Calendar

Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours
civilwarseminars.org

RCWRT Monthly Speakers for 2016