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Adjutant's Notes

The October meeting went along very nicely. Several of our regulars were
missing, but attendance still was high with 17members and 7 guests present. The
camp treasury was reported to be $2,107.60 with no outstanding obligations.
We welcome the 3 new members sworn into our ranks at the meeting. Ben
Bowman, Buzz Jones and Brian Thomas all are now members of the camp.
Another man submitted his application at the meeting & we hope to be able to
induct him into membership at the December meeting.

Respectfully submitted,
Mike Thomas
Adjutant / Treasurer

Next Meeting
Our next meeting is scheduled for November 3rd , 2010 dinner at 6 P.M. and to follow
with business and speaker at 7 P.M. at the Dolce Vita Italian Restaurant, 2401 Colony
Crossing Place Midlothian, VA 23112

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November Speaker
Our November speaker will be Mr. Doug Pruiett. Providing us with a presentation
on From Virginia to Kentucky in the CSA, The following is preview of his great
presentation.

From Virginia to Kentucky: Kentucky in the CSA

Virginia, “the mother of states and statesmen,” beginning with the
Virginia Charter of 1609 encompassed and area that in time would give
birth to more than a dozen states. Kentucky was one of the last states to
be carved out of Virginia in 1792.

After the completion of the “Wilderness Road” by Daniel Boone, and

following the Revolutionary War, more than 200,000 pioneers made

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their way from Virginia and the Carolinas, many of them settling in
Kentucky. Virginia had paid its Revolutionary War veterans in “bounty
land” in Kentucky. So by 1800 virtually every county in Virginia had
veterans and their families living in Kentucky.

It was not surprising to find that many Kentuckians, whose

grandparents were Virginia born and raised, found themselves aligned
with the South in the War between the States. Kentucky raised 78
regiments for the Southern cause, 56 of which were Cavalry units.
Kentuckians were natural horsemen and felt that cavalry befitted their
breeding and pride. Chief among the Kentucky cavalrymen was
General John Hunt Morgan. Morgan’s cavalry division made Morgan and
his Kentucky kinsmen famous and feared. The longest raid of the war
took Morgan’s men through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, where he and
all but three hundred of his troopers were captured.

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Upcoming Events
November 2010
3-6 Tour, “Wounded, Weakened and Dangerous: The Army of
Northern Virginia in the Fall of 1863,” includes visits to
Rappahannock Station and Mine Run. Based in Culpeper.
www.blueandgrayeducation.org.

4 Dinner/lecture, "The Election of 1860," with Harold Holzer at

the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg. 6 pm.
$50/person includes dinner. Reservations: 717-260-1861
extension 1108.

5 Living history, "Our Perilous Condition:

Winchester/Frederick County's Road to Secession," at the Old
Court House Civil War Museum in Winchester. Pro- and anti-
secession groups will parade to the Old Court House (204
Loudoun St.) and deliver speeches followed by balloting.
Parades begin 6:30 pm. Free. 540-542-1145 or
www.civilwarmuseum.org.

5-6 Public document scanning, free scanning by Library of

Virginia personel of Civil War documents, diaries,
photographs and letters at the Hall of Valor Museum, New
Market State Historical Park. 9 am–4 pm Friday and 9 am–
noon Saturday. Free. More info: www. shenandoahatwar.org.

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6 “Virginia Remembers: Commemoration of the Civil War

from Centennial to the Sesquicentennial,” with presentations
from both eras, period music and refreshments at the Hall of
Valor Museum, New Market State Historical Park. 1–5 pm.
Free. www.vmi.edu/newmarket.

6 Luminary, "A Ceremony on Hallowed Ground," 500 candles

on the Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park near
Ameilia. Tours at 6 and 7 pm. Free. 804-561-7510.

6 Living history tour, “Cavaliers, Courage and Coffee,” in

Atoka. Lantern tours and tales of Mosby’s Confederacy.
Tours begin at the Rector House, 1461 Atoka Road (just off
Route 50 on Route 713) 7:30 pm. $5.
www.mosbyheritagearea.org or 540-687-6681.

6-7 Reenactment at Locust Grove Farm near Walkerton. Camps,

demonstrations and battles at 1:45 pm Saturday and 2 pm
Sunday. 10 am-5 pm. $5/one-day pass. Details, directions:
www.peninsulaartillery.com or 804-744-6224.

13 "Basement to Attic Tours of Liberia Plantation" in Manassas.

See the former Confederate and Union headquarters from top
to bottom. 10 am and 1 pm. $15. Reservations, details: 703-
368-1873.

13 Luminary, memorial candlelight program at Poplar Grove

National Cemetery near Petersburg. 5-9 pm. Free.
www.nps.gov/pete or 804-732-3531.

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14 Walking tour, ”Freedman’s Farm Tour and Confederate

Winter Camp Site,” at Montpelier, home of James Madison,
near Orange. 2 pm. Site admission applies. 540-672-2728 or
www.montpelier.org.

17 Book talk, "Normans and Saxons: Southern Race Mythology

and the Intellectual History of the American Civil War," at
Hanover Tavern in Hanover Courthouse. 7 pm. Free.
www.hanovertavern.org or 804-537-5050.

20 Lecture, “The War Years in Farifax, 1861–62, Part II,” at

Historic Blenheim, 3610 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax. 2 pm.
Free. 703-591-0560.

20 Living history, "Reminiscences of Petersburg: A Women's

Perspective," at the Centre Hill Museum in Petersburg. 3:30
pm. Free with admission. Details: 804-733-2401.

20 Walking tour of Fort Huger, a James River Confederate

fortification near Smithfield (15080 Talcott Terrace,
Smithfield). 10 am. Free. 757-357-0115.

29 Lecture, “The Religious Life of Robert E. Lee,” at the R.E.

Lee Memorial Church, 123 Washington St, Lexington. 7:30
pm. Free. 540-464-1058.