Welcome to the Civil War Roundtable of Gettysburg. "The most important Roundtable,
in the most important small town,
at the most important battlefield,
in the most important country in the world."
—Joe Mieczkowski, past president
      
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April 25, 2019
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
THE 11TH CORPS AT GETTYSBURG
James S. Pula
It is very difficult to find historians who have written anything positive about the Eleventh Corps. Blamed for the Union disaster at Chancellorsville, branded as cowards who ran from the field at the first fire, generations of historians have competed to find just the right words of condemnation when describing the corps. Gettysburg was no different. Writers as prominent as Edwin Coddington, the “dean” of Gettysburg scholars, have portrayed the efforts of the Eleventh Corps as once again lacking. Reflecting on this negative image in the postwar years, Sgt. James H. Peabody of the 61st Ohio wrote that “The burning shame of that stigma has followed us nearly twenty-eight years, and will follow us on to the grave, and still on to the end of time.” In this illustrated presentation, James S. Pula, author of Under the Crescent Moon, a two-volume history of the Eleventh Corps, will offer evidence that the corps contributed much more to the Union victory in July 1863 than is generally recognized.
JAMES S. PULA is a professor of history at Purdue University Northwest and editor of Gettysburg Magazine. His books include For Liberty and Justice: A Biography of Brigadier General Wlodzimierz B. Krzyzanowski; The Sigel Regiment: A History of the 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; the two volume Under the Crescent Moon With the XI Corps in the Civil War; Thaddeus Kosciuszko: The Purest Son of Liberty; Polish Americans: An Ethnic Community, and The Polish American Encyclopedia. He was three times awarded the Oskar Halecki Prize for outstanding books as well as the Gambrinus Prize in History from the Milwaukee County Historical Society, Honorary Membership in the Iron Brigade Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
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Lynn Heller .............................................President Kendra Debaney.....................................Vice President Eleanor Cingire Bilz...........................Recording Secretary Linda Seamon...............................Membership Secretary David Diner...................................................Treasurer Roger Heller .......................................Program Director Linda Joswick .............................................Webmaster Dave Joswick......................................Newsletter Editor |
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Fred Hawthorne, Roger Heller, Hilda Koontz, Dale Molina, Bill Myers, Larry Plymire |
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Hello, Friends!
I can hardly believe this will be my last letter as your President! It’s been an honor to have been in this role for the past four years. You are a wonderful membership, and your smiling faces and enthusiasm at each meeting are what makes our roundtable so special. You are engaged with one another, and the lively camaraderie is a joy to behold!. I have seen you introduce yourselves to guests or new members, which makes such a difference to someone who may not know anyone in the room.
Thanks to those of you who have volunteered to present a short “Show and Tell”, which always adds interesting information to our programs. I hope you will contact Al Ferranto at 2wisvol@gmail.com if you would like to do a presentation.
I have always appreciated your willingness to help in what may seem like small things—closing the screen, turning off and on the lights, unfolding chairs—but all contribute to the overall flow of our meetings. I would especially like to thank Richard Mancini, who is always there early to help set up the AV equipment, and to set up my complicated (to me) microphone system, and somehow is able to figure out the 3 miles of electrical cords!
Your participation in the book raffle and your generous free will donations at each meeting enable us to contribute to worthy Civil War projects and organizations. Our most recent donation was $500 to HGAC, owners of the GAR Hall. Our money will be used to rehabilitate the front door, which has fallen into disrepair. Thank you all!
I heartily thank the Board of Directors and the Committee Chairs and members and the Support Staff, for their ever-present willingness to do what has to be done, their vital input and ideas, and often going ‘above and beyond’ in their dedication. Each one, past and present, has brought value and quality to our roundtable.
I know you will welcome your new President with all the kindness and support you have given me. You folks ROCK!
Best always,
- Lynn |
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