2010 SCWRT Upcoming Meetings:
 

   Sept 8 - Tom Lubas - Kansan/Missouri Border Wars

Many historians believe that the Kansas Missouri Border Wars were the precursor to the American Civil War. The talk demonstrates how political math played an important role in provoking what was called at the time "bleeding Kansas". Centered on this theme were famous and infamous participants who will be featured.

   Oct 13 - Ray Cosyn - Lincoln's Funeral Train

April of 1865 was a seminal month for the nation. The Civil War had ended and the leader of the victorious Union forces laid dead, the victim of an assassin’s bullet. Abraham Lincoln, who in 1864 barely won a second term, would over a few days become transformed from a man to a myth.

 

Ray Cosyn, a noted railroad and Civil War historian will join us on October 13^th to give us insight into the trip of the Lincoln Funeral Train and the reaction of the citizenry that made Lincoln a legend.

 

Ray is on the board of directors of the Saratoga History Museum and holds a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Masters Degree in American History from San Jose State University.

   Nov 10 - Ron Vaughn - Battle of Plea Ridge

The CW west of the Mississippi is largely ignored in many histories.  The battle of Pea Ridge is sometimes referred to as the "Gettysburg of the West".  It is interesting, not only as the largest battle of the Western theater, but it had many different features from Eastern battles, such as Native Americans, troops armed with shotguns, an numerically inferior Union army, different tactics, and others.

 

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Aug 21st, 2010 – Fort Point National Historic Site presents "Civil War Living History Day" in San Francisco. 

Come see Civil War soldiers and experience history first hand!  Demonstrations include musicians, infantry and artillery drill, medicine in the 1800s, Victorian dancing, and the daily life of women and children of the era.  Fort Point is a National Historic site located in the Presidio under the southern anchorage of the Golden Gate Bridge.  Additional parking is available at the Crissy Field lot near the Warming Hut and on the hill overlooking the Fort.  For more information, contact the Fort Point Rangers at (415) 556-1693, www.20thmaine.net, or mikemusante@hotmail.com.  FREE admission.  Hours are Sat 8/21 from 10-5.

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