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New Brunswick Civil
War Round Table is Formed
Monthly
Meetings to Feature Prominent Civil War Historians
April
11, 2010 –
Southport, North Carolina (NC)
- A new venue to learn and discuss events surrounding the
Civil War is now available to those residing in the greater
Brunswick County area. The new Brunswick Civil War Round Table will
feature monthly presentations by renown Civil War historians
speaking on a variety of subjects and events associated with the
war. In addition to monthly meetings, discussion groups and
occasional field trips are planned.
The BCWRT’s first meeting will be
held on Tuesday, May 4th at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 209
E. Nash St. in Southport, across from the Southport Post Office. The
featured guest speaker will be Col. Black Jack Travis, author,
historian and professional Civil War re-enactor. He will be speaking
on the guns of Gettysburg, which is the subject of his third soon to
be published book titled “THE GUNS OF GETTYSBURG, LEGENDS OF
ARTILLARY.”
Then on Tuesday, June 1st, also
at the Trinity United Methodist Church, Chris E. Fonvielle, Jr., PhD
will be the guest speaker. Chris is a native Wilmingtonian and an
accomplished author, historian, and teaches history at UNCW. His
presentation will be on the “Confederacy command structure in the
Wilmington Campaign.”
Registration for the May 4th
meeting will begin at 6:30pm. Col. Travis’s featured presentation
and a question/answer period will take place from 7 to 9pm. The
public is invited to attend. The BCWRT will be offering attendees
the chance to become members at that time, although it is not
required. Annual dues are $25 for individuals and families, $10 for
students. No meetings are planned during July and August.
The BCWRT was formed when several
Civil War enthusiasts formed a planning committee, and sought the
advice of Larry Maisel, historian and current president of the
Southport Historical Society; Mary Strickland from the
North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport, Dr. Max Williams,
Professor Emeritus of History, Western Carolina University; and, Jim
McKee from the
Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson State Historic Site.
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