Month: November 2017

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Southern MD Civil War Round Table Spring Field Trip

Southern Maryland Civil War Round Table

 Monocacy Battlefield Tour

Saturday, April 14, 2018

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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The Tour:  Join us for our annual Spring Tour of the Southern Maryland Civil War Round Table.  This tour will begin in La Plata (CSM Campus), where participants will board a chartered bus for The Monocacy Battlefield.

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The Battle of Monocacy (also known as Monocacy Junction) was fought on July 9, 1864, approximately 6 miles from Frederick, Maryland, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace. The battle was part of Early’s raid through the Shenandoah Valley and into Maryland in an attempt to divert Union forces away from Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s army under siege at Petersburg, Virginia.  The battle was the northernmost Confederate victory of the war. While the Union troops retreated to Baltimore, Maryland, the Confederates continued toward Washington, D.C., but the battle at Monocacy delayed Early’s march for a day, allowing time for Union reinforcements to arrive in the Union capital. The Confederates launched an attack on Washington on July, 12 at the Battle of Fort Stevens, but were unsuccessful and retreated to Virginia.

The Guide: The tour guide is Marc Leepson, author of the book, “Desperate Engagement”. He will also speak to the round table on Tuesday, April 10th.  Contact is Ben Sunderland @ 4439759142 or bsunderland@somdcwrt.org.

Cost: The cost of the trip (bus and lunch) is $55 for members and $65 for nonmembers.  Save money through early bird registration (March 13, 2018) $50 for members and $60 for nonmembers. 

 

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December 2017 Southern MD Civil War Round Table Meeting

December 12, 2017

The Southern Maryland Civil War Round Table is pleased to announce that its next meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 7:00pm at the College of Southern Maryland’s Center for Business and Industry, Chaney Enterprises Conference Center, Room BI-113, at 8730 Mitchell Road in La Plata, MD.

Guest Speaker:  Rick Richter

We adopt a local flair this evening as Mr. Rick Richter joins us to share his work, research and knowledge on the 4th Maryland Artillery.  He will present to us this unit’s ties and connections to the Southern Maryland area, as well as some of the campaign’s that they participated in.  His book, “Three Cheers for the Chesapeake: History of the 4th Maryland Artillery” represents the culmination of 25 years of researching the unit.  Rick has lectured on the Chesapeake Artillery before both battlefield preservation and living history groups, and appeared as the consulting historian on an episode on Benner’s Hill at Gettysburg for The Travel Channel’s “Mysteries at the National Parks” series.  He was also an exhibitor in the B&O Railroad Museum’s “The War Came by Train” exhibit.

Rick Richter was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in nearby Silver Spring, MD.  He received both his BA and MA degrees from the University of Notre Dame.  Rick has been an avid Civil War collector and researcher ever since his father gave him a bullet from Gettysburg when he was six years old.  He has since had items from his collection displayed at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore as well as special events at the Daniel Lady Farm in Gettysburg.

After a career as an executive in sales and marketing in the Consumer Goods industry, Rick is now a partner in a large executive recruiting firm.  He has six grown children and lives in Toronto.  His interest and research into Maryland Civil War units continues.

Attendance is free for all, but membership is recommended.  For information, contact the Round Table’s president, Brad Gottfried, at bradgottfried@yahoo.com or 862-268-5576.