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.