March ... a time when the first signs of spring appear and, like every other month, a myriad of events and special days, ranging from the zany (National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day) to the patriotic (National Anthem Day) are observed. To either inform you or jog your memory, inside you’ll find the most significant Civil War-related events that took place during March.
Our spring field trip will take interested members and their guests to Richmond, Va. If you missed our January meeting, you can find preliminary details in the March Newsletter on page 5. We’ll be sharing updated details at our March 4 meeting. (And we’ll also email revised (flyers) presented at the March meeting to all members of record.) The deadline to sign up for this trip is March 25, 2025. Sign-up contact information is included in the preliminary itinerary (in the March Newsletter on page 5).
Our March meeting’s guest speaker will offer a topic I hope will be as fascinating as it sounds: The mystery of Robert E. Lee’s Lost Special Order 191. Our speaker brings with him a deep, academic grounding in history and years of personal Civil War research, the latter of which has helped inform his interpretations of existing evidence surrounding the lost order. You’ll find the summary of his talk in the March Newsletter on page 2.
Hope to see you there!
Barry
P.S. For your scheduling purposes, we want to remind you that our April 1 meeting program will be presented by historian and Civil War buff David Walter. His presentation is entitled: “Come on You Wolverines! Gen. George Custer’s War.” No fooling!