Western PA Civil War Roundtable, Pittsburgh, PA
- August 15, 2007
Rufus Barringer Civil War Roundtable, Pinehurst, NC
- September 20, 2007
Central Ohio Civil War Roundtable, Columbus, OH
- March 12, 2008
Sharpsburg Heritage Days – SHAF Lecture Series, Sharpsburg, MD
- September 13, 2008
Leave a message here if you are for some insane reason interested in booking me for a speaking engagement. You may be nuts, but at least you’re not alone (see above).
Harry Smeltzer
Do you do private party speaking engagements – say for a small group of 12?
Will you dress-up as Clara Barton – if I pay you well enough?
Like the site!
Regards,
Craig
WPCWRT
Hey Craig!
Sure, Bar Mitvahs, bachelorette parties, whatever. Every man has his price. Clara Barton? No problemo!
Harry
Are you REALLY going to be at Teej’s RT in Pinehurst? Maybe I can arrange to visit my son in Raleigh about that time.
Terry,
Yes, I am REALLY going to be in Pinehurst.
Harry
Hey Harry,
Could you shoot me a note over at renetyree@hotmail.com. Need to ask a quick question via email.
Thx
Rene
Check your mailbox, Rene. I don’t post my email address here on the site for security reasons, but anyone trying to get hold of me can do so via the comments section. When you give your email info to make the comment, I can reach you using it.
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[...] by graduates of the West Point classes of 1861. I don’t have any takers yet (leave a message here if you’re interested), but I’m not letting that stop me and you readers, both of you, will [...]
Harry
Off topic
I just finished Brent Nosworthy’s chapter in Roll Call to Destiny, on Burnside at First Manassas, and in it he keeps refereing to artillery posted by the Lewis house firing on Burnside’s troops. Isn’t it the Henry house that he means? The only Lewis house I am aware of is Portici, and that is certainly out of 6 pdr range.
Steve,
I’ll look into this a little more (I only reviewed the book in brief, so I did not read it all), but there was a Maggie Lewis house just north of the northernmost bend of Young’s Branch, and south of Pittsylvania (the Carter house). Davidson’s guns were north of the pike and south of this house, and did fire on Burnside IIRC. You can see the house on Hennessy’s maps, the Collier overlay maps, and the Bearss maps.
Harry
Yeah, I dug out my Hennessy and found the Lewis place. It’s till alittle low topograpically, and I’ll check it out next time I’m there. With the tree removal going on, it may clear up the picture. Thanks for the info.
Steve:
See here for more on this.
Hello Harry, would like to hear from you by email at francis@francisrose.net. Thanks!
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Although I am not well-versed in the Civil War, I feel that those who were involved were pioneers in the art facial hair. I recently learned that sideburns were named after Ambrose Burnside. Who would comprise Bull Running’s facial hair top 10?
Ryan
Birmingham (now South Side), Pa.
Well, there was some pretty impressive facial hair at Bull Run, including a relatively svelt Amborse Burnside. I’d have to think on it – the problem is that not a whole lot of the fellas had their pictures taken right before the battle (Burnisde did, however), so who’s to say what they were sprouting at the time. Confederate Wade Hampton would later sport a style similar to Burnside’s. McDowell had a sweet Imperial; Joe Johnston a nice Van Dyke. Beauregard’s neat jazz do would still fit in down New Orleans way.
A good and important question, Ryan. Thanks for asking!
I found your article on the Family Ties-Kilpatrick Part 11 very interesting. You are talking about my family and I enjoyed it very much. Philip Hickey morgan and by the way it is Hicky after Philip Hicky (my great, great, grandfather) his wife (my great great grandmother Anne Mather Hicky) is my name sake. My great grandfather is Henry Waller Fowler, his Bowie knife is in the Alamo. Now that I brag enough. I just wanted to tell I enjoyed the article. Thanks Anne
Anne,
I’m glad you enjoyed the article, and hope you read all of the series. There are a number of your family in Allegheny Cemetery here in Pittsburgh. I’ll correct the spelling. Don’t be surprised if you see your note posted as an article – I like to do that when descendants contact me.
Harry