Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 9 · column 1 of 4 · from the scan, no model involved
The first meeting of the new Blue Ridge Civil War Round Table will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Old Sperryville Bookshop in Sperryville.
This new local group will meet monthly to study and discuss the War Between the States, as do nearly 200 such Civil War round tables across the country. The Blue Ridge CWRT will have a special focus on the war and its effects on Rappahannock County and surrounding counties, including Culpeper, Madison and Page.
The group is being formed by James P. Gannon, a Civil War author and former newspaper editor, who with his wife Joan owns the Old Sperryville Bookshop, which will be the site of the meetings. The round table is open to anyone who has an interest in studying and discussing the Civil War. No special knowledge or expertise is required to join—simply an interest in learning more about a critical period of American and Virginia history which had profound effects on our country and region.
More than 30 local people already have signed up as prospective members. After the first three meetings in September, October and November, the group will elect a governing board and formally organize.
The monthly meetings will feature guest speakerssuch as historians, authors and experts on the war— and group discussions of Civil War books read by the members. Members also may organize occasional field trips to battlefields and other Civil War sites.
Mr. Gannon also hopes that the round table will conduct research on the war in Rappahannock and surrounding counties, perhaps by forming small study teams to research the people, places and events involved in the 1860s conflict.
At the inaugural meeting on Sept. Hr, the guest speaker will be Joseph W. A. Whitehome, who will discuss the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, especially the Battle of Cedar Creek. The speaker is a retired lieutenant colonel and U.S. Army historian, who has authored many books and articles on military affairs, including a guidebook on the Battle of Cedar Creek. He lives in Front Royal and teaches history at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, near the site of the Oct. 19, 1864 battle.
The October meeting of the round table will feature a talk and slide show by Jim Moyer, who is an authority on Colonel John Singleton Mosby, the legendary “Gray Ghost,” who led a Confederate cavalry battalion that was famous for its lightning raids against Union forces in northern Virginia. That meeting will be on Thursday, Oct. 21.
Anyone interested in attending the first meeting of the round table should call Mr. Gannon at the book shop, 987-8444. The meeting is open to all, but space is limited so reservations are necessary. Coffee, cold drinks and dessert will be available at a fixed price of $5 per person. The coffee and social hour will begin at 7 p.m., followed by the meeting and speaker at 7:30 p.m.
94.2%