Raleigh CWRT Monthly Meeting Presentation Video Archive
The Raleigh CWRT has been meeting in person again as of Feb-14-2022. A live Zoom session is recorded simultaneously and is subsequently made available for viewing on this webpage.
- 2023-03-13: Jim McKee, M.A., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic Abraham Lincoln and the Fort Anderson Flag - A Flag That Might Have Changed U.S. History
- 2023-02-13: Michael Briggs, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic Guilford Under the Stars and Bars
- 2023-01-09: Wade Sokolosky, Col. U.S. Army (Ret.), in person (with simultaneous live Zoom session), speaking on the topic Confederate Hospitals in North Carolina -- Due to technical difficulties, no video was captured
- 2022-12-12: Holiday Party -- No video was recorded
- 2022-11-14: Tom Elmore, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic The Burning of Columbia, SC, Feb. 17th, 1865
- 2022-10-10: Chris J. Hartley, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic I Owe the Southern Confederacy a Debt: The Life of George Stoneman
- 2022-09-12: Ernest A. Dollar, Jr., M.A., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic Hearts Torn Asunder: Trauma in the Civil War’s Final Campaign in North Carolina
- 2022-08-08: Presentation of the 2022 Gatton Award to Mary Lynn Bryan, Mac Healy, and David Winslow, Board members of the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center in Fayetteville, NC, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), followed by their presentation on The Planning and Development Progress of the History Center
- 2022-07-11: Dr. Chris Fonvielle, Jr., Ph.D., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic "Freedom at Last": African Americans at Wilmington, North Carolina, 1865
- 2022-06-13: Postponed Until August Meeting
- 2022-05-09: Amy & Jay Bauer, plus guests, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic Discovery of a Forgotten USCT - A Mystery Solved, the story of the 135th United States Colored Troop.
- 2022-04-11: Freddie Kiger, M.A., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic "Sheer Adulterated Violence": The Battle of Sharpsburg/Antietam
- 2022-03-14: Gary L. Dyson, B.S., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic of his book The Ambush of the Isaac P. Smith: Family Ties and the Battle on the Stono, January 30, 1863
- 2022-02-14: Jeff Hunt, M.A., Zoom session only, speaking on the topic of his book Meade and Lee at Bristoe Station: The Problems of Command and Strategy after Gettysburg, from Brandy Station to the Buckland Races, August 1 to October 31, 1863
- 2022-01-10: Meeting Cancelled: Omicron Virulent Variant of the Covid-19 Virus Suddenly Spikes
- 2021-12-13: Holiday Break: No Meeting
- 2021-11-08: Colby Stevens, Site Manager of the Bentonville Battlefield Historic Site, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the subject Expansion Plans for the Bentonville Battlefield as Related to Mower’s Charge and Hardee’s Counterattack
- 2021-10-11: Dr. Judkin Browning, Ph.D., and Dr. Timothy Silver, Ph.D. (Ret.), in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic Environmental Influences on the Peninsula Campaign in 1862
- 2021-09-13: David L. Bright, USN Lt. Cmdr. (Ret.), in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic of his book Locomotives up the Turnpike: The Civil War Career of Quartermaster Captain Thomas R. Sharp, C.S.A.
- 2021-08-09: Charlie Knight, M.A., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic of his book From Arlington to Appomattox: Robert E. Lee's Civil War, Day by Day, 1861-1865, and presenting a restored NC state flag belonging to the NC 30th Infantry Regiment.
- 2021-07-12: Jeff Hunt, M.A., speaking on the topic of his book Meade and Lee After Gettysburg: The Forgotten Final Stage of the Gettysburg Campaign, From Falling Waters to Culpeper Court House, July 14 – 31, 1863
- 2021-06-14: Wade Sokolosky, Col., U.S. Army, Ret., speaking on the topic Success and Failure in the Saddle: Mounted Operations During the 1865 Carolinas Campaign
- 2021-05-10: Gene Schmiel, Ph.D., speaking on the topic The Civil War in West Virginia and the Role of Jacob Cox
- 2021-04-12: Douglas Waller, M.A., speaking on the topic of his book Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation
- 2021-03-08: Al Bredenberg, M.A., speaking on the topic Raleigh Civil War Fortifications
- 2021-02-08: Dr. Curt Fields, Ph.D., U.S. Grant Impersonator, speaking on the topic Reflections on the Recent Vicksburg Campaign
- 2021-01-11: Leonard J. Fullenkamp, Col., U.S. Army, Ret., speaking on the topic Ulysses S. Grant: The Making of a General
- 2020-12-14: Michael K. Brantley, M.A., M.F.A., speaking on the topic of his new book Galvanized: The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate
- 2020-11-09: Mike Rucker speaking on the topic The Meanest and "Damnest" Job: Being the Civil War Exploits and Civilian Accomplishments of Colonel Edmund Winchester Rucker During and After the War
- 2020-10-12: Dr. Christian Keller, Ph.D., speaking on the topic The Lee-Jackson Partnership and Confederate Strategy in the East, 1861-1863 (Not Recorded...)
- 2020-09-14: Sandy Barnard, M.A., speaking on the topic An Aide to Custer: The Civil War Letters of Lt. Edward G. Granger
- 2020-08-10: Dr. Ted Kunstling, MD, speaking on the topic Civil War Railroads
2022-11-14: Tom Elmore, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic The Burning of Columbia, SC, Feb. 17th , 1865
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2022-10-10: Chris J. Hartley, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic I Owe the Southern Confederacy a Debt: The Life of George Stoneman
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2022-09-12: Ernest A. Dollar, Jr., M.A., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic Hearts Torn Asunder: Trauma in the Civil War’s Final Campaign in North Carolina
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2022-08-08: Presentation of the 2022 Gatton Award to Mary Lynn Bryan, Mac Healy, and David Winslow, Board members of the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center in Fayetteville, NC, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), followed by their presentation on The Planning and Development Progress of the History Center
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2022-07-11: Dr. Chris Fonvielle, Jr., Ph.D., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic "'Freedom at Last': African Americans at Wilmington, North Carolina, 1865
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2022-06-13: Postponed Until August Meeting
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2022-05-09: Amy & Jay Bauer, plus guests, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the subject Discovery of a Forgotten USCT - A Mystery Solved, the story of the United States 135th Colored Troop.
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2022-04-11: Freddie Kiger, M.A., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the subject "Sheer Adulterated Violence": The Battle of Sharpsburg/Antietam
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2022-03-14: Gary L. Dyson, B.S., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the subject of his book The Ambush of the Isaac P. Smith: Family Ties and the Battle on the Stono, January 30, 1863
NOTE: Due to an unexpected technical issue of which we were unaware, the audio on the first 17 min 12 sec of the video has a pronounced feedback echo. At that point, the sound suddenly clears up. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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2022-02-14: Jeff Hunt, M.A., Zoom session only, speaking on the subject of his book Meade and Lee at Bristoe Station: The Problems of Command and Strategy after Gettysburg, from Brandy Station to the Buckland Races, August 1 to October 31, 1863
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2022-01-10: Meeting Cancelled Due to Sudden Spike of the Omicron Virulent Variant of the Covid-19 Virus
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2021-12-13: Holiday Break: No Meeting
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2021-11-08: Colby Stevens, Site Manager of the Bentonville Battlefield Historic Site, in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the subject Expansion Plans for the Bentonville Battlefield as Related to Mower’s Charge and Hardee’s Counterattack
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2021-10-11: Dr. Judkin Browning, Ph.D., and Dr. Timothy Silver, Ph.D. (Ret.), in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic Environmental Influences on the Peninsula Campaign in 1862.
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2021-09-13: David L. Bright, USN Lt. Cmdr. (Ret.), in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic of his book Locomotives up the Turnpike: The Civil War Career of Quartermaster Captain Thomas R. Sharp, C.S.A.
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2021-08-09: Charlie Knight, M.A., in person (with simultaneous Zoom recording), speaking on the topic of his book From Arlington to Appomattox: Robert E. Lee's Civil War, Day by Day, 1861-1865", and presenting a restored NC state flag belonging to the NC 30th Infantry Regiment.
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2021-07-12: Jeff Hunt, M.A., speaking on the topic of his book Meade and Lee After Gettysburg: The Forgotten Final Stage of the Gettysburg Campaign, From Falling Waters to Culpeper Court House, July 14 – 31, 1863
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2021-06-14: Wade Sokolosky, Col., U.S. Army, Ret., speaking on the topic Success and Failure in the Saddle: Mounted Operations During the 1865 Carolinas Campaign
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2021-05-10: Gene Schmiel, Ph.D., speaking on the topic The Civil War in West Virginia and the Role of Jacob Cox
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2021-04-12: Douglas Waller, M.A., speaking on the topic of his book Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation
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2021-03-08: Al Bredenberg, M.A., speaking on the topic Raleigh Civil War Fortifications
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2021-02-08: Dr. Curt Fields, Ph.D., U.S. Grant Impersonator, speaking on the topic Reflections on the Recent Vicksburg Campaign
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2021-01-11: Leonard J. Fullenkamp (Col., U.S. Army, Ret.) speaking on the topic Ulysses S. Grant: The Making of a General
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2020-12-14: Michael Brantley speaking on his new book Galvanized: The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate
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2020-11-09: Mike Rucker speaking on the topic The Meanest and "Damnest" Job: Being the Civil War Exploits and Civilian Accomplishments of Colonel Edmund Winchester Rucker During and After the War
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2020-10-12: Dr. Christian Keller speaking on the topic The Lee-Jackson Partnership and Confederate Strategy in the East, 1861-1863
Not Recorded...
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2020-09-14: Sandy Barnard, M.A. speaking on the topic An Aide to Custer: The Civil War Letters of Lt. Edward G. Granger
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2020-08-10: Dr. Ted Kunstling, MD, speaking on the topic Civil War Railroads
- George Edgar Turner, Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of the Railroads
in the Civil War (Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1953) (First Bison Book printing 1992). This is considered the classic study of Civil War Railroads.
- Earl J. Hess, Civil War Logistics: A Study of Military Transportation (LSU Press 2017)
- John E. Clark Jr., Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat (LSU Press 2001)
- Robert C. Black III, The Railroads of the Confederacy (UNC Press 1998)
- General Herman Haupt, Moving the Union Army; Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt…1901 (Big Bite Books 2014
- James A. Ward, That Man Haupt: A Biography of Herman Haupt (LSU Press 1973)
- James C. Burke, The Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company 1833-1854 (McFarland & Company 2011)
- James C. Burke, The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad in the Civil War (McFarland & Company 2013)
- Allen W. Trelease, The North Carolina Railroad 1849-1871 and the Modernization of North Carolina (UNC Press 1991)
- Burke Davis, The Southern Railway: Road of the Innovators (UNC Press 1985)
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