HARDTACK
The
Newsletter of the
Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary
November 2004
Members
of the 97th
Presented
by Dr. Wesley L. Hanson, ICWRT
Our program for November, “Civil War Music,” will be
presented by the ICWRT’s own Dr. Wesley Hanson. Wes will be singing and playing the songs
popular in
About Our Presenter: Educated at
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The 2004-2005 Campaign
Officers: President: Anthony Roscetti Vice
President: Ray Shortridge Secretary: Dr. Betty Enloe Treasurer: Doug Wagner Committee
Chairs: Programs: Ray Shortridge rshortridge@netscape.net Publicity: Norris Darrall norrisdarrall@hotmail.com Preservation: Andy O’Donnell odar1@aol.com HARDTACK Newsletter:
Editor:
Dave Klinestiver HardtackEditor@comcast.net Distribution:
Dorothy Jones joejones@iquest.net
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Join Us Before the
Meeting for Dinner & Discussion at Shapiro’s Deli!
All ICWRT members and guests are invited to join us at Shapiro’s
Delicatessen before the meeting to enjoy dinner and fellowship. This year, we will be holding informal “round
table” discussions on a selected topic of general interest. See
you at Shapiro’s,
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ICWRT
Meeting Nov. 8 at
at the
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The Indianapolis Civil War Round Table
gratefully acknowledges the co-sponsorship of
The
for our Speakers Program during the 2004-2005 Campaign
In this issue of HARDTACK: Page
Pre-meeting Dinner & Discussion
at Shapiro’s……………….. … 2
ICWRT News: 50th Anniversary Desk Caddies.…………………………3
Upcoming ICWRT Programs …………………………….……….……..
3
Calendar of Events…..……………………..………………….………….. 4
Trimble’s Trivia by Quizmeister Tony
Trimble…………………………4-5
Humor in the Ranks……………………………………………………..….6
Civil War Music Recordings………………………………………….….6-7
From the Bookshelf: Civil War Music…..………………………………. 7
Re-enlistment Form…………………………………………………End sheet
Reporters and Contributors to this
Issue:
ICWRT News
50th Anniversary Desk Caddies
Are Now Available
To commemorate our 50th Anniversary, the Indianapolis Civil
War Round Table has ordered a limited number of customized desk caddies that
feature the ICWRT logo imprinted on black leatherette. Each of our speakers this year will be
receiving one of these caddies as a gift.
The desk caddies will be available on a first-come, first-served basis
to ICWRT members at the November meeting.
The cost is $20 per set.
Planning is proceeding for our “official” 50th Anniversary
celebration at the April meeting of the Round Table. In conjunction with the celebration, the
ICWRT will be publishing a history of our first 50 years. Anyone wishing to place a pre-publication
subscription for this limited edition book should contact Nikki Schofield.
Upcoming ICWRT Programs
All of the following meeting dates
are the second Monday of the month.
Preservation Update & Fundraiser
Don’t Be Left off the Muster Roll!
Re-enlistment
Papers and Dues for the 2004-2005 Campaign … are Overdue!!
If you have not already “re-uped,”
please complete the enlistment form attached to this HARDTACK and mail it
today—or hand-deliver it to Doug Wagner at the November meeting—together with
your check for $25 (Individual Membership), $30 (Family) or $10 (Student).
Calendar of Events
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November 8: |
ICWRT: Civil War Music presented by Dr. Wesley Hanson |
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November 16: |
Madision County Historical Society
CWRT:
Battle Flags presented by Donna Schmink |
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November 17: |
Monon Depot, 211 First Street, S.W., |
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November 23: |
CWRT of West |
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December 4-5 |
18th Middle Largest Civil War show in the |
We
recommend confirming all dates, times and locations for events not sponsored by
the ICWRT
If you know of a Civil War-related event that may be of interest to ICWRT members, please send your information to Norris Darrall (norrisdarrall@hotmail.com).
Trimble’s Trivia
1. Name the general described by Lee as, “one
to whom
can
never repay.”
2. Douglas Southall Freeman wrote of this
commander that had he not been killed at
Fraser’s Farm he, “almost certainly would have risen to the rank of
general officer.”
3. What was “
4. Name the POW camp named for the State
Treasurer of Illinois.
5. What was “Long Tom?”
---Answers will be published in the December
issue---
Answers to October’s Quiz:
1.
Who was the last of
eight officers to be promoted to full general in the Southern army?
John Bell Hood
2.
Name the
3.
Name the commander
in the Seven Days Battles who went on to become the Confederate wartime
governor of his state.
Zebulon Vance
4.
Name the
Confederate general, turned mountain explorer, for whom the second-highest
point in
Thomas L Clingman; Clingman's Dome; Great Smoky Mtn.
5.
What weapon was
improvised by General Gabriel James Raines during the retreat from
Land Mines
Author Seeks
Slaves’ Accounts of the War
HARDTACK has received the following
request from author Andrew Ward. Anyone
with material that may be of use to Mr. Ward are urged to contact him directly:
For
a book I am writing called “The Slaves’ War,” I am asking the Civil War
Roundtables of the country for assistance in locating slaves’ accounts of the
Civil War, from battles and skirmishes on land and sea to Contraband camps,
foraging, raids, escapes, emancipation, and any other incidents that might shed
light on the war the way the slaves experienced it. My interest lies less in
the black soldier’s experience of the war (which has been written about
extensively) than in the slave civilian’s.
I have already canvassed a number of sources, including the WPA interviews with
former slaves, but if members of the Civil War Roundtable can direct me to
encounters with slaves recounted in some of the more obscure contemporary
histories of the Civil War; in family memoirs, diaries and letters, etc.,
whether black, white, Union or Confederate; they will be gratefully received
and prominently acknowledged.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Andrew Ward
2206 East Crescent Drive, Seattle WA 98112
Telephone: (206)568-0159 Fax: (206)
568-0140
P.S.: I am the author of “Our Bones Are Scattered: The Cawnpore
Massacres in the Indian Mutiny of 1857” (Henry Holt); “Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the
Fisk Jubilee Singers” (Farrar Straus & Giroux); and the
forthcoming “River Run Red: The Story
of Fort Pillow” (Penguin).
Humor
in the Ranks
Thanks to
After the battle of First Manassas, a Confererate soldier was being held
as a prisoner. A Union officer questioned the Rebel but couldn't get
anything out of him but what a thrashing they gave the Union forces at
It didn't take long for the Reb to see the light and sign the pledge. As he left the officer's tent, he
uttered this parting shot “man, them Confederates shore gave us Yankees a
‘whuppin’ back there, didn't they?”
Listening
to the Mockingbird
A Wide
The music of the Civil War
era has been the subject of innumerable recordings in recent years. While some of these recordings are products
of the major labels, the vast majority are “homegrown” efforts that are
self-produced and distributed by the musicians themselves. As one might expect, the nature and quality
of the music varies greatly. While some performers offer little more than
modern reinterpretations of period songs, many musicians are now opting for a
more historically correct sound, using only period instruments and original
arrangements and seeking to recreate the performance styles of the 1860’s in
unadorned “live” recordings.
“Civil War Music,” of
course, covers a very broad array of musical genres, encompassing military
marches, sentimental ballads, spirituals, camp songs and up-tempo numbers heard
in music halls and minstrel shows of the day. The music was performed by brass
bands, small string bands and by individuals vocalists, often accompanied by piano,
banjo or guitar.
If you’re just starting to
build your Civil War audio library, you will find a “sampler” of many of these
styles in the Original Soundtrack to Ken Burns’ aptly named documentary “The
Civil War.” Most of the tracks on this
CD consist of period music, traditionally performed (the popular Ashoken Farewell, however, is not of the
period). (The full title of this CD is The
Civil War - Traditional American Songs And Instrumental Music Featured In The
Film By Ken Burns: Original Soundtrack Recording; it can be found in most
retail music stores).
Two other collections you may want to consider are The Civil War: Its Music and Its Sounds
by Frederick Fennell and the Eastman Wind Ensemble (Philips;
2 CD’s) and Songs of the Civil
War by various artists (
Unfortunately, many
outstanding recordings are not usually found at your local music retailer and
are often unavailable through Amazon.com. Instead, these titles are sold exclusively
through advertisements in Civil War periodicals, at live performances by the
artists, and through merchants who specialize in Civil War-related goods (one
such source is Fall Creek Suttlery in
Some of the performers you may
want to check out are the 97th
Regimental String Band (seven titles currently available); the 2nd South Carolina String Band
(three titles); 4th Kentucky
Regiment Band (“Saxton’s Coronet Band”); The Camp Chase Fife & Drums (three titles); and the Free and Accepted Minstrels of Old New
Orleans (Charles Heggli, Daniel Partner and Ed Sims performing historically
correct—albeit politically incorrect—minstrel tunes of the period).
From the Bookshelf
For Those Who Read Music (or Just Want to Read About It)
Bibliophiles
will find two principal types of books on Civil War music: so-called
“songbooks,” which contain musical transcriptions and song lyrics primarily for
use by singers and musicians, and books about
music—illustrated studies of the instruments and bands of the era and scholarly
narratives that examine the impact of music on society (and vice versa), and any number of other
themes that emerge from the intersection of history and musicology.
For those
interested in learning to play some of the popular songs of the period, here
are two titles that may help you get started:
·
Singing Soldiers: A History of the
Civil War in Song
by Paul Glass and Louis C. Singer (Da Capo Press 1975) 300 pp.: Originally
published in 1964 as The Spirit of the
Sixties, this comprehensive collection contains “new” musical arrangements more
suitable for contemporary piano and guitar.
For a well-illustrated, general reference on Civil War
instruments and bands, check out:
·
A Pictorial History of Civil War Era
Musical Instruments and Military Bands by Robert
Garofalo and Mark Elrod
(Boydell & Brewer 1982) 124 pp.: An
encyclopedia of period instruments, fully illustrated.
If you prefer a more academic approach to the subject, these
recent titles may be of interest to you:
·
Music of the Civil War Era by Steven H.
Cornelius (Greenwood Press 2004) 320 pp.: This and the following volume, just now
published, offer the most recent scholarly dissertations on the subject.
·
Bugle Resounding: Music And
Musicians Of The Civil War Era by Bruce C.
Kelley and Mark A. Snell
(University of Missouri Press 2004) 260 pp.: A new anthology that grew out of the first two
National Conferences on Music of the Civil War Era, which explored the effects
of the Civil War on music and musicians.
·
Singing the New Nation: How Music
Shaped the Confederacy, 1861-1865 by E. Lawrence
Abel (Stackpole Books 1999) 398 pp.:
An examination of music in the Confederacy and its impact and reflection
of Southern Nationalism.
--Dave Klinestiver
HARDTACK, the newsletter of The Indianapolis
Civil War Round Table, is published monthly, September through June,
each year. In addition to information about upcoming
programs, HARDTACK features articles, news, reviews and
a calendar of Civil War-related events. HARDTACK is
distributed by mail or email to all ICWRT members.
If you have a short article, book review or some
other item that may be of interest to our members, we invite you
to submit it for consideration. Please send your
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Please include a telephone number and email address where we may contact
you.
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is upon us. Now is the time to get your re-enlistment paid. Individual membership is $25.00 and family
membership is $30.00. Make checks payable to "Indianapolis Civil War Round
Table" and mail to Doug Wagner at
The
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Phone: 317 328 4828
Email: dougwag@msn.com
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