Inspection, ARMS! — September 2016 — Tim Prince

Vol. 42, No. 8 155th Anniversary Battle Of Firs MIDDLETOWN, Va.—The Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation hosted the Battle of Bull Run - Manassas reenactment on the Battle of Cedar

Union artillery blast sends a demor Goss/Eagle Bay Media)

The Zouaves engaged in hand-to-hand Union gun positions. This was an im

anassas At C Creek Battle Va., on July was attended and infantry

dar Creek ield in Middletown, 22-24. The reenactmen by artillerist, caval from all parts of the

David Chirico, 4th Virginia Cavalry “Blackhorse” sends a round in attacking 2nd U.S. Cavalrymen charging toward him during the dusk encounter of the reenactment of First Manassas. Note the shorter firearm used by cavalrymen. Carbines, shotguns and musketoons were carried by the cavalry along with revolvers or other hand gu

Cavalry fights are furious, confusing events. Charlie Doutt, 2nd U.S., Co A crosses sabres with David Chirico, 4th Virginia Cavalr (“Blackhorse”) during the final cavalry battle of the reenactment

Cavalry fights are furious, confusing events as portrayed in this photograph by the talented photographer Sandy Goss. Inside this issue: 37 – Critics Corner 46 – Advertisers & Book Reviews 38 – Events Section 26 – Ask The Appraiser 13 – Inspection, ARMS! 6 – Black Powder, White Smoke 8 – The Source 27 – Book Reviews 7 – Through The Lens 44 – Classifieds 10 – The Watchdog

We are looking forward to cooler where at once so let us know if you weather and so are the wool clothed have an idea, suggestion or will be reenactors. As the summer winds attending something of interest. down and school starts back into full In this issue we’ve introduced a swing, the events for Civil War en- new column Inspection, ARMS! by thusiast come alive. Please check the Tim Prince. Tim is a well known fir events calendar to see what is hap- arms expert and very approachable pening around you. so if you go to a Civil War show he Civil War News has a new Book most certainly be there. Review Editor, Dr. Stephen Davis. Some say our hobby is dying off With his lifetime of experience Civ- but with the large turnouts at semi il War News has gained a valuable nars, bus tours, surge in roundtabl asset with having Dr. Davis on our interest and social media sites I f team. that even more people are intereste Please continue to submit articles in history. As an example the Atlan and photographs to Civil War News. Civil War Round Table sells out evAlthough we can’t fit everyone into ery event with a waiting list. This the paper we try very hard to do so. encouraging to say the least. As we travel the east coast attend- Correction: Book review of Viring events and historic sites we find ginia Iliad, a book by H. V. Traywi that there is an endless supply of top- Jr., in the August, 2016 issue of C ics, battlefields, museums and events War News was by Timothy Orr, not to cover. But, we cannot be every- Thomas A. Horrocks.

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I am honored and delighted to as sume responsibilities as new book Some of you may remember that from 1984 to 2005 I served as Book Review Editor for Blue & Gray Magazine. It’ll be fun to resume this activity in my new role for Ja Melton, Owner and Publisher of Civil War News. Jack and Peggy are busy strength ening our newspaper in a variety of

ways. Their recent addition of colo to the book cover photographs accompanying each review is just one of them. I am proud of the wide range of titles which we bring to your atten tion in our Book Review section. In a recent message to the publishers Civil War books with whom we have established relationships, I listed categories of titles I discerned in

Civil War Trust Honors Preservation GETTYSBURG, Pa.—During an annual gathering of its members in

Gettysburg earlier this month, the Civil War Trust recognized some of the outstanding leaders of the battlefield preservation movement. The Civil War Trust is a national nonpr it organization dedicated to the pr tection of Civil War, Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlegrounds. “It is important to remember tha the cause of battlefield preservati benefits from the enthusiasm and hard work of countless individuals throughout the United States,” remarked Trust president James Lighthizer. “We cannot recognize all of these unsung heroes, but through ou annual preservation awards, we can acknowledge and celebrate the most outstanding champions each year.” Since their inception in 2001, t Trust has honored a wide variety of individuals and groups for their

achievements in protecting endangered Civil War battlefields with

its preservation awards. Previous winners include historians, scholars, National Park Service personnel, celebrities and even residenti developers. Despite such disparate backgrounds, all have given unique and lasting contributions to histor preservation. At the evening banquet, three awards were presented:

Edwin C. Bearss Lifetime Achievement Award: The Trust

presented the lifetime achievement award to Kay Jorgensen, who found-

• army studies • atlases • battles • biographies • Civil War on the frontier • diplomatic history • economic topics • essay collections • flags • letters/diaries/memoirs • local history • maps • medical topics • memory studies • naval history • political history • regimentals or unit studies • religious topics • slavery and freed people • wartime cultural studies • women’s roles in the war

Wow—that’s a lot. Just as important is the large number of Universit presses and commercial publishers whose works we like to feature. Again, just going through the past six issues, I counted more than seventy-five. LSU, North Carolina, McFarland and History Press are among

the most frequently featured. I look forward to maintaining our relationship with these “giants.” But we als remain open to small houses sending us their titles. Publisher Melton ha kindly agreed to have review copies mailed to his business office—look on this page for that address in Can ton, Georgia. Throughout our work, I will keep in mind the goal of our Book

ns At Conference her late husband Pete. The Civil War

News covered countless historic stories – including the sesquicentennia of the Civil War – and engaged the heart of the historic preservation community. The award is named after its first recipient, Edwin C. Bearss World War II veteran and chief historian emeritus of the National Park Service, who continues to share his vast knowledge of American history well past his 90th birthday.

Shelby Foote Preservation Legacy Award: The Trust presented the preservation legacy award to Clint Schemmer, a reporter at the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star who has been writing about battlefield prote tion since the mid-1980s, covering key preservation successes at places like Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Brandy Station and Fredericks-

burg. The award is named after late historian and author Shelby Foote,

who dedicated his life to educating Americans on the Civil War.

State Leadership Award: The Trust presented the State Leadership Award to the Pennsylvania Historical

and Museum Commission (PHMC). The award was accepted by the commission’s executive director, Jim

tory agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which helped create a

Civil War 150th Advisory Board and works to preserve land across the

Ed Bonekemper back in November 2010. “One of my challenges,” Ed wrote, “is to ensure that we at CWN obtain copies of all significant Civil War-related books so that our reviewers can provide you, our readers, with an analysis of each of them in a reasonably timely manner.” We like to think that Civil War News publishes more quality book reviews per issue than any other Civil War publication in the country. This is not easy work. To assist our efforts, at Publisher Melton’s very good suggestion, we have formed a visory Board, consisting of a few well-respected Civil War experts to whom we can turn for advice. We staked out several slots for our Board: a distinguished professor, a prominent publisher and an experienced public historian. I am delighted that three eminently qualified individuals have stepped forth to join me on our Advisory Board: Steven E. Woodworth, Professor of History, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth TX; Theodore P. Savas, Man-

El Dorado Hills Calif.; and Gordon L. Jones, Senior Military Historian,

Atlanta History Center. Steve, Ted, Gordon and I look forward to conversations about the state of Civil War literature and the art of book re viewing. Our Book Review section will undoubtedly benefit from such discussions. So we’re off and running. I look forward to serving you all in the day ahead….Stephen can be reached at

Commonwealth – from the Drake Oil Well, the first active oil well i

the United States, to the Revolutionary War’s Brandywine battlefield outside Philadelphia.

Brian Pohanka Preservation Organization of the Year Award: Two outstanding local organizations were honored with the Trust’s Organization of the Year Award. The Princeton Battlefield Society has worked for decades to steward and interpret Princeton Battlefield State Park, and to prevent further development of the Princeton battlefield. Th Land Conservancy of Adams County, founded more than 20 years ago to protect the rural lands of Adams County, Pennsylvania, has worked to preserve more than 500 acres of Gettysburg battlefield. The award is named for the late Brian Pohanka, an outstanding historian and one of the

founders of the modern battlefield preservation movement.

The Civil War Trust is the largest and most effective nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of America’s hallowed battlegrounds. Although primarily focused on the

protection of Civil War battlefields, through its Campaign 1776 initiative, the Trust also seeks to save th battlefields connected to the Revo-

lutionary War and War of 1812. To date, the Trust has preserved close t 43,000 acres of battlefield land in 2 states.