First Issue: Issue 1 | Volume 1
In this newsletter:
-- Projects worked on or completed in January
-- Private collections accessible through CSACW
-- 2003 CSACW Shiloh Tour
-- News & Events
-- CSACW Executive Director & Chairman
-- CSACW Internet & Web Presence
-- Mission of the CSACW
-- How to Help the CSACW
-- Contacting the CSACW
Here are some highlights of work and projects for January.
1. Re-designed and launched the new Civil War Gazette web site. We thank the good folks at Jabez Networks for providing hosting services for CWG.
2. Started development and design of the CSACW Shiloh Battlefield Tour web site. It is already over 100 pages deep!
3. Initiated relationships with several private collectors who have expressed interest in making their personal collections accessible through the CSACW.
Areas of interest include:
75th NYSV and the 14th NYSC - 25 Civil War Letters
25 letters to home, of Marcus Aurelins Wheeler during his service in the Civil War. Dates range from May 21, 1862 to November 14, 1864. He served with Company K, 75th New York State Volunteers and later with the Company L, 14th New York State Cavalry (during the War part of the 75th became the 14th Cavalry).
Hiram W. Bates, Co. C, 12th Regt Mass Vols. Inf, 5th Army Corps
44 letters to Hiram W. Bates, Co. C, 12th Regt Mass Vols. Inf, 5th Army Corps. They are written by an educated Soldier’s Wife, named Mamie, who understood the hardships of the war and was very interested in the politics and different campaigns taking place from 1883 through to 1865. Their home was in East Brighton Massachusetts.
Six letters of Sergeant James Shadle, Company G, 2nd Iowa Infantry and other Corinth, Miss., documents
Six letters of Sergeant James Shadle during his service in the Civil War and one letter he received from his father. Dates range from January 22, 1862 to April 18th, 1864. He served with Company G, 2nd Iowa Infantry. Owner also has 400+ letters, telegraphs, special orders, CDV's, etc., related to Corinth.
4. We began plans for several 2003 CSACW Civil War Battlefield Tours, including: Shiloh (April 11 & 12); Chickamauga (Nov); Franklin/Nashville (Dec); with possible considerations of Gettysburg and Perryville.
5. We have been paying very close attention to all of the primary resources (i.e., letters, diaries, etc.)offered for auction on eBay this month. We are compiling a list in a Word document that includes text descriptions and some images of various items offered for auction. We will load this Word document on the CSACW web site in early February and make it available under the CSACW section of the CWG.
6. The CSACW is excited to have the support of a private collector named Matt Woodburn, Franklin, TN. Mr. Woodburn has a personal collection of around 50 firearms and/or sabres. He is making them available to the CSACW Archival Center for historians to study. A complete list of his collection with digital pictures will be added to the CWG in the very near future.
News and Events
Don't forget the movie "God's and Generals" starring Robert Duvall as Robert E. Lee hits theatres on February 21, 2003.
If you plan on attending the 2003 CSACW Shiloh Battlefield Tour (April 11 & 12) please contact us. Space is very limited.
CSACW announces our Executive Director and Chairman of the Board
Our Executive Director is Kraig Blair, of Thompsons Station, TN (near Franklin, TN). Kraig has been a Civil War enthusiasts and historian since 1991. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Indiana University, The University of Kentucky and Grace Theological Seminary. Kraig is the webmaster for the CSACW and the Civil War Gazette (CWG). He does original research on the Civil War and publishes his results on the CWG. He can be reached at this email address.
We are also very excited to announce our first Chairman. He is Steven E. Woodworth, Ph.D., professor of history at TCU. Dr. Woodworth is an excellent scholar and we owe hima great debt of gratitude for his willingness to provide his leadership, passion and expertise to the CSACW.
The CSCAW and CWG Web Sites
A lot of information has been added to the CSACW web site and The Civil War Gazette (CWG for January. Key highlights include:
a. The CSACW web site: www.civilwargazette.com/csacw
b. Re-design of the CWG: www.civilwargazette.com
c. Bibliographies on religion, currency, Gen. Hiram Granbury and Confederate mapmaker Jedediah Hotchkiss.
http://www.civilwargazette.faithsite.com/content.asp?ListSG=5464d. The 2003 CSACW Shiloh Battlefield Tour (April)
http://www.civilwargazette.com/csacw/tours/shilohe. Photos of sites and/or battlefields:
http://www.civilwargazette.faithsite.com/content.asp?ListSG=4636-- The Carter House
(Battle of Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864) in Franklin, TN
-- Rippavilla Plantation, Spring Hill, TN
(Related to the Battle of Franklin)
The Mission of the CSACW?
The mission of CSACW is to promote and inspire the study of the American Civil War by providing historians access to primary original Civil War resources like letters, diaries and journals via the Internet.
How does the CSACW accomplish its mission?
The CSACW largely accomplishes its mission by partnering with private or individual collectors of Civil War resources who allow historians and scholars to access private collections via Internet technology through the CSACW web site. This partnership protects the private collectors' "ownership rights" but still provides the academic community access to these excellent resources for publication.
How to help the CSACW?
1. Make a tax-deductible donation to the CSACW. This will allow us to purchase primary resources on auction sites and to host Civil War battlefield tours that enables us to raise money to buy primary resources.
If you'd like to make a tax-deductible donation to the CSACW or you'd like to partner with us to further our mission please email us.
2. Partner with the CSACW by providing scans and/or transcriptions of primary resources you own (e.g., letters, diaries, etc.).
3. Spread the word about the CSACW via email (e.g., how about forwarding this newsletter to people you know would be interested in the CSACW and our web sites).
4. Go on a CSACW sponsored tour of a Civil War battlefield. The cost for the tour is tax deductible as our guests attend FREE in exchange for a suggested donation to the CSACW. The first tour this year will be to Shiloh Battlefield in TN. Other tours planned for 2003 include Chickamauga, Franklin/Nashville and possibly Gettysburg or Perryville.
Contacting the CSACW
Our email address: info@csacw.org
Our web site address: www.csacw.org
Our phone: 615.569.4932
Our mailing address:
The CSACW
c/o Kraig Blair
2732 Aston Woods Ln.
Thompson Station, TN 37179