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LETTER FROM THE CEO
ROB HAVERS, PH.D. President & CEO JOHN M. COSKI ROBERT HANCOCK Editors JOHN DIXON Designer BOARD OF DIRECTORS Daniel G. Stoddard, Chair Claude P. Foster, Vice Chair Walter S. Robertson III, Treasurer Mario White, Secretary Edward L. Ayers, Ph.D. J. Gordon Beittenmiller Hans Binnendijk, Ph.D. Audrey P. Davis George C. Freeman III Hon. David C. Gompert Bruce C. Gottwald, Sr. Monroe E. Harris, Jr. D.D.S. Elizabeth Cabell Jennings Richard S. Johnson John L. Nau III William R. Piper Lewis F. Powell III O. Randolph Rollins Kenneth P. Ruscio, Ph.D. Thomas L. Saunders III Leigh Luter Schell Julie Sherman Ruth Streeter W. Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr. Mario M. White Elisabeth M. Wollan, Ph.D. Rob Havers, Ph.D. (ex officio) ACWM FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Donald E. King, President J. Gordon Beittenmiller David C. Gompert Elizabeth Cabell Jennings Walter S. Robertson III Kenneth P. Ruscio Ph.D. Jeffrey Wilt Elisabeth M. Wollan Ph.D. (ex officio)
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Dear Friends It is a great pleasure to write this letter to you for our annual report. I am thoroughly enjoying my tenure at the helm of this great institution and am pleased to report that the American Civil War Museum had a good 2021, despite many, many challenges! Although the pandemic and its effects are still with us, the beginning of 2021 saw the Museum emerge from its enforced slumber and cautiously reopen. Gradually restrictions loosened until we were close to pre-pandemic operating levels. The challenges of the Delta variant, of course, impacted our efforts but, with the safety of our patrons and staff always being central, we adapted and saw good visitation at all three of our sites throughout the year. Our online programming proved to be extremely popular, and we have maintained good levels of participation in addition to starting the return to inperson programming. Of course, fundamental to our ability to do anything is the support of loyal and generous supporters. As you can read in the following pages, despite all the challenges of the pandemic our constituency has continued to support our efforts to tell the story of the American Civil War as only we can. Our annual fund finished the year at $333,933 while our membership totals ended up at $121,930. In addition, strong support from the Commonwealth of Virginia meant we finished the year with a $370,545 operating surplus. Looking ahead, we have much to be excited about. Our strategic plan, designed to take the institution to the next level of recognition at a national stage and strengthen all our existing efforts, will be completed in early 2022
Photo: Caroline Martin
and set the course and direction for the next five years. In addition, the opening of the new Robins Theater will see our fantastic new immersive film take center stage and that, in addition to our new ambitious multi-year program entitled ‘The Civil War and the Re-making of America,’ will serve to cement our reputation as the preeminent Civil War institution. All in all, our future looks very bright indeed, and I both thank you all for your support and look forward to working with you in the years to come.
Rob Havers President & CEO
WELCOME NEW STAFF
FOUNDATION UPDATE Dear Friends
Leah Baer
Gretchen Hemmer
Samatha Barrett
Hakem Johnson
John Dixon
Oliver Mendoza
As we fought through the pandemic, the American Civil War Museum became stronger and more effective. Remarkably, our mission of telling the whole story of the Civil War became more important than ever and our performance of that mission excelled. Strong executive leaders, a brilliant staff, and engaged Board members rose to the challenges that confronted our nation these past two years. We have made creative use of online communication and have skillfully restored in-person activities. We have emerged in excellent financial condition thanks to generous support from COVID relief programs, the Commonwealth of Virginia, foundations, donors, and our members. In the coming months, we will debut our muchanticipated Robins Theater and new state-of-the-art immersive film. We will also roll out an ambitious forward looking strategic plan. We will host our annual Symposium in-person at the Tredegar Foundry on February 19, 2022.
Morrissa Scott
Geneva Weidhass
Cheyanne Woodward
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM IS PLEASED TO WELCOME: Leah Baer, Education Programs Coordinator-Richmond Samantha Barrett, Education Outreach Specialist-Appomattox John Dixon, Creative Services Coordinator-Richmond Gretchen Hemmer, Facilities Manager-Richmond Hakem Johnson, Facilities Assistant-Richmond
We have ambitious funding plans to restore and upgrade our facilities, implement new exhibitions, promote innovative educational and scholarly work, and improve our visitor experience. Under the leadership of our new President and CEO, Dr. Rob Havers, we are confident of great results. We will need support from our current members and donors (and from the new ones we are vigorously recruiting). Please stay engaged with us as we embark on our exciting and important future. Thank you for your past support. May 2022 be a healing and restorative year for you. Be ready to see our sensational immersive film when it opens early next year.
Oliver Mendoza, Digital Marketing Coordinator-Richmond Morrissa Scott, Education Outreach Specialist-Appomattox Geneva Weidhass, Visitor Engagement Associate-Richmond Cheyanne Woodward, Education Outreach Specialist-Richmond
Donald E. King Chair, American Civil War Museum Foundation
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CONTENTS
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Southern Ambitions
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Letter from the CEO
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F oundation Update Letter from the President Year in Review Immersive Film and Theater Update Teacher Advisory Councils
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Symposium
The Soldier’s Civil War
Donations to the Collection
ANNUAL REPORT 12 13 15 21 22 23
Financial Statement Roll of Honour Nationwide Giving International Giving Tribute Gifts Bequests
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Book Highlights Jams, Sauces, and Syrups
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ON THE COVER: (1) Photo illustration by John Dixon for the 2022 Symposium. (2) Elisabeth Wollan (center) and friends. (3) RVA TukTuk tour. (4) History Hunt program visitors. (5) Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (left) visits Historic Tredegar.
Photo illustration: John Dixon Image courtesy of the Library of Congress
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Year in Review
Clockwise from above Celebrating the Museum’s first anniversary with a panel discussion streamed live on-line from the Saunders Lobby of ACWM at Tredegar. Opening of “Legacies of Appomattox” at ACWM Appomattox, curated by the Rev. Al Jones (right), founder of the Appomattox Black Civil War Legacy Museum. Kelly Hancock (center), ACWM Public Programs Manager, gives guided tours of Civil War Richmond in partnership with RVA TukTuk open-air electric vehicles.
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On this page Robert Hancock, ACWM Director of Collections, and Kelly Hancock, ACWM Public Programs Manager, give live streaming tours of the White House of the Confederacy.
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Year in Review
Clockwise from above Dr. Rob Havers, ACWM CEO & President, visits the Appomattox Museum. Don Jones (left), Chairman Appomattox Tourism Committee, Anne Dixon, Director Parks, Recreation & Tourism, Appomattox County, and Dr. Havers engage in conversation. Bob Sayre, ACWM Director of Visitor Engagement, in discussion with Dr. Havers. Sarah Honosky, reporter for The News Advance, Lynchburg, greets Dr. Havers with an elbow touch.
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(Left) Members of Stravna Ballet perform at Historic Tredegar during the Civil War and Emancipation Day program.
(Above) “Southern Ambitions” exhibit opening at Historic Tredegar.
(Above) Dr. Elisabeth M. Wollan is recognized for her service and leadership to the Museum with the dedication of a gallery in her name.
(Left) During a visit to Historic Tredegar, Virginia Governor, Ralph Northam (left) and Stephanie Arduini, ACWM Deputy Director, listen to Joseph Rogers, ACWM Education Programs Manager.
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Exhibit Opened By Christopher Graham Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the American Civil War Museum in July 2020 opened the second temporary exhibition in the second-floor gallery of its Tredegar site. “Southern Ambitions” explores what policymakers, statesmen, and journalists envisioned for their nation in the international community after the Confederacy won its independence. Exhibit visitors follow the transformation of Confederate ambitions over the four years of war – from their brightest hopes to their greatest fears about their nation’s place in the world – and encounter the core tenets of Confederate ideology, including their progressive view of global economic integration and their racially conservative approach to the problems of labor in their modern world. Along the way, the exhibit invites visitors to consider the place of supply chains, free trade, and constitutional republics in a radical world, and, finally, to consider whether any Confederate ambitions survived the defeat of the slaveholding republic. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded “Southern Ambitions.” A team from the American Civil War Museum developed the project, and Solid Light, Inc. of Louisville, Kentucky, designed and built it. The exhibit is based on the scholarship of Dr. Adrian R. Brettle (University of Virginia, Ph.D. 2014), Lecturer at Arizona State University, which is now published as Colossal Ambitions: Confederate Planning for a Post-Civil War World (University of Virginia Press).
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Financial Statement Fiscal Year 2021
23.8%
Revenue & Support Contributions, Membership & Donor Support
Revenues
Donated Facilities, Materials & Services $ 2,629,656
Donated Facilities, Materials & Services $ 1,245,781 Earned Income & Other
$ 1,361,378
Total Revenue
$ 5,236,815
50.2%
Contributions, Membership, Donors
26%
Earned Income
Expenses
Expenses
5.5
%
Advancement Program Services
$ 4,253,049
Advancement
$ 267,716
Administration
$ 345,505
Total Expenses
$ 4,866,270
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7.1%
Administration
87.4%
Program Services
$
25,000+
Anonymous New York, New York Edward L. Ayers Charlottesville, Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia Richmond, Virginia
Roll of Honour
Elizabeth Crown and Bill Wallace Chicago, Illinois George C. Freeman Henrico, Virginia James Irsay Indianapolis, Indiana Richard S. Johnson Richmond, Virginia John L. Nau III Houston, Texas Richard S. Reynolds Foundation Henrico, Virginia
The American Civil War Museum’s
E. Claiborne Robins Richmond, Virginia
Roll of Honour pays tribute to
Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III Palm Beach, Florida
the extraordinary generosity of its donors who contributed at least
Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation Richmond, Virginia
$1,000 to memberships, annual
fund, or other fundraising projects during the July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 fiscal year.
$
10,000-$24,999
Bank of America Richmond, Virginia
Herndon Foundation Goochland, Virginia
J. G. Beittenmiller Houston, Texas
The Hillcrest Foundation Spring Branch, Texas
Dale Blandford Richmond, Virginia
Elizabeth Cabell Jennings Richmond, Virginia
City of Richmond Richmond, Virginia
The Robert G. Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation Richmond, Virginia
The Coffman Foundation Kildeer, Illinois
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Indicates deceased donor
Daniel G. Stoddard Henrico, Virginia The Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond The Universal Leaf Foundation Richmond, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Thomas F. Farrell Richmond, Virginia
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$
5,000-$9,999
Appomattox County Board of Supervisors Appomattox, Virginia Chrisman Family Foundation Richmond, Virginia
Roll Honour
of
Cooper Surgical Trumbull, Connecticut Norwood Davis Richmond, Virginia Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation Richmond, Virginia Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Columbia, Maryland David Gompert Richmond, Virginia Monroe Harris, Jr. D.D.S. and Jill B. Harris Richmond, Virginia Don E. King Richmond, Virginia Paul and Sandra Montrone Hampton, New Hampshire Donald Pomplun South Prince George, Virginia
Donald L. Jones Concord, Virginia
Jack M. Enoch, Jr Richmond, Virginia
Mary B. Perkins Richmond, Virginia
Rob C. Farmer Richmond, Virginia
Lewis F. Powell III Richmond, Virginia
Robert B. Giles Richmond, Virginia
Gordon F. Rainey Richmond, Virginia
Elton C. Howerton Richmond, Virginia
Kenneth P. and Kimberly A. Ruscio Richmond, Virginia
Col. and Mrs. Frederick E. Johnston, III Leesburg, Virginia
Leigh Luter Schell Charlotte, North Carolina Schwartz Rainville Fund Hudson, Ohio Ruth Streeter Greenwich, Connecticut William C. Trimble, Jr. Owings Mills, Maryland Mario M. White Atlanta, Georgia Elisabeth M. Wollan, Ph.D Richmond, Virginia $
1,000-$1,999
Craig D. Bell North Chesterfield, Virginia
Walter S. Robertson Richmond, Virginia
Joe Beverly Thomasville, Georgia
O. Randolph Rollins Richmond, Virginia
Rob Blandford Richmond, Virginia
2,000-$4,999
Rita J. Aegerter Cathlemet, Washington Liz and Bob Blue Richmond, Virginia James W. Fossett Delmar, New York Florence B. Fowlkes Chevy Chase, Maryland Brenton S. Halsey Richmond, Virginia Hamilton Family Foundation Richmond, Virginia J. L. Camp Foundation Virginia Beach, Virginia WINTER 2021
Rick Divine Denver, Colorado
E. Bryson Powell Manakin Sabot, Virginia
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William E. Jamerson Appomattox, Virginia
Michael T. Bradshaw Richmond, Virginia Marion Brawley Winter Haven, Florida Edwin C. Brockenbrough Hunts Point, Washington Lissy Bryan Richmond, Virginia Carrie S. Camp Foundation, Inc. Franklin, Virginia Kent S. Clow Sheffield, Massachusetts Christy S. Coleman Chester, Virginia Larry Patrick Daughtry and Thomas A. Hewitt North Chesterfield, Virginia
William G. Kofron Akron, Ohio James O. Loyd Spencer, Indiana George W. Macon Richmond, Virginia John M. McCardell Beaufort, South Carolina Mary K. McGuire Saxe, Virginia S. Marshall Orr Richmond, Virginia Robert E. Petres Henrico, Virginia Louis B. Pieper Jr. Stratford, Connecticut Rouse-Bottom Foundation Newport News, Virginia Susan B. Scott Richmond, Virginia Robert B. Starke Boulder, Colorado W. H. Surgner Richmond, Virginia E. M. Valentine Richmond, Virginia George G. Whitaker Rocky Mount, North Carolina Jeffrey Wilt Richmond, Virginia Isabella G. Witt Richmond, Virginia Betty B. Young Miami, Florida
Nationwide Giving
The American Civil War Museum acknowledges the generosity of the following individuals, corporations and foundations that supported the Museum with a minimum gift of $20 to membership, annual fund or other fundraising projects during the July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 fiscal year.
ALABAMA Danny L. Anglin Earl E. Evens, Jr. David Fuller Everett Hatcher M. L. Parker Varina G. Rushton Deb Thomas
ARIZONA Norman F. Bauerle Dixie Chapter #1679, UDC John R. Geyer Sharon Virginia Jackley Brian P. Keogh Charles H. Knauff Cindy Lachin Stephen O’Meara Lynn I. Terry
ARKANSAS Lloyd McCracken John Worsham
CALIFORNIA Ralph M. Agnello Tony Alvarez Dr. Thom M. Armstrong
Paul Arribage Virginia Ball Brenda Belsher Jim Booth Michael A. Carling Laurence I. Caughlan Irving M. Chase Jon W. Churnin Craig Cook Jon Courtway Cindy Crane Thomas C. Cutler Thomas H. Dembinski Donald Depascal Edward C. Derkum William A. Dillon Dean D. Flippo Lawrence J. Friedman Francisco Albert Galvan Spencer T. Gilbreath Rebecca L. Gonzalez William E. Haley Dr. Dale Heckman John A. Holland William Hudson Jonathan Hussey Gary T. Izumi Timothy S. Kelly Richard and Barbara Musella Daniel A. Navarro Cynthia Norton-Subega
Daniel R. Nowlan Robert Parker Douglas Powers Michael S. Provenghi Michael J. Saggs Carol Scott Howard D. Settle Wilson B. Sexton Richard C. Shipley Glenn Swanson Lt. Col. Gregory A. Thiele Daniel T. Tierney Mabry Tyson Robert Waters Dorothy Webb Janet Whaley Stephen White Valerie Young Lillian Ziff-Feldman
COLORADO Daniel M. Albritton Lesley Argent Todd J. Burnett Jeffrey Davis James Di Zerega James Dorrough Don Hanlon John W. Kendrick Ronald Littmann
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Colorado continued
Stephen Shepard Robert H. Slemmons Kenneth R. Updegrove Walter Weart
CONNECTICUT David W. Blight Linda Hodge Shane Mackowicki Baxter H. Maffett Allen Mardis Robert McCoy Keith Miller Richard J. Olson William Pfeffer Lisa Samia Brian West
DELAWARE Natalie S. Bush William Campbell Robert Linder Tyler Yzaguirre
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA William Davidson Karl Edler Adam Reiffen Ronald Sann Noah A. Trudeau
FLORIDA Janet Atkinson Robert J. Burdge Thomas A. Cook Charles R. Crawford John H. and Dolores Dahowski Fort Myers Chapter #2614, UDC Robin S. Futch Doris D. Hardy Emmerson H. Harris Helen Harris George M. Hayes, III Kevin D. Hutchenson Richard McCulloch Jones and Constance C. Jones Barclay Kirkland John C. Knee Walter J. Lake, Sr.
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Claude E. Leslie Giles A. Light, Ret. Timothy W. Martin John W. and Sharon McFarland Thomas J. Miller Wreatha D. Mills Mark Nash George M. Peck Robert Rust Bruce Schweizer R. V. Whisnand Pamela Wray Shirley F. Wright
GEORGIA Stanley Chambers William J. Cooper Reed G. Creaser James A. Edwards Commander John R. Floyd Peter McConkey James H. Mealor Michael E. Motes Carl and Julia M. Paepcke Sam Rauch William Scales Anne B. Segraves Jacob H. Wamsley Marissa Winsky
HAWAII Andrew J. Speese
IDAHO Dennis L. Hallman
ILLINOIS Alex M. Czurylo Anthony G. Deany Timothy L. Garrett Catherine A. Griffin Thomas Hauff Natalie A. Kruse Brenda Lehmann James Lindemulder Richard M. Locke Sherry S. McKee Robert Melick Janice Moore Wayne Morrison Laurence D. Schiller
Dr. Edward F. Searing Mary Shelden Andrew B. Simmons Dr. Trevor Steinbach Thomas Thoenen Roger J. and Linda L. Tieman Lawrence Walsh Dr. Robert A. Westefer
INDIANA L.R. Booher Kenneth W. Bradley Alexis Britt Jill Britt Christopher M. Broome David Childs Theodore J. Commons William A Ghormley Donald Harmon James Klopp Dr. Robert E. Kovacs John Krom Karen Kurtz John Plascak Bill Schopmeyer Daniel Sommer Clay W. Stuckey
IOWA Jon Acton LTC and Mrs. David M. Dryer Allan M. Geddes Gary Kupferschmid Dr. Jeffey and Mary Shay
KANSAS James W. Ross Linda Sullivan Edward S. Tremaine
KENTUCKY Kelly Earl Brown Bixler W. Howland Zach H. Logan and Carole Waddell Logan George Staples Robert W. Tonini Lowry Rush Watkins Donald Wenzel Dean Whitaker
LOUISIANA William F. Bologna Peter F. Caviness Bill Denny and Jerry A. Daughtry Denny Druby C. Hebert James G. Marston
MAINE Mary Anderson Felton W Scott Klinger Mary Kuza William E. Littlefield David Sulin
MARYLAND Francis E. Armbruster, Jr. Guy Benton Beltz Robert A. Billheimer Stuart L. Bindeman Grace M. Brady Robert Brookman Ronald G. Browning Robert Burke Chris and Kimberly Cavallio Sharon Chen Douglas M. Clark Samantha Cole Bruce L. Damasio Mary A. De Credico Mary Dawn Dobson Donna Dolan John A. Dorsey III Howard Fair Gary Fellman Ellen Ficklen
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Timothy Harrop James G. Hendrickson Richard Hynson Robert C. Jackle Timothy W. Kinlock Gary C. Loraditch Cynthia K. Mason Christine McBride Ms. Shawn McKay Conrad A. Meil Charles F. Meyd Jr Richard Milstead James T. Mullin Thomas Neale Jerome F. Neser, Jr. Lloyd E. Oliver Lawrence B. Packard Jason Parker George K. Parson Joseph B. Saunders Derek Savage Frederick G. Savage Randy Schmitt Earl L. Shiflett George F. Stimak Margaret Stuart John Taylor Curtis A. Utz Richard Ward Judge Patrick L. Woodward Douglas A. Young
MASSACHUSETTS
MISSISSIPPI
Cherry F. Bamberg Albert P. Bushey Michael Lewison Jean M. and John P. Roccio Frank Sahl
Mickey Collins Anthony Delee Evelyn Perry Ken Radford Bill Russell John Tate Taylor
MICHIGAN Ceo E. Bauer Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Dave Downing Donald R. Garlit Michael A. Giandiletti Thomas E. Gough Douglas Hattrem Robert Hill David Holtz Albert G. Krieger Richard Krolikowski Janice Van Lente Diane Lofquist Neil Martin Richard Pardini Steven C. Rogers Joan M. Scheel Phillip D. Schertzing Karen L. Schult Nancy K. Scott Dr. Larry Sherman Paul J. Sopko Christina E. Tabaczka Brad Vincent Mark Wagner Cullen Walters JoAnn D. Warren A. K. Wright
MINNESOTA James Ford Dennis L. Garoutte Esther Graney Steven Kleckner Mark Litzow Adam Malamen National Order of the Blue and Gray Charles A. Post, USMC Ret. Ronan Rolland Larry Sampson John A. Sipe
MISSOURI Jo Anna Dale Judith L. King Janie Pendergraft William R. Piper Robert F. Sager Larry Satterthwaite John D. Schaperkotter Barry Upchurch Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
MONTANA Jim Hutcheson
NEBRASKA Nancy Brugger Dave Burden Todd Freyer
NEVADA Michael S. Harley
NEW HAMPSHIRE Bruce G. Brown Mary Gaul Roland L. Higgins John Mudge & Associates Steven Rockwell Mark Schifrin
NEW JERSEY William J. Buchanan Richard and Mary Commerford Thomas P. Cuff Thomas Dayspring Warren Dembeck Judith K. Dorsa Lucy C. Guenther Carl Guzzo James Kocur Robert Lecky
Charles G. Mander Claire A. Mandeville Randall A. Mihalik Donald K. Moore Ronald Naylor Ralph Owens Rick Paton Paul T. Sasso Gene Sharpless Vincent Thaner Frank P. Van Note John Vytowich William H. Whiteman Michael T. Woelfel
NEW MEXICO Dr. T .J. Betenbough Ralph J. Sabroe
NEW YORK Joshua Alberry Phil Arony CDR. Jim Bateman, USN Ret Peter Benko Richard A. Bernstein Stephen A. Bloch Sondra E. Carlson Brian Castler Johnathan Croyle Gerald A. Davies Dennis Dengel Stephen Fleming Tom Fontana Geoffrey G. Gorsuch Cari Griggs Douglas A. Hard John L. Hosp Martha Hunt Peter T. and Jill S. Jablonski Stephanie Keys Mark P. Kisker Rosalyn Levin Maurice I. Malin Capt. Richard F. McLaughlin, Sr. Daniel E. Miller Paulette Morgan Cathleen Norton John O’Farrell, Jr. Lucy Lee and Jose Ojeda Dr. M. Stephen Pendleton Willis L. Platt Sheldon and Ellen Rabin Meredith L. Roscoe Howard Shapiro
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New York continued
Mark H. Shaver Frank Siegel Bram Smith Barbara Struckman Dennis W Sullivan Myrna L. Sullivan Alan Van Cott Mary Jo Von Bieberstein Bruce B. Weidenburner Jeffrey and Noreen Wood
Barbara E. Schlageter Donald K. Scott A. T. Seavers Walter L. Shepherd Nils Skudra Col. Johnny W. Sokolosky Scott Taylor Timothy P. Winstead
NORTH CAROLINA
Steven Glascock
Wesley T. Adams A. Elise Allison Annette Ayers Edward Balkovic Robert Blodgett John K. Blue Robert Boschma Charles A. Brintle James R. and Susan A. Brooks Michael Broom Thomas R. Butler James E. Clark, Sr. James M. Coleman Joseph Cullen Alvin Dellinger Allen Driver Major General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF Ret Martin Fleming Nancy F. Fowler David M. Hardaway Lawrence W. Heiney Eric Hight James B. Hogshead Larry Hungerford Max Rogers Jones, Jr. Dan D. Jystad Rabecca Klemp Judy LeHew Chris B. Lillie James Lorentzen Sallie W. McOwen Gary Missel Larry W. Mobley William Clark Moore Charles B. Moye Herbert L. Nichols Alex Orlov Bruce E. Patterson George R. Pearson, Jr., USAF Ret. Preston Reilly Joseph Scheib
OHIO
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NORTH DAKOTA
Anonymous Carole L. Babyak Bob Beers Joseph Wm. Charles, Jr. Doug Cocklin John R. Creadon Robert L. Croye Donald Dregalla James Eck Gary Egner Bonnie Eyestone David W. Foote, Jr. Sharon A. Glaser Charles L. Hall, Jr. Larry Hasselbach William J. Heaphy Joseph E. Hull Daryl Hutson William Doug Kerns Andy Klinker Fred Krisch Dr. Benjamin J. Kulper, M.D. Earl Lewis Steven Lutsch Jill McDaniel Victor A. Myers Lawrence M. Oberdank Roger J. Pinta Barbara Risius Daniel Rudlowski Anthony J. Schuerger Linda C. Skillman-Mitchell Gil Stevens Phillip Ungerer Mark A. Weigand Jared Williams
OKLAHOMA Tom Bayless Jane Johansson Mike Sheriff Evan Zorn
OREGON Mike Leopold Dean Sartain Craig Soderberg Michael R. Steele Jeffrey Sturm Scott Tulley
PENNSYLVANIA Robert Ashcraft Bart Bailey Shirley A. Banks Roseanna Barnes Richard Bell Howard Bernd Robert I. Bolton, Jr. Michael Busovicki John Jeffrey Cox Ben Crago Bob Delark Christopher G. and Susan Y. Donohue Mark A. Eisele Roy Fairbairn James A. Favero Dr. Paul S. Ferrer Gerald C. Fisher Vincent V. Gasbarro John and Jacquelyn Guthridge D. S. Hartwig James Hatley Beth A. Johnson Michael S. Kalichak Linda Kao William C. Keck Daniel Klemens James M. Kuzir Thomas G. Lawler Helen A. Lawlor Joseph Lewis Lee H. Martin Michael McGee Paul D. Metzger John P. Minor
Joel Arthur Moore Dwight L. Moyer Timothy B. Perkoski Barry Perry Douglas G. Pfeiffer Thomas J. Primerano Richard Pry Robert L. Rainey James Reese Charles R. Reid Michael Sakelarides Yvonne Schexnayder William John Siskar, III Barry Stocker David M. Stockwell Kevin Walsh John D. Wedo Lowell and Emily Wenger Curt M. Wilson Paul T. Wilson John S. Wydrzynski Sandy Ykema Joshua Zech
RHODE ISLAND Russell Dannecker Ronald Kobayashi Larry Monastesse
SOUTH CAROLINA Gary D. and Marsha S. Cabbage Richard E Fernandez Alpha Ferraro Julian G. Frasier Craig T. Hammer John H. Hardin Peggie Hartness-Harris Andrew L. Hyatt Lowcountry Civil War Roundtable Arthur Ravenel Margaret E. Strickland Kenneth L. Thomas Roy Williams
SOUTH DAKOTA Kevin Miley E. Stuart Wenzel
TENNESSEE Michael D. and Diane A. Baiely William Centner Richard Comiso Walter Corey Charles W. Cox Sara Erwin James A. Everett Thomas F. Fine Juan B. Ianni Malcolm H. Liles David Lynch Jamie Mann Michael R. Russell
TEXAS James Alderman Robert Bailey Vicki Betts Howard I. Black Charles Campbell John M. Campbell Tim Danklef Gene Debullet Benjamin Elliott Jeffrey F. Ellis Fort Worth Civil War Roundtable Dennis C. Fowler Christopher George C. Michael Harrington Michael R. Hemer Joseph Hughes L. R. Hutchinson Michael G. Mask Cecil and Sandra M. Mayo Lawrence Muirhead Eugenia Glover Pace Robert Payne Bob Perkins Jerry W. Pinkerton Richard Planto Kathy T. Rider David Robinson Peggy Rose Leo C. Salzman Shane Scarbrough Perry Schwierzke Dana Seamans Todd Sellars
Texscape Landscape & Design Inc Gary P. Whitfield Larry B. Wilson YourCause, LLC Trustee for Chevron Matching Employee Funds
UTAH W. Andrew McCullough
VERMONT Lynne Bortree Randy K. Briggs Bill Koulopoulos
VIRGINIA Watkins M. Abbitt A. M. Acuff Neale N. Ainsfiled Timothy L. Akers John D. Allan April Allen Dan Allen Tom Allen Walter Allen Ron Alpern and Pam Knapp Susan Amory Dr. J. Francis Amos Robert Annandale Lee S. Anthony David C. Ascher Frank Atwood Denny Avers Beth Bagley Donald J. Balzer, Jr. Rafael Chelles Barroso Vance T. Bartley, Jr. and Brownie J. Bartley Ulrike K. Baumann James I. Beale Robert E. Beam Lura Beck Frank C. Bedell Fred Bernhardt Lorraine Blair Lynn Blankman James G. Blauert Earl Blythe J.J. Boehling James W. Boehling Raymond E. Boehling Eugenia H. Borum
Dr. Robert Bowden Scott C. Boyd Mark Bradley Robin A. Brewster Roderick C. Briggs Lisa Britton Gary M. Brock Robert S. Brown W. G. Brownrigg Jeffry C. and Kathleen Burden David Burke Dr. George W. Burke Michele M. Burnett Michael Burns Robert L. Burrus, Jr. Janet Burton Harry W. Butler John R. Caldwell Karan R Callaway George Calvert Laura B. Cameron Duncan Campbell Steve A. and Nectar C. Cantu Mary S. Cardozo Jane H. Carlson Thomas M. Carlton Betsy B. Carr Roger L. Carson Jeffrey Cartwright Daniel K. Chandler and Neysa M. Slater-Chandler Xiaoheng Chen Chericoke Foundation Earle Christman Dr. Donald C. Clagett William S. Clements Larry Clevinger Noelle Coates Mattie Coll Dr. Carl M. Colonna Karen Connair Charlene R. Cook Gary Cowardin David Cox Frederic H. Cox Trevor S. Cox Wayne Cox Tom Crabbs Bryan Craig Carl Craig Lawrence Croft Tom Crouse Otis C. Crowther Stephen J. Crum Bartholomew C. Cunningham
Anne G. Curran Pamela Curtin Charles H. Cuthbert Anthony Dale Pamela W. Damron John Davis Lawrence P. Davis William F. and Ellen V. Davis Robert V. Doggett Samuel J. Doss Mary Ann Doucette Charles and Jean Driscoll Elaine Duckworth Kenneth L. Eberhart James Egdas Gabrielle Elliott W. Douglas Elliott, Jr. Irene Ellis Hope Armstrong Erb Howard J. Ewing Vincent Faraci David V. Fewell Merilyn L. Finn Bernard J. Fisher David Fisher Bernard Fleming Evamon W. Fleming Lt. Col. Lowell K. Flickinger, Ret. Randolph Flood Susan Flye Claude P. Foster F. Meriwether Fowlkes T. Bernard Fox Anne H. Freeman Jeremy H. Freeman Hon. and Mrs. Robert Freis John H. Frischkorn Carter B. Furr Samuel W. Gage Esther Galan Gary W. Gallagher Michael Gannon Charles W. Gardner Robert M. Gaura Garth G. Germond Robert Van Giezen Dr. James E. and Shirley E. Gillespie Joyce H. Gillespie Mary S. Gilliam Catherine F. Gioeli Charles Glenn James Glenn Dr. Peter Goodman Fred A. Gosnell Paul T. Goss
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Joel Gottlieb John E. Grady Robert S. Green Eva S. Gregory Thomas C. Gresham Herbert W. De Groft Matthew A. Hamilton Nina Hamilton Frank W. Hammond Robert and Kelly Hancock Robert G. Hardison Rachel Harper Frank Col. W. Harris III, USMC Ret Sheridan Harrod Jason Hatcher John T. Hazel Patrick Headley Walter P. Hempfling Alison Herring Russell W. Hicks Jacob Higgerson F.M. Hite Virginia C. Hoag Homer Hodge Christina A. Hook Terry Horner Charles E. Howdyshell Michael W. Hunt Robert Hunt and Joyce Hann William Huntington Chris Hushak Charles E. Hutchinson Thomas N. Innes Ray Inscoe Robert Jaffee Bruce B. James Steven Jaren Edward W. Jennings David Jobe Charles Scott Johnson USN Ret. Richard Johnson Earl R. Johnston J. Kipling Jones Robin Jones Scott Jones Crawley F. Joyner Walter T Judd Jayda Justus Robert M. Kelley Thomas F. Kern, Jr. and Carol W. Kern Stephen Kindrick Richard Kingsley Donald Bruce Kirchner Marcia Kirkpatrick
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Lawrence Meier April Mela William Menefee Charles L. Menges and Penelope W. Kyle Katherine Menges Neal Menkes James T. Micklem Harry M. Middleton Marshall Miller William E. Miller Terrance Minnick Robert L. Montague Dean Montelongo Brad Mooney Kathryn Moore Lee Moore Thurston R. Moore Patrick J. Mountain John W. and Susan M. Mountcastle John Moyer Tim Murray J.B. Myers Lynn Myers Patty Myrick George L. Nance, Jr. Nathalie L. Klaus Charitable Trust James L. Nelson Bobby Newcomb Paige Nolen Julia J. Norrell Kara Noto William L. Old Anthony R. Owens Brod and Sylvia Pack William. H. Parcell, III Mary Pawlowski Joseph Payne James E. Pearman, Jr. William J. Petersen Chris Peterson Patsy K. Pettus Beverly Pflugrath George G. Phillips John M. Pietras Edward Pillsbury Charles Pinkerton Thomas R. Pratt Mary Priddy Ken Pritchett Claudia Puckette Roy E. Putze Richard C. Radi Ramanan Ramadoss
Marc F. Ramsey Ryan Rasmussen Robin D. Ray Karl Records Tom Redfern Kaye S. Redford J. W. Reid John M. Reid Robert Richardson David F. Riddick Philip Riddle Jamie Rigler Glen Robertson C. H. Robins Dr. Richard B. Robins Michael D. Rockefeller Loren M. Rogers John B. Rosenman Aubrey J. Rosser Mark Rowe Roger Rudder John A. Rupp Thomas B. Russell Wynne C. Saffer H Guy Sager, Jr. Frank Sahl R. Anthony Salgado John S. Salmon Leah L. Samuels George E. Sanborn James E. Sassak Paul Saunders Mike Saxton Elora Sayre Maura Schass Clinton H. Schemmer Robert Schultz Randy Scott Raphael and Katherine Semmes Roy Seward Patrick N. Shank Joseph M. Sharnoff Scott Shepardson Philip O. Sheridan Amy and Julie Sherman John Sherman Peter J. Shudtz Alexander Smith, Jr. John and Carolyn Snow Joe Sokohl Paul Spraker Betty A. Stacy Russell and Lucy Steele Dale E. Stern David J. Stetson James B. Stone
International Giving SWEDEN
ENGLAND
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Ian F. and Trina Beckett
GERMANY Susan Vogel
AUSTRALIA Ross Brooks
Virginia continued
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Margaret Turbyfill H.G. Tyler George Ungerer Benjamin Uzel Richard Vari Wilson F. and Elizabeth Vellines Richard D. Vercellone Virginia Humanities Patricia A. Walenista Buren Walker Tom Walker Michael Ward Sharon Ward Terry Ward Dr. and Mrs. J. Latane Ware Stanley F. Warner Matt Waters Michael Waters Stephen H. and Mollie T. Watts Stephen A. Weinhardt Randy Welch William L. Wellons David M. West Rosalie A. West Jodi Whidby Dr. David C. Whitehead, Jr., M.D. Elliott Whitfield Kay Whitfield Franklin S. Whitlock
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WASHINGTON Martha P. Bolen Richard Hansen Duane S. Moe Jon L Ruckle Anthony Schiro Cynthia St. Clair Sharon Storbo Frederic L. Tolleson, USMC Ret.
WEST VIRGINIA J.L. Brannon Paul G. Huhn W.H. Lesser Haven Wall
WISCONSIN William Arbter Darrell Foell Ralph C. L. Geigner Gerri Gribi Jane M. Kolakowski William A. Lazarz Ronald A Rasmussen Fred R. Schneider Nancy F. Shaw Tim Sprecher Robert Steliga Mike Wicinsky Douglas A. Wolk
WYOMING Gregory Eaglin Robert S. Junkrowski
ARMY POST OFFICE Donald Woods
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Tribute Gifts Gifts given honor or memory of someone to the American Civil War Museum Rita J. Aegerter In honor of Master Sargent Anna E. Aegerter
John Krom In memory of George (Chip) Snead
William Arbter In memory of Albert H. Sherwood Co. H, 12th Wisconsin Inf.
Robert H. Lamb In memory of Norvell Henley Lamb
James E. Clark, Sr. In honor of Pvt. Thomas Carrol Clark CSA, Co. B, 49th North Carolina Regiment.
David F. and Nancy C. Leonard In memory of all my Confederate Ancestors
Patty Claypool In memory of Sarajane Allison Larry Patrick Daughtry and Thomas A. Hewitt In memory of Madeline Traina Hewitt Larry Patrick Daughtry and Thomas A. Hewitt In memory of Margaret Kathleen Beckum Daughtry Larry Patrick Daughtry and Thomas A. Hewitt In memory of Larry Gerald Daughtry Larry Patrick Daughtry and Thomas A. Hewitt In memory of Vernon Arlington Davis Estate of Billy Darrell Debo In memory of his great grandfather, Cornelius Debo, 28th Virginia, Co. G Dr. Paul S. Ferrer In honor of Sean Ferrer Robin S. Futch In honor of James Futch, Jr. Donald R. Garlit In honor of Wife’s Great Grandfather George Washington Lantz (5th Ohio Cavalry) Robert G. Hardison In memory of Cee Garris
Lowcountry Civil War Roundtable In honor of William C. “Jack” Davis Cecil and Sandra M. Mayo In honor of USCT-Civil War Rouse-Bottom Foundation In honor of Dorothy Eva Rouse Frank Sahl In honor of S. Waite Rawls III Frank Siegel In memory of Moses Siegel, 12 Alabama Paul Spraker In memory of Howard Lynch Cynthia St. Clair In memory of Major William Harrison Werth, 45th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Don Switz In honor of Betsy Wollan Edward S. Tremaine In honor of Private John Truelove, 9th Missouri Infantry Co. C Lowry Rush Watkins In memory of Lt. Thomas Walker Bullitt
Emmerson H. Harris In memory of William Henry Harris
Donald Wenzel In honor of Diamond’s Cavalry CSA Captain Wm. Culbertson
Dr. Jill B. Harris In honor of Monroe E. Harris
Timothy P. Winstead In memory of Neverson Columbus Winstead
Martha Hunt In memory of Mr. Watson Tilman
John Worsham In memory of Lt. General. T. J. Jackson
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Bequests to the Museum The American Civil War Museum recognizes and honors those who have remembered the Museum in their estate planning, either by a provision in their wills or another form of deferred gift. By including the American Civil War Museum in their estate plans or other planned gift, these members join a unique group of supporters who are committed to preserving the history of the American Civil War for future generations.
Estate of Billy Darrell Debo Texas
Estate of Peter H. Godfrey Texas
Estate of Frederick G. W. Raabe Pennsylvania
Estate of Lloyd J. Rhodes Connecticut
Estate of Donald M. Wilkinson New York
The Tredegar Society is an organization of young professionals whose mission is to support the work of The American Civil War Museum. The group hosts events throughout the year that seek to bring Civil War history to younger audiences, and holds an annual fundraising event, “Loose Cannons.” The next “Loose Cannons” will be at the Foundry Building at Tredegar on Saturday, May 7, 2022. If you are interested in sponsoring or attending the event or in joining the Tredegar Society, please contact Michelle Ruggieri (MRuggieri@acwm.org).
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A diverse collaboration of people have been working from across the country to create the Museum’s new immersive film in its Robins Theater, opening spring 2022. We are eager to bring this film experience to our Historic Tredegar location and transport visitors through the causes, course, and aftermath of the Civil War in ways that make the rich, complex, and deeply human stories of the era come alive. Excited to see the film in person? Stay tuned for more information, including official opening dates in spring 2022.
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Kansas City, MO: Staff from the Museum and the film’s creator, Solid Light, filmed live-action sequences on a soundstage in Missouri with period film production experts, Wide Awake Films. Seasoned filmmakers and historians alike were particularly moved by the performances of the actors, and the anticipated impact of the scenes will have layered with all of the film’s other components.
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Richmond, VA: The theater construction continues, preparing the space for Solid Light to build the screens and install theatrical equipment in early 2022.
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The Teacher Advisory Councils
Since 2014 the Education Department has
looked to teachers to help guide our work. After all, who knows more about what educators need in the classroom than those doing the work? In the last seven years, the Teacher Advisory Council has been invaluable as we navigated the consolidation of our museums, developed new education programs, and worked through a global pandemic. It is not an understatement to say that without the partnership developed by the teachers on the council ours would be a less effective and less focused department. Upon receiving a grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia last year, we decided to expand our Teacher Advisory Council by creating one that recruited nationally and another that focused on the specific needs of Virginia Teachers. This year we have gone a step further by partnering with the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. This new partnership in which the Virginia Council advises and works with both organizations has already yielded positive results, by reaching educator applicants whom we previously were unable to recruit. This year we had a record number of applications to join our councils, and making the final cuts was not easy. Of the 38 total candidates to apply, the
24 that have been selected are stand-out educators with a passion for the work. Each of the eight Superintendent’s Regions of the VDOE is represented on the Virginia Council, including Southside and Southwest VA. The National Council includes teachers from Arkansas, Vermont, Georgia, and Wisconsin, and, for the first time, California. It is both an exciting and trying time for education in the United States and in Virginia, but with the guidance of these exemplary educators, we are sure to shine!
Virginia Teacher Advisory Council Shantel Wright Southampton Elementary, Richmond Barry Davis Bethel HS, Hampton Stephanie Burchett Parkside Elementary, Spotsylvania Lynn Moore Potomac MS, Dumfries Clarke Scott Pittsylvania County Schools, Altavista Hayley Burnett Bonsack Elementary, Roanoke Benson Redman John S. Battle HS, Bristol Amy Cranford Park View HS, South Hill Rebecca Graham Madeira School, McLean Hampton Kennedy Blue Ridge School, St. George Janice Fisher Hylton HS, Woodbridge Katrina Shultz Rippon MS, Woodbridge
National Teacher Advisory Council Sara Owens Greenfield Central Jr. HS, Greenfield, Indiana Bruce Damasio Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD Becky Berry Morgantown HS, Morgantown, WV Jason Rojee Medway HS, Medway, MA Tomacine Crouch Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention Center, Charlottesville, VA Valencia Abbott Rockingham Early College HS, Wentworth, NC Crystal Parten CSRA RESA, Dearing, GA Mark Grow Millbrook HS, Raleigh, NC Linda Gustafson Vermont Technical College, Williston, VT Jonathan Shulman La Jolla Country Day School, La Jolla, CA Patrick Jacob Arkansas National Guard/Arkansas Military Academy, Camp Robinson, AR Chris Lese Marquette University HS, Milwaukee, WI Meaghan Rymer River City MS, Richmond, VA T H E A M ER I C A N CI V I L WA R M US EU M
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Photo illustration: John Dixon Image courtesy of the Library of Congress
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By Kelly Hancock
After more than a year and a half of virtual programming, we are planning for the 2022 annual Symposium to be an in-person event. What is more, we will be holding the Symposium at Historic Tredegar for the first time. Utilizing the Foundry building (the former home of the American Civil War Center) as our lecture hall, we not only will have room for a socially distanced event but also have the advantage of being next to the Museum with all its amenities. For those too distant to travel or unable to attend in person, we will be offering a live stream option. As we delve into this year’s theme, “The Soldier’s Civil War,” we will examine how ordinary men, faced with violence, loneliness, fear, death, and, for Black men, racism, coped during the war and how the impact of war affected their postwar lives. Five sessions will explore aspects of soldiers’ experiences both during and after the war. To kick off the daylong symposium, Dr. Peter Carmichael (Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies, Director of the Civil War Institute,
Gettysburg College) will discuss letters written by Southern soldiers, whose education was so limited, they essentially spoke rather than wrote their letters. Carmichael, who spent nearly ten years writing The War for the Common Soldier (UNC Press, 2018), pored over numerous letters and records of soldiers from both the North and the South. Dr. Lesley Gordon (Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History, University of Alabama) will use her case study of the 2nd Texas Infantry to examine the impact of allegations of cowardice, a subject that until recently has gone largely unexplored. Discussing the escape of 3,000 Union prisoners of war, Dr. Lorien Foote (Patricia & Bookman Peters Professor of History, Texas A&M University) will explore U.S. soldier’s experiences in the final days of the war as well as the transformation of the Confederate homefront to the battle front. Closing sessions will examine the war’s aftermath. Dr. Holly Pinheiro (Assistant Professor of History at Furman University), will explore the impact of the war on African-American soldiers and their families, revealing how economic and social instability, introduced by military service, resonated for years and even generations after soldiers left the battlefield. Dr. Jonathan Jones (Assistant Professor of History at Virginia Military Institute) will conclude the symposium with a talk focused on the opioid crisis among Civil War veterans.
In partnership with UVA’s John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History and sponsored by Americana Corner, the Symposium will be hosted and moderated by Dr. Caroline Janney, director of the Nau center, and held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The registration fee is $75 for nonmembers, $50 for members, and $25 for students and educators. The streaming fee is $30. Visit our website acwm.org to register or call Kelly Hancock our public programs manager at 804-649-1861 ext. 121.
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Donations to the Collection
The Verdery Family
Porcelain doll with calico dress and leather shoes.
In memory of Madeline Traina Hewitt and James Thomas Hewitt Funds to purchase “Wounded Scout” sculpture by John Rogers, 1864.
Anonymous Donors
Cartes de Visite portraits of General P.G.T. Beauregard, General Joseph E. Johnston, and Colonel John S. Mosby. Tokens or challenge coins for 1970s Ku Klux Klan membership. Artifacts relating to public protests at the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, 2020. Pocket diary of Eben Andrews, U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, 1864.
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Anonymous Donor
Cased image portrait of an unidentified Union soldier.
The Family of Mary Ladd Garstang.
German papier mâché doll, three cloth dolls, a bound herbarium book assembled by Anne S. Jones, 16 pieces of paper money, and several period textiles and textile samples
Amy L. Hirter in memory of Ruth Hirter
Large (240-piece) collection of letters and diaries of the Paden family of Pennsylvania and Ohio, 1856-1872 (bulk 1861-1865), including letters from and about brothers James Paden of the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Thomas Franklin “Frank” Paden of the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, and William Paden of the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry who was mortally wounded in May 1864, and their sister, Melissa J “Millie” Paden, who died while working in the Washington, D.C., hospital where her brother had died.
Photos by Robert Hancock
Sharon Plaskett Jackley
Letter and hand-drawn calling card from George Rush Plasket to “Ely,” 1863, with a hand-drafted map of Vicksburg on the reverse of the letter.
Louise V. Holzhauer
Eight pieces of Confederate and State bank paper money.
Bizhan Khodabandeh, artist
Print of digital art, “Lee Monument, June 2020.”
John H. Motley
Two donations of books, pamphlets, papers, photographs, military records, newspapers, and speeches, numbering 41 and 56 pieces, related to African-American military experiences and including two slave sale receipts and a slave hire contract.
S. Waite Rawls III
Three prints (two hand-colored) and a framed Confederate cotton bond: “7% cotton loan of the Confederate States of America for 3 millions sterling or 75 millions francs.”
Joan Sprague
Three letters from Private Isaac M. Morris, 3rd West Virginia Cavalry, to his wife, 1863-1864, written from New Creek, West Virginia, and Belle Isle prison camp, Richmond, Virginia, where he died.
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Southern Strategies: Why the Confederacy Robert E. Lee: A Life by Allen C. Guelzo Failed, edited by Christian B. Keller, takes an intimate look at the Confederate
presents provocative essays by military historians who employ classical strategic and leadership theory to explain why the South failed in its bid for independence. Hardcover, Item #154368 $34.95; Members $31.46
general in all his complexity—his hypocrisy and courage, his inner turmoil and outward calm, his disloyalty, and his honor. Hardcover, Item #154366 $35.00; Members $31.50
Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams is the third edition of the 1944 classic that laid the foundation for the study of slavery, imperialism, and economic development. Paperback, Item #154399 $24.95; Members $22.46
The Generals’ Civil War: What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today by Stephen
The Record of Murders and Outrages: Racial Violence and the Fight Over Truth at the Dawn of Reconstruction by William
The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson by Robert S. Levine
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A Blair uses the accounts of far-flung Freedmen’s Bureau agents to expose the reality of the violence that Black communities endured in the wake of emancipation. Paperback, Item #154397 $19.95; Members $17.96
grippingly portrays the conflicts that brought Douglass and the wider Black community to reject Johnson and call for a guilty verdict in his impeachment trial – and, in the process, underscore the lost promise of Reconstruction. Hardcover, Item #154385 $23.95; Members $21.56
Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times by
David S. Reynolds is a magisterial work that paints the portrait of a man who, at each stage in his life, managed to arrive at a broader view of things than all but his most enlightened peers and whose extraordinary range of cultural knowledge shaped a vision of true union. Paperback, Item #154382 $22.00; Members $19.80
Biscuits: a Savor the South cookbook by Belinda Ellis delights readers with biscuit history and its intimate connections with southern culture. The first recipe shows how to make the perfect biscuit. Fifty-five recipes range from traditional to inventive offering a biscuit for every occasion. Hardcover, Item #154394 $20.00; Members $18.00
Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue by Adrian
Beyond Slavery’s Shadow: Free People of Color in the South by Eugene Milteer,
Miller is a beautifully illustrated chronicle of how Black barbecuers, pitmasters, and restauranteurs helped develop this cornerstone of American foodways, and features 22 barbecue recipes. Hardcover, Item #154391 $30.00; Members $27.00
Jr., draws from an array of sources to demonstrate that, from the Colonial period through the Civil War, the growing influence of white supremacy and proslavery extremism created serious challenges for free persons in the South. Paperback, Item #154386 $29.95; Members $26.96
Bourbon: a Savor the South cookbook
Southern Holidays: a Savor the South cookbook by Debbie Moose. Covering
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big traditional holidays and regional and cultural holidays that honor newer southern traditions from a range of ethnic traditions and histories. Hardcover, Item #154396 $19.00; Members $17.10
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Warm up This Winter
with a large selection of regionally sourced comfort foods to enjoy while reading your new book from the ACWM shop. You’ll find a range of sauces, jams, syrups, pickels! and more to satisfy your palette. Visit the ACWM website or stop into the shops at the Appomattox, Clay Street or Historic Tredegar locations.
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Featuring BACK CREEK FARMS Highland, VA
WOODBURY KITCHEN Baltimore, MD
COPPER POT & WOODEN SPOON Waynesville, NC
J.Q. DICKINSON PROVISIONS Malden, WVA
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