The WNCCWRT Book Raffle Donations

The Secretary requests of those members wishing to do so, please donate those Civil War books gathering dust on your shelves. It can benefit you and the WNCCWRT. For you …, a tax deduction …, for the Round Table another revenue stream.

 Did you know that the monthly BOOK RAFFLE, book sales and other memorabilia sales contribute approximately 20% to the Round Table’s coffers. Or another way to look at it is a year’s worth of raffles pays for the cost of one meeting and part of another. So bring what you have available, whether books or memorabilia to the meeting when possible. A book becomes more valuable every time it is read.

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Meetings & Events page has been update to include several pictures of WNCCWRT recent visit to the Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus. See page to view more images.

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Meetings are currently in recess , but will start again in March. 

WNCCWRT December 2015 Newsletter

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Mackowski Returns with Ewell to Gettysburg

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Round Table favorite, Chris Mackowski, will appear before the WNCCWRT at its annual Christmas Party on December 14 at 7 pm. Cocktails will be at 5pm, dinner at 6pm and the program witll bein at 7pm.  It is there he will explore the performance of Maj. Gen Richard S. Ewell and his II Corps at Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg.  The event, being held at the Comfort Inn on 1245 Main St. in Sylva, will for the first time mark the conclusion of this truncated Speaker’s Schedule as the Round Table switches from an August-to-May year to a March-to-December term.

Members, guests and the public-at-large are invited to attend.  Tickets/reservations for the dinner are $25 a person, and are due on or in advance of December 7. The party will include a scrumptious variety for dinner, again catered by John Faulk.  There will be a limited cash bar.  Also, for the attendees’ amusement, there will be a silent auction as well as a door prize-styled raffle.  The Round Tables request those attending to do so in jackets or “Sunday best” or period costume.

In a style of what can be called practiced, yet frenetic, Mackowski will evaluate critically the actions and/or inactions of the II Corps under its new commander, Richard Ewell, who had replaced the now-fallen iconic Stonewall Jackson.  In doing so, he will look at the orders, the decision, and the execution of those strategies on the July first and their performance throughout the battle.

Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg

Those wishing for more information may contact Richard Smith (828-293-5924) or Bill Baltz (828-712-9314). Otherwise, to request tickets send your checks to WNCCWRT; Attn: Christmas Party; PO Box 3709; Cullowhee, NC 28723.  

The Round Table looks forward to seeing all of its old friends on what promises to be a delightful evening of fun, scholarship and camaraderie.

WNCCWRT November 2015 Newsletter

Sokolosky to Examine Importance of Wyse Forks
 

The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table will present Col. Wade Sokolosky (Ret.) to address the organization and its guests at the HFR Auditorium on the campus of Western Carolina University, Monday, November 9 at 7 pm. Admission is free.  The traditional meet n’ greet with the speaker at Bogarts in Sylva will be at 5 pm and the casual social, 6:30 at the WCU location.   Members, their guests and the interested public are encouraged to come.

The Battle of Wyse Fork fought on March 8-10 in 1865 is sometimes known as the Second Battle of Kinston involved Union troops (three divisions) of Maj. Gen. Jacob Cox under Maj. Gen. John Schofield faced off against a division of North Carolina Reserves commanded by Maj. Gen. Robert Hoke along with elements (approximately 29 regiments) of a shattered Army of Tennessee, Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill commanding, with overall command under Gen. Braxton Bragg. Fighting aside the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad and in front of the Neuse River the Confederates would have to withdraw across the Neuse after three days of hard fighting and seeing any initiatives slip away with poor communications and against superior numbers. 

Col. Sokolosky’s most recent book, co-authored with Smith, "To Prepare for Sherman's Coming": The Battle of Wise's Forks, March 1865 is from where the research and thesis of the presentation is created. He will attempt to erase the misconception that the battle was little more than an insignificant skirmish and elevates this combat action and its related operations to the historical status it deserves. 

Sokolosky, a 25-year U.S. Army veteran and native North Carolinian (Beaufort), has co-authored two books regarding the Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign with Mark A. Smith, the aforementioned To Prepare … and Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar: Sherman's Carolinas Campaign from Fayetteville to Averasboro being the other. He is the sole author of Final Roll Call: Confederate Losses during the Carolinas Campaign. With these book credits and current the Vice-President of Friend of Bentonville Battlefield, Skolosky has become regarded as one of the leading authorities of Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign.He is a graduate of East Carolina University. During his time in the service, Wade served in a variety of leadership and staff positions, both in the United States and overseas, most notably in Afghanistan.  Upon relinquishing command of the 23rd Quartermaster Brigade in 2011, Wade returned home to Beaufort.  He has lectured throughout the Carolinas, speaking to roundtables, various societies and organizations, and at historical sites.  

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'Gallery' page has been updated to contain additional images from WNCCWRT Montgomery and Mobile Trip.

Sokolosky to Examine the Battle of Wyse Forks

The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table will present Col. Wade Sokolosky (Ret.) to address the organization and its guests at HFR Auditorium on the campus of Western Carolina University, Monday, November 9 at 7 pm.  Admission is free.  There is casual social 30 minutes prior to the event at the same location.

Sokolosky, a 25-year U.S. Army and native North Carolinian, has co-authored two book regarding the Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign with Mark A. Smith and is currently the Vice-President of Friend of Bentonville Battlefield. As such, he has become an authority of the events and their implications of the closing days of the Civil War in Eastern North Carolina.

Wade's presentation will attempt to erase the misconception that the four-day battle was little more than an insignificant skirmish and elevates this combat action and its related operations to the historical status it deserves.