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Miami Valley CWRT Educate and disseminate knowledge of the American Civil War through speakers and special events. Open to public.

Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month, September-May, at Wright Memorial Library in Oakwood, Ohio (1776 Far Hills Ave). We are a hybrid of a Civil War Round Table and the Chaplain William Earnshaw Camp #89 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. We meet the third Thursday evening of each month (except for June, July, August) at 7 pm in the Community Room of Wright Memorial Library in Oakwood (1776 Far Hills Ave, Oakwood, OH 45419) for a 45-minute history presentation. Open to the public; membership in the SUVCW is not required.

10/12/2026

In 1865 Union General Uysses S. Grant’s Military Secretary, Lt. Col. Ely Parker, pictured here, helped draft documents for Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Parker, born with the Native American name Hasanoanda and later known as Donehogawa, was a Seneca Indian leader who had joined the Union Army in 1863 as an engineer. General Grant, an acquaintance of Parker, appointed him to his staff in 1864. When Lee arrived to sign the documents, he reportedly said to Parker, “I’m glad to see one real American here,” to which Parker responded, “We are all Americans, sir.” In 1871, President Grant appointed Parker as the first Native American Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Photo Credit: National Archives

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Totally classic situation with Lt. Col Owen of the 3rd Pa. Cavalry, summer 1862. Captioned that he was “caught napping” which I do not doubt BUT, I am confident that someone placed the bottle, just for the photo! Ahhh, reminds me of many of the pics I took in college (and unconfirmed reports would suggest, high school, as well).

Detail. Full plate and info linked in the first comment

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GENERAL LEE PASSES AFTER SUFFERING A STROKE
On this day in 1870, Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Virginia about 5 and 1/2 years after this photograph was taken by M.B. Brady cameramen on the back porch of Lee's Richmond home (April 16, 1865). Lee posed with his son George Washington Custis Lee (left) and Walter Taylor.

Lee’s reported last words were, “Tell Hill he must come up!” “Strike the tent!” Yet, his daughter, at his bedside, recalled only her father “struggling” with “long, hard breathes,” and “in a moment he was dead.”

https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.82.10_supplement.P1.294

Library of Congress DIG-ppmsca-31663

By Craig Heberton IV

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10/11/2026
Most people think that Gettysburg was the biggest battle of the Civil War, but look at these numbers. Fredericksburg wa...
10/11/2026

Most people think that Gettysburg was the biggest battle of the Civil War, but look at these numbers. Fredericksburg was much bigger in terms of numbers of soldiers involved.

Tomorrow (October 12) is the Anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s death, I’m going to be sharing some info today and tomorrow about him and some of his battles.

First, here is the Battle of Fredericksburg. The battle was fought December 11-15, 1862. Here is the Tale of the Tape.

Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery in Columbus, OH.
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Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery in Columbus, OH.

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