April 2004
Following General Lee's
appearance at the Butler County Civil War Round Table, just North of
Pittsburgh, Pa, I rode to Washington and Lee University in
Lexington, Va. to hear the
keynote speech at the
biennial "Stonewall Symposium". Noted history professor and author Bill
Bergen from the University of Virginia was to speak on "Politicial Officers and General
Jackson". Professor
Bergan's presentation was to be at Lee Chapel on the campus of
Washington
and Lee University, so
I couldn't resist attending! While there I also
discovered the hospitality of the staff of the "Stonewall" Jackson
House as they invited me to deliver Lee's General Order #9 at the
Symposium's luncheon held at Virginia Military Institute.
After my most
enjoyable visit to
Lexington, I then rode to Appomattox Court House where this "General
Lee" did
a morning of "living history" at the National Park. This photo was
taken
in front of the Wilmer McLean house where the surrender of the Army of
Northern Virginia took place on
April 9, 1865.
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During Professor Bergen's speech I sat at the appropiate pew, but it was not in the center and up front. It was at the far left side of the Chapel where a humble man might sit.
(Chapel Photo Courtesy of Dr. Malcolm L. Marion III)
Following
my presentation
of "General Order #9" I heard a distinctive voice and turned to see
one of my favorite Civil War authors, Dr. James I. Robertson Jr.,
Alumni
Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Virginia Center
for Civil
War Studies at Virginia Tech. and the author of "Stonewall
Jackson,
The Man, The Soldier, The Legend".
(Robertson Photo Courtesy of Maury Morris)
(Robertson Photo Courtesy of Maury Morris)