----- Original Message ----- From: <Biggsk@aol.com> To: <Biggsk@aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:47 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} press release - first Cumberland Civil War Heritage Days in Clarksville, TN. > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! > > Greetings, > > Please find below our official schedule of Civil War events for the first > ever Cumberland Civil War Heritage Days in Clarksville, TN, to be held in > conjunction with the bi-annual Civil War reenactment at historic Collinsville, > Montgomery County, TN. > > The event will be over a week long beginning on Thursday, August 18th and > ending Sunday, August 28th, 2005. The programs include a historic cemetery > dedication, featuring dozens of graves of United States Colored Troops; a > performance by a nationally known Civil War musician; lectures, first person plays and > much more! While one event is free, most are fundraisers for the various > groups that make up the Montgomery County Civil War Preservation Society whose > mission is to protect, interpret and promote Clarksville and Montgomery County's > Civil War sites. The MCCWPS is a 501(c)3 status organization in Tennessee > with Federal status pending. > > If you would like to do a feature article on any of the events listed below > please contact Greg Biggs at (931)920-3063 or by email at: Biggsk@aol.com. I > can also point you in the right direction for those people that are running > specific events if you would like to feature a specific event as a seperate > article. We will be very happy to work with you! > > For those events that are not free tickets are limited so please get your > orders in as soon as possible if you wish to attend any events. We certainly > hope you all will come and help us celebrate Clarksville's Civil War heritage! > Events like these can only be possible if they are supported! > > Greg Biggs > President, Clarksville CWRT > President, Montgomery County Civil War Preservation Society > > > Thursday - August 18, 2005 - Mt. Olive Cemetery Day > > This is the official dedication of the historic Mt. Olive Cemetery, which > contains the graves of a number of men who served in the Civil War in the United > States Colored Troops. The event is open to the public at no charge. Further > information can be found at: www.mtolivecemetery.org or by emailing Geneva > Bell at: Genevab1941@aol.com > > 10 AM - Opening remarks, prayer > 10:10 AM - Introduction of speakers. Special Guest Speaker - Brig. Gen. > Michael L. Oates, Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 101st Airborne > Division (Air Assault), Ft. Campbell, KY. Other special dignataries to be in > attendance including state and local elected officials. > 10:30 - Cemetery tour. > 10-11:30 AM - serving of refreshments > > > Saturday - August 20th - Fort Defiance Day. > > There will be a public picnic from 1-4 PM at Ft. Defiance Park. Period > reenactors will tell stories and perhaps play period games. There will also be > tours of Clarksville's only remaining Civil War fort. There is a charge of $5 > per person. Proceeds benefit the Friends of Ft. Defiance. > > Please contact Phyllis Smith, Friends of Ft. Defiance, at (931)551-4560 or by > email at: pms007@bellsouth.net for tickets. > > Sunday - August 21st - Arts & Heritage Day - Smith-Trahern Mansion - period > cotillion > > Civil War era dance and catered dinner from 4 - 7 PM. This will feature > period dances, story telling and more. There will be a band providing period > music. Come and have fun learning historic dances from waltzes to Virginia reels! > Be sure to dress up in period clothes! All proceeds go to the Mt. Olive > Cemetery and the Renaissance Festival. > > The tickets are $40 per couple and are available at the Clarksville Chamber > of Commerce (931)647-2331 or through Theresa Jones - email her at: > theresajones15@yahoo.com. > > Monday - August 22nd - Historic Cemetery Tours - Greenwood and Riverview > Cemeteries in Clarksville. 5-9 PM. > > Learn about the Civil War personalities buried in these two historic > cemeteries! Guided tours will take visitors through each cemetery where period > reenactors will portray individuals who rest there. Eight tour guides and 12 > reenactors will treat the public to a rare look at Clarksville's past by visiting > the graves of famous Civil War officers, Tennessee governors and the couple > that were the ultimate Civil War love story, along with Nannie Haskins, whose > diary was used in the Ken Burns Civil War series on PBS. > > Guides include Cleo Hogan, local cemetery expert; Thomas Murff, Frank Gracey > SCV Camp, Clarksville; Lisa Earle, Civil War reenactor from Madisonville, KY > and Jerry Ross, Clarksville, cemetery tours coordinator. The reenactors > include David Fraley, Carter House Historian, Franklin, TN.; John and Nikki Walsh, > Ft. Donelson Relics and local reenactors; Susan Hawkins, Ft. Donelson > National Battlefield; Greg Miller, Civil War historian, Murray, KY; and Robert > Hundley, Clarksville Civil War Roundtable and local reenactor. > > The Frank P. Gracey Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans in Clarksville will > provide the refreshments. All tours begin at the Clarksville-Montgomery County > Library and will run at least 2 hours. Tickets are $10 - kids 5 and under > are free and are available through Greg Biggs (Biggsk@aol.com), Jerry Ross, > cemetery tour event coordinator (jerryrosssgt@hotmail.com) as well as the day of > the event at the library. Seating is limited. All proceeds go to the > Montgomery County Civil War Preservation Society. > > Tuesday - August 23rd - Civil War Performance - Customs House Museum > Auditorium. 7-8:30 PM > > Thomas Cartwright will perform a one-man play, "Co. Aytch - The Sideshow To > The Big Show." Based on the Civil War memoir of Sam Watkins, Co. H, 1st > Tennessee Infantry, whose words were used in the Ken Burns PBS Civil War series, > Cartwright will bring to life one of the most famous personalities from the > period. > > The director of the Carter House Civil War site in Franklin, TN, Thomas > Cartwright has appeared on "Civil War Journal" and other Civil War television > programs as an expert historian. He regularly lectures to Civil War roundtables > all over the country. > > Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 day of the show and are available at the > Clarksville Chamber of Commerce and through Greg Biggs (Biggsk@aol.com). > Seating is limited to 200. All proceeds go to the Montgomery County Civil War > Preservation Society. > > Thomas Cartwight's performance is sponsored by Harris Chiropractic Clinic, > 1202 Crossland Ave, Clarksville, TN, 37040 (931)645-5154. Not only are they > great chiropractors - they LOVE history! > > Wednesday - August 24th - Gentry Auditorium - Music & Fine Arts Building, > Austin Peay State University Campus. 7-9 PM. > > Well known Civil War musician Bobby Horton will perform in concert. Horton, > an accomplished musician with multi-instrument skills, will perform using many > period intruments. Music was the most common form of entertainment during > the Civil War era and served to inspire both soldiers and the home front, North > and South. > > Bobby Horton has been preforming period Civil War music all over the country > in addition to touring as a member of a musical comedy group. He has released > nearly 20 CDs of period Civil War music and is probably the most well known > modern performer of the genre. He has supplied music to several Ken Burns PBS > documentaries including, "The Civil War," "Baseball," "Thomas Jefferson," and > "Lewis And Clark." Mr. Horton, who resides in Birmingham, AL, will be > offering for sale his CDs of Civil War music. > > Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day of the show and are available at the > Clarksville Chamber of Commerce (931)647-2331 and through Greg Biggs > (Biggsk@aol.com). Seating is limited to 490. All proceeds go to the Montgomery County > Civil War Preservation Society. > > Bobby Horton's performance is sponsored by the Montgomery County Arts & > Heritage Development Council. > > Thursday - August 25th - Customs House Museum Auditorium. 7- 9 PM. > > The Cumberland Civil War Days conclude with two events this evening. First > will be a lecture by Jim Lewis on "The Orphan Brigade." One of the most famous > Confederate figthing units, the Orphan Brigade formed in Bowling Green, KY. > and had as part of its structure 3 regiments of Kentuckians who came to Camp > Boone near Clarksville to enlist in the army. Thus, Clarksville's history for > training troops began back in 1861 - not 1942! Since Kentucky did not secede > from the Union, these men could never go home during the war, hence their > brigade title. > > The evening will conclude with Thomas Forehand, a historian of Gen. Robert E. > Lee, who will portray, "Lee After The War." His performance will be done in > character as Lee telling of his post-war career, which included being > president of what is now Washington & Lee University in Lexington, VA. > > Jim Lewis is a park ranger at Stones River National Battlefield in > Murfreesboro, TN. He is a graduate of Cornell University and Secretary and Program > Chair of the Middle Tennessee Civil War Roundtable. > > Thomas Forehand is a Clarksville resident who has been portraying Gen. Robert > E. Lee for a number of years. His presentations have taken him all around > Middle Tennessee for various historical groups where his performances have won > rave reviews. His first book, on Gen. Lee, should be published in 2006. > > Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 day of the show and are available at the > Clarksville Chamber of Commerce (931)647-2331 and through Greg Biggs > (Biggsk@aol.com). Seating is limited to 200. All proceeds go to the Montgomery County > Civil War Preservation Society. > > Jim Lewis and Thomas Forehand are sponsored by Ft. Donelson Relics, Dover, > TN, located just outside the main gate of Ft. Donelson National Battlefield on > Highway 79. Visit their website at: http://www.fortdonelsonrelics.com/ > > Friday-Sunday - August 26-28th - Civil War Reenactment at historic > Collinsville, south of Clarksville > > This event reenacts Montgomery County's only Civil War battle - the Battle of > Riggins Hill and New Providence, Sept. 1862, when Union forces coming over > from Dover, TN. under the command of Col. William Lowe attacked and broke the > ranks of CS Col. Thomas Woodward's Kentucky cavalry who had re-captured > Clarksville from the Federals only three weeks before. > > See battles, tour camps, meet the troops and experience life in the mid-19th > Century! > > For more details and ticket prices please go to: > http://www.historiccollinsville.com/ or contact Davalyn Black at: BBlueeyesblack@aol.com >