I hope it is all right to forward this info to the county lists. It was sent to me by Joetta Kuhn, a Boone Co. genealogist. Rick Stewart > > Steve Cunningham <steve@wvcivilwar.com> wrote: Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:36:04 -0700 > From: Steve Cunningham <steve@wvcivilwar.com> > Subject: 7th WV Cavalry Descendants Reunion > To: 7th WV Cavalry <wv7thcav@wvcivilwar.com> > > Hello and greetings to my fellow 7th West Virginia Cavalry descendants. I hope this email finds you doing well. > > I wanted to let you all know about a proposed event to be held this fall. On Saturday, October 14, 2006, as part of the Battle of Droop Mountain Reenactment weekend of events, we are tentatively planning a reunion of all 7th West Virginia Cavalry descendants. If enough folks express an interest in attending and participating, we will have various activities such as a brief history presentation about the regiment (by yours truly), a tour of the Droop Mountain Battlefield with author/historian Terry Lowry (author of Last Sleep: The Battle of Droop Mountain and expert on the battle) which will include viewing the area where the regiment made their assault up the mountain, and other presentations by descendants such as one by Bill Kiser who will share information on his ancestor, George Siders, who was wounded at Droop. > > Other activities during the day will include Civil War reenactors who will have living history camps and a battle reenactment during the afternoon. > > Please reply and let me know if you are interested in attending or if you have any questions. Pocahontas County is a beautiful place to visit in the fall and you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with other descendants of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry. I will provide more details as the date draws near. > > Looking forward to hearing from you, > Steve Cunningham > > > Droop Mountain Battlefield web site > http://www.droopmountainbattlefield.com/ > > > 7th West Virginia Cavalry web site > http://www.wvcivilwar.com/wv7thcav > > > > ============================================== 7th West Virginia Cavalry http://www.wvcivilwar.com/wv7thcav/ ============================================== > > > Joetta McCallister Kuhn > 29 Kuhn Road, Alum Creek, WV 25003-9028 > Home: (304) 756-9615 >

Rick, Thanks for sharing this event. I would love to attend to learn about my great great grandfather James Workman's (m. Rebecca Chambers) activities during the CW. We just might be able to plan a genealogy research trip in the fall around this time! I have contacted Steve Cunningham and requested to receive the newsletter. I might also add that I met Terry Lowry at the WV Archives in the Cultural Center in Charleston a few years ago. He is a very friendly and interesting person, so I know that his presentation will be very good. I purchased a couple of his books about my Confederate ancestors when at Gettysburg a few years ago, but I have not seen "Last Sleep: The Battle of Droop Mountain." I have shared a family Civil War letter and a photo with him for possible inclusion in a future book, so am sure he'd love to have anything anyone would like to share. Sandra Comer in Missouri (Ball, Workman, Chambers, Cole, Baisden, Baldwin, McNeely, McHandsley, Estep, Chafin, Branham, Clark, Farley, plus) --- rcs5@bellsouth.net wrote: > I hope it is all right to forward this info to the > county lists. It was sent to me by Joetta Kuhn, a > Boone Co. genealogist. Rick Stewart > > > > > Steve Cunningham <steve@wvcivilwar.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:36:04 -0700 > > From: Steve Cunningham <steve@wvcivilwar.com> > > Subject: 7th WV Cavalry Descendants Reunion > > To: 7th WV Cavalry <wv7thcav@wvcivilwar.com> > > > > Hello and greetings to my fellow 7th West > Virginia Cavalry descendants. I hope this email > finds you doing well. > > > > I wanted to let you all know about a proposed > event to be held this fall. On Saturday, October > 14, 2006, as part of the Battle of Droop Mountain > Reenactment weekend of events, we are tentatively > planning a reunion of all 7th West Virginia Cavalry > descendants. If enough folks express an interest > in attending and participating, we will have various > activities such as a brief history presentation > about the regiment (by yours truly), a tour of the > Droop Mountain Battlefield with author/historian > Terry Lowry (author of Last Sleep: The Battle of > Droop Mountain and expert on the battle) which will > include viewing the area where the regiment made > their assault up the mountain, and other > presentations by descendants such as one by Bill > Kiser who will share information on his ancestor, > George Siders, who was wounded at Droop. > > > > Other activities during the day will include > Civil War reenactors who will have living history > camps and a battle reenactment during the afternoon. > > > > Please reply and let me know if you are > interested in attending or if you have any > questions. Pocahontas County is a beautiful place > to visit in the fall and you will have the > opportunity to meet and interact with other > descendants of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry. I > will provide more details as the date draws near. > > > > Looking forward to hearing from you, > > Steve Cunningham > > > > > > Droop Mountain Battlefield web site > > http://www.droopmountainbattlefield.com/ > > > > > > 7th West Virginia Cavalry web site > > http://www.wvcivilwar.com/wv7thcav > > > > > > > > ============================================== 7th > West Virginia Cavalry > http://www.wvcivilwar.com/wv7thcav/ > ============================================== > > > > > > Joetta McCallister Kuhn > > 29 Kuhn Road, Alum Creek, WV 25003-9028 > > Home: (304) 756-9615 > > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search > not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com