January 22, 2017 meeting notes

A spirited meeting for the initial Morgan Hill Civil War Round Table group, with a range of ages from 12 to... retirement age.

Meg Groeling Thompson read some "action reports" from Civil War snowball battles. The details of these engagements can be found here. They're not quite the action reports we're used to seeing regarding conflicts, are they?

We were fortunate to have the President of the South Bay Civil War Round Table, Jim Rhetta, with us, as well as participants form the East Bay and several local middle school students. For a group just getting its feet under it, we were very fortunate. Many topics were mentioned for future discussion on the website as well as at the meetings, from vintage coins and stamps to rations required for four-legged participants. Media offerings about the period, from short stories to movies, will be discussed here and in the meetings.

The next meeting is scheduled for Sunday, 1pm on March 5th, again at BookSmart in Morgan Hill. If you have an artifact from that time period, please bring it to share with everyone! Any and all contributions are welcome.