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President's Report - April 2009News › President's Report - April 2009  by Greg BayneThe shadow of Lincoln runs through nearly every day of the Civil War. For years I have tried to get into him with various degrees of success. Like many of you I have struggled understanding a man who suffered with the incompetence of his Generals, b ut maybe his overriding concerns lay with the ordinary solider. Recent writings have highlighted his compassionate side more and more. As ever, I suspect the truth lies somewhere in between. To really understand Lincoln, the Committee and I decided some time ago that to float the idea of a weekend end conference on the man. Like a slow burning fuse the idea took some time to get going, but in the end it came together quite nicely. A few conversations with those in the know, a few emails, a few arm twists and hey presto, Craig Symonds, Len Reidel and Geoffrey Perret will be talking on Lincoln in October. All we need now is bums on seats and some sponsorship. Needless to say, some worked harder than others so big thanks to Peter Lockwood for effort put in to date. I appreciate that times are hard, but we need your support. An outline of the programme is enclosed but is subject to amendment. Although it looks impressive, I hope we can find some time for a few of our own experts to make their contributions. If you wish to present then contact me as soon as possible. Like the winter encampment, we emerge into the spring with some renewed vigour for the campaign ahead. We have a new membership leaflet and we need to look at areas where we can get it into the hands of people who might wish to join us. Ideas and requests for leaflets to me please. David Kirkpatrick is working on some ideas for the Johnson Collection and we hope to announce our recommendations in the August issue of Crossfire. For those of you unsure of what this is, it is a collection of letters, papers, currency, stamps and bullets left to the society. The items are available for research purposes. On a similar topic, Howard Newton is working on a suitable "bequest leaflet" for members to fill in, bequeathing books and artifacts to us. I will fill one in happily leaving Mrs. Bayne with no worries about how to get rid of "all those dusty tomes that never get read" (Her words not mine). Well, I heard that the Editor likes a mint julep or two and I thought I would give it a go. Until the next time, Cheers! |
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