The Civil War from Down Under

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From the Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia. It is an open "meeting" and all are welcome. While it is not directly Lincoln-related, it may be perspectives of the Civil War you probably have not encountered:

BARRY J. CROMPTON
will speak about
"The U.S. Civil War From Down Under"

Wednesday, March 13, 2024
6:00pm ET via Zoom

He will discuss:

Australia and the Civil War: Due to the gold rush in the 1850s, Melbourne was the largest city in the southern hemisphere and attracted much interest from Americans who came down under before the war; after the war there were visits from military and naval commanders, plus members of the theatre and lecture tours; United States consuls with civil war experience and over 300 veterans are buried in Australia. Added to that are several Australians who participated in the war.

The Monitor & Merrimac Cyclorama: For the three-hundredth anniversary of the Jamestown settlement, a cyclorama was created of the naval engagement and spent the next 10 years touring the United States and England before the cyclorama craze became a spent force. Like the famous cylcoramas of Gettysburg and Atlanta, the story has a life of its own.

The 50th Anniversary of the Civil War 1911-1915: Like the centennial, the 125th and the 150th as well as the 75th anniversaries, the United States had its own tensions during this series of events to remember the war. Behind the scenes the war was still a part of everyday living but the war still had stirring reminders to the survivors and their families.

About the Speaker:

Barry Crompton was born in Melbourne, Australia, and became interested in the Civil War during the centennial when he received a book, Bruce Catton's American Heritage History of the Civil War. He joined a re-enactment group in Melbourne which had been formed during the centennial and in 1972 was a founding member and original secretary of the American Civil War Round Table of Australia (https://www.americancivilwar.asn.au/)

In 1977, Mr. Crompton attended his first trip with the Civil War Round Table Associates based in Manassas, Virginia (click HERE or click chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cwrtcongress.org/PDF/CWRTA%201st%20Congress%201975.pdf ), a precursor to the current CWRT Congress (https://www.cwrtcongress.org).

Mr. Crompton has since been on seven trips to the United States to travel over battlefields, attend conferences, and give lectures to various groups on the role of Australia and the Civil War. In the mid-1980s, he was involved with research on American Civil War veterans who came to Australia, and he has been assisting in the installation of veterans’ grave markers with help from Veterans Affairs. In 2015, Mr. Crompton was involved with an exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of the visit by the CSS Shenandoah to Melbourne in January-February 1865.

Mr. Crompton has an extensive book collection, and he is also interested in Civil War philately, veterans and soldiers’ homes. Now retired, he had been a financial manager in payroll and credit control, which affords him ample opportunity to use the office photocopier and computers for Civil War history research.

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Schedule for Zoom-Only Meeting:
6:00 pm ET: Zoom Platform Opens for Social Period (Optional)
6:30 pm ET: Start of Meeting/Introductions
6:45 pm ET: Start of Mini-Presentation with John Anderson
7:00 pm ET: Start of Speaker Presentation and Q&A
8:30 pm ET: Meeting Adjourned

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