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JOIN US ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024, AT 7:15 P.M. (Pacific Time)
FOR A PROGRAM ON "GET SQUARE WITH THE REBS:"
THE CIVIL WAR DIARY OF CHARLES M. JENKINS
WITH Paul R. Spitzzeri, Author and Historian
A tintype portrait of Union Army Corporal Charles M. Jenkins during his Civil War service,
courtesy of Wayne and Pamela Sherman.
The only Los Angeles resident to serve on the battlefield for the Union Army during the Civil War, Charles M. Jenkins, newly paroled from Confederate prisoner of war camps, rejoined his Massachusetts volunteer cavalry unit in Virginia early in 1865. For most of that year, he kept a diary recording his experiences on the battlefield, the end of the conflict, his mustering out, and his return home. This presentation shares excerpts from the diary, as well as some of Jenkins' life history, in what is truly a unique local element to the history of the war.
Paul Spitzzeri is the Museum Director at the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum, where he has worked since 1988. He has a B. A. and M. A. in History from California State University, Fullerton and has written on California history for such journals as California History, Southern California Quarterly, California Legal History and Journal of the West, and in the anthologies Law in the Western United States, Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West, and Icons of the American West. His biography on the Workman and Temple families is an Award of Merit winner from the American Association for State and Local History and he writes nearly daily on regional history on The Homestead Museum Blog.
For our members who may be interested in purchasing it, Mr. Spitzzeri will be bringing copies of his award-winning book on the Workman and Temple families. The price is only $20, and he will be able to sign your copy.
Thanks to the volunteer efforts and expertise of our Pasadena CWRT members, Tina Miller and Monika Skerbelis, we are now able to record our monthly meetings and post the videos to our YouTube Channel for your enjoyment and edification if you are unable to join us for our live meetings. We invite you to check out the videos from our two years of virtual meetings, as well as our most recent presentations, at our YouTube Channel:
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We are indebted to Tina and Monika for helping us to bring this wonderful added benefit to allow our non-local members and guests to enjoy the presentations of our distinguished roster of speakers.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR IN-PERSON MEETING:
Pasadena CWRT - TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024 - 7:15 PM (Pacific Time)
The Blinn House - 160 North Oakland Avenue - Pasadena
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