Feb Stonewall Telegraph

7 Board

Meeting

9 Membership

Meeting

& Military Drill

Up Coming Events

Will Be Determined at the March Membership Meeting.

Additional information about these events may be found in the General Announcements.

General Announcements

Military Drill & Musket Inspection

There will be a military drill and musket inspection on March 9^th at Greenmead beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bill Ziemba will be inspecting Mr. Musket. All military will need to inspect and clean their musket prior to the general inspection. And remember to:

· Dress for the weather!

· Bring rounds!

· Bring Musket!

Board of Trustee’s Meeting

The board will be meeting at Gerry Turlo’s house on March 7^th at 6:30 p.m.

Membership Meeting

Our March membership meeting will be held on March 9^th at the Greenmead meeting house starting at 6:00 p.m. We will be voting on the events for 2008. If you are unable to attend, please mail in your absentee ballot sent with the newsletter, or a copy of the ballot posted on our website.

Note: During the meeting break, the Recruiting Committee will meet to schedule a date for a March Recruiting Committee Meeting.

2008 Membership Dues are Due!

Membership dues are $25.00 per person. The deadline for paying your 2008 dues is April 1st. Remember our policy; in order to play you have to pay.

· If paying by check, make the check payable to the 17^th Michigan, Co. E.

· The mailing address is:

17^th Michigan Vol. Inf. Regt. Co. E

P.O. Box 530071

Livonia, MI. 48153-0071

145^th Gettysburg Re-enactment------Last chance to register!

Any military that have not yet paid their registration fee and plan on going need to attend the membership meeting.

· The registration fee is $20.00.

· This is the last chance to register for this event via the 17^th’s Event Coordinator.

· There are no walk-ons!

· You may also mail in your registration fee no later than March 9^th.

This looks like an awesome max effort event for this year and I encourage all military to attend. You can find more information at: www.gettysburgreenactment.com

New Members

The 17^th Membership gives a Hardy Welcome to our new members Christina Wood, Patrick Rice and Sean Sturms.

Just to let everyone know, with the addition of Christina, Patrick, and Sean joining our ranks with Andy Assenmacher (and his daughter Becky and son Drew), and Kurtis Coch, the 17^th has recruited five new members since last November. Huzzah!

While we are welcoming new members; let’s call someone we haven't seen in a while.

Buy-Sell-Trade

If you have an item you would to like to buy-sell-trade that is Civil War related, please submit an email with a description of the item, size, cost, contact, etc. to the webmaster.

Reenactments Page

The Reenactments Page on the website is operational. If anyone has a picture or two of the 17^th at the last event, please send it to the webmaster so it can be posted!

Trivia Question

The question: Chimborazzo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, was the largest Confederate military hospital. What was the largest Union military hospital? Answer: Satterlee United States Army General Hospital in Philadelphia, which covered 16 acres of ground and contained 4,500 beds, was believed to be the largest military hospital in the world.

In Memory

The members of the 17^th Michigan send their sympathy to the following members and their families. To Bill Ziemba and family for the loss of Bill’s mother, Florence Ziemba, and to Pam Setla and family for the loss of Pam’s brother, Christopher Young.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of sorrow.

Please note: There will be a memorial service for Bill’s mother on March 1^st

beginning at 1:00 until 3:00 p.m. at the L.J. Griffin Funeral Home in Westland.

The address is 7707 Middlebelt Rd. Religious service at 2:00 p.m.

The re-enacting community has also lost a friend, Jim Lammers. Jim passed away on Feb. 5^th. Jim was the owner of Cedar Creek Suttlery. He will be truly missed by all.