From: "Norlin, Amy - WHS" <Amy.Norlin@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:23:12 -0600 Subject: The Lake Country in the Civil War Message-ID: <488E289A5C909049B0E55F6B651B5B35018C753C767D@MEWMAD0PC01G02.accounts.wistate.us>
Quarterly Membership Meeting
at Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital on Summit Ave.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
9:30 am Coffee & Conversation
10:00 am Membership Meeting with Program to Follow
The Lake Country in the Civil War
The Oconomowoc Area Historical Society will sponsor a talk by William Marri
s entitled "The Lake Country in the Civil War". Mr. Marris examines the co
ntributions of local individuals in the struggle to preserve the Union. Am
ong them were the valiant Cushing brothers of Delafield and Carl Schurz of
Watertown who served as a Union Major General, US Senator, and Secretary of
the Interior. Wisconsin's "Iron Brigade" was the most celebrated unit in
the Union Army. The event will begin immediately following a brief members
hip meeting at 10:00 am and will be held at Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital on
Summit Avenue.
Mr. Marris has a master's degree in history and has visited numerous Civil
war battlefields, all fifty states, more than sixty countries and all seven
continents. He is a member of the Oconomowoc Area Historical Society & Mu
seum and a recent board member of the Historical Society.