Photo by Brad Schmehl Lee's Lieutenants Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia was formed for the purpose of promoting and teaching the history of the war for Southern independence. The organization was formed in 2003 with the merging of Lee's Lieutenants and Pickett's Gamecocks and has grown considerably. The organization now has on its rolls portrayals of Generals Lee, Longstreet, Jackson, Pickett, Early, Armistead, and others to include several of their staff members along with civilian impressions.
Notable living historians within the organization are Al Stone, as General Robert E. Lee, who has portrayed the "General" for several History Channel documentaries including April 1865 and has worked with notables such as Mort Kunstler and Robert Robertson; David Trimble, a descendant of General Isaac Trimble and author of Furious, Insatiable Fighter: A Biography of Maj. Gen. Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, C.S.A, and Jack Maples, author of Reconstructed Yankee. Other projects members of Lee's Lieutenants have participated in as principle actors include, Three Days of Destiny and Rossvally.
Lee’s Lieutenants along with The Old Court House Civil War Museum in Winchester Virginia sponsor a seminar covering the events of the conflict. Also involved with this seminar is the Federal Generals Corps. Having these two elements together in one place to discuss the issues of the conflict in a first person seminar can be pleasant and at times heated but is always very informative. Starting this year the Gathering of Civil War Eagles web site has added a blog to post articles periodically about the conflict and also about current day events that are tied to the war. To visit the Gathering of Civil War Eagles web site go to www.civilwargatheringofeagles.com and to visit the blog go to www.civilwargatheringofeagles.com/dasblog .
This living history organization's members continuously study and research the war from varying sources and viewpoints. All first person impressions are of those who played a role for Southern independance.
Sources of information the first person portrayers research include:
The
Sourthern Historical Society Papers
The
Official Records
First Person Diaries and Accounts
Congressional Records both North and South
and Countless Books Based on Historical Facts
A
View of the Constitution of The United States of America
by William Rawle (The text was instructed at West
Point )