Civil War Lodge of Research #1865 A.F. & A. M. Lodge News – August 6, 2019 1) Our next CWLR #1865 stated will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2019. (Please note the date difference from the normal 1st. Saturday in October.) The gavel will fall at 10:00am at Day Lodge #58, AF&AM, 100 E. Main St., Louisa, Virginia. After our normal business meeting we will move to the dining room where Worshipful Gregory Hasaflook will give a presentation on Civil War era carbines. That will be followed by lunch and then we will tour the Trevilian Station Battlefields. This will be conducted by Worshipful Ed Crebbs. Both of these brothers are CWLR members and also of the hosting Day Lodge Both are experts in Civil War history, particularly that which happened in the local area. The Lodge shares a building with the Louisa United Methodist Church. This is a wonderful history that started when the building was original constructed in the mid 1800’s. It is a beautiful building in its meeting/dining hall, its church sanctuary, and its Masonic Lodge room. The photo is of the Lodge Room looking East. Parking is available behind the building. Access is also available from the rear parking lot to the dining room and to the stairs to the Lodge room. PLEASE be aware that there are no elevators or chair lifts. Access to the 2nd floor is only by 4 flights of 7 stairs each with 3 landings. Donuts and coffee will be available at 9:00am in the dining hall. The Battle of Trevilian Station was fought for control of the Virginia Central Railroad and happened over two days in June 1864. Friday and Saturday dinner locations are to be determined. 2) There are no hotels in the immediate Louisa area. The closest might be in the town of Orange, but they are very expensive and none of the 3 establishments had many rooms for quantity booking due to weddings. I thought of who would be needing rooms and thought of those predominately coming from the East and of those using the 95 corridor. Fredericksburg seemed an ok location, and there is no other lodging between. Charlottesville might offer some possibilities. However that is further west and for many would require backtracking to get to the lodge. One hotel there did not return my inquiry. I looked at some hotels in the Short Pump area of Richmond. In some cases poor reviews turned me off. Others were already booked with very few rooms available, or rates and distances, the same as Fredericksburg. We have an arrangement for rooms with the Best Western at 2205 Plank St., Fredericksburg. This is right off of Rte 95, exit 130A. Rooms including tax are $102.40/room. The phone number is 540-371-5050. Reference the Civil War Lodge when reserving. Reservations must be made on or before Friday, September 13, 2019. Please note this hotel is approximately 1 hours’ drive to the Lodge in Louisa. Consider camping, a cabin, etc. The camping alternative: Small Country Campground offers a variety of furnished cabins and travel trailers. You would need to bring bed linens and towels. It is a very nice campground with the normal range of tent to full hookup sites. Their costs are attractive and you would be less than 8 miles from the Lodge. At this writing there were sites and cabins available. Contact them for particulars. www.smallcountry.com 540-967-2431 4400Byrd Mill Rd, Louisa, Va. 23093 3) The Civil War Lodge of Research #1865, as well as the other Virginia Research Lodges, is being very much encouraged to produce and make available for the Grand Lodge Library research papers on our topic of interest, Mason to Mason relations during the war. These papers are to have a specified quantity of pages and style for sharing and publishing. Attached are the guidelines. If you have a topic and you would like to create a paper and share with your brothers, please let me know. 4) We are looking to establish an E-Trestleboard. With the current style we are limited in what news and information we can provide in a snail mailed addition. For instance we have just enough space to inform of upcoming events and their necessary what, where, when and how. We do not very often have space to share the good things that happened at our events or to sing the praises of one of our members for receiving an honor or doing a good deed. With more space and E-Trestleboard would make those things possible as well as including photo and articles of information. It is certainly reasonable that many of our members have access to the web and could receive our CWLR Trestleboard and other notices on line. If you would like to be on our new e-mailing list, email your name and email address to our secretary: Rich Radi at cwlr1865@hotmail.com Please do not assume that he already has the information. Do It Now!! Please!! 5) For a few years our Treasurer has been advocating an increase in dues. He has stood by his reasoning; went over our income and expenses with past and present officers and just about anyone in hearing range. His perseverance has paid off. Enough members are in agreement that at this September 28 stated communication, the necessary steps will begin for the discussion and action and approval of By-Laws to reflect a proposed increase in CWLR annual dues to $30.00. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me. Fraternally, Richard Burkman Worshipful Master CWLR #1865 A.F.&A.M. E-mail: richardanddebi@verizon.net Home: 410-760-4809

FROM THE EAST:
Lodge News – April 12 2025
Brothers!
Greetings from the East. I’m surprised at times how simple things can turn into convoluted things. I’m sure the folks
living in 1860 and 1861 may have thought the same. Within30 days we will convene our meeting in historic Charleston,
SC on April 12th where the War Between the States began164 years ago on the very date in that very place.
I hope you can make it down. Many of you requested we”get out of Virginia” and I told you we would indeed stretch
our legs a little. We will head over to Tennessee this summer and then in the fall we’ll head back to Richmond, VA and visit our 2nd Capital.
But April 11th, if you can make it out we will tour the Hunley museum and see the Confederacy’s secret weapon
that authorities hoped would break the blockade. After 2 failed tests, Gen. Beauregard we ready to shelve the thing as
it was more dangerous to us than to the enemy. After some “arm twisting” by Lt. George Dixon (a fellow Brother from
Alabama), Beauregard agreed to one more chance. The attack on Feb. 17, 1864 made history and yet the Hunley was
lost again until 1995. In 2000 it was raised and the final crew was buried in 2004. Come see the technological marvel that
was the Hunley. Saturday we will meet at Solomon’s Lodge No. 1. Come see the oldest lodge in an amazing complex, the Charleston
County Masonic Association Center and see the history the various lodges have. Afterwards, we will see Forts Sumter
and Johnson. Come see where the War began. If you’re Southern, the War Between the States or the War for
Southern Independence, or if you’re Northern its the Civil War or War of the Rebellion. We’re gonna’ have a blast…
y’all come!
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Creighton “Creig” Lee Lovelace, D.D.
Pastor, Danieltown Baptist Church
Worshipful Master
Creighton “Creig” Lee Lovelace, D.D.
Pastor, Danieltown Baptist Church

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