The guest speaker at our meeting was Robert Grandchamp who spoke on the RI's 7th Infantry in the Civil War. 
Mr. Grandchamp is a National Park Ranger at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. He is the author of several books:
- Boys of Hope: Adams' Battery G in the Civil War...(which is due out in October 2009)
- From Providence to Fort Hell: Letters from Co. K, 7th RI Volunteers
- With Their Usual Ardor: Scituate, RI and the American Revolution
- With High and Holy Aim: Alfred Shelden Knight and the Civil War
- The Seventh RI Infantry in the Civil War
Mr. Grandchamp can be found narrating a tour on the video site called "You Tube"..."Harper's Ferry, Place in History"
Mr. Grandchamp is a history graduate student at Rhode Island College where he received a BA in American History and Anthropology. He is also the recipient of the 2007 Margaret B. Stillwell award for book collecting. He currently resides in Warwick, RI and is 23 years old.
Mr. Grandchamp does credit this Society in his research. He reproduced our"Colvin Letters" in his book entitled From Providence To Fort Hell: Letters from Co. K 7th RI Volunteers and also he references these letters in his book titled Seventh RI Infantry in The Civil War.
VISIT THE HIM ON THE WEB:
7th RI Infantry Blog Spot
Review on one of his books:
From the Civil War News...Seventh RI Infantry Book Review
Related Links:
Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War National Headquarters
National Graves Registration Data Base