Dieter Ullrich
The Summer Meeting of the JPHS was held on July 24, 2010, in the auditorium of the Wrather Museum on the campus of Murray State University.
Dieter Ullrich was the speaker on the topic of the Battle of Lochridge Mills, Tennessee. Mr. Ullrich holds a Masters in Science in Library/Archival Science and a Masters in Arts in History. He is currently the Special Collections Librarian/Archivist of the Pogue Library at Murray State University.
Among other publications, Mr. Ullrich has written “They Met At Lochridge Mills” (West Tennessee Historical Society, Vol. 51, 1998 Annual Issue, pages 1-20) and spoken about this battle before other historical groups.
Lochridge Mills was located in Weakley County Tennessee and the battle involved Union troops from Iowa and Minnesota and were primarily of German descent. The Confederate troops were primarily Tennesseeans of the 6th and 7th Tennessee Calvary. Mr. Ullrich presented a slideshow to accompany his speech and showed not only maps of the battle area but pictures of the various generals and a picture of how the battlefield looks today. A question and answer period followed. Several visitors were descendants of the Lochridge family who brought to share pictures and a newspaper article concerning the battle.
New officers were also elected at this meeting for the 2010-11 year. Our new officers are Marion Claybrook, President; Sarah Strange, Vice President; Melissa Earnest, Secretary; Marvin Downing, Treasurer; and Cecelia Edwards, Member at Large.
Dues for the 2010-2011 year are now being collected. At this meeting, we were thrilled that Charles and LaDonna Bobbitt and John and Melissa Earnest became life members of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society. If you have not paid your dues yet, please send them to Marvin Downing. Individual membership dues are $15.00.