Welcome to the Civil War Roundtable of Gettysburg. "The most important Roundtable,
in the most important small town,
at the most important battlefield,
in the most important country in the world."
—Joe Mieczkowski, past president
      
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Meeting Date June 22 (Rain date June 29)
SPEAKERS
Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable Book Award
Announcement of 2014 Award
The Devil’s to Pay, John Buford
Eric Wittenberg
The CWRTGB Book Award announcement, for books published in 2014, was made at the Holiday Banquet by Larry Plymire, Chairman of the Book Committee.
The recipient is Eric Wittenberg for his book The Devil’s to Pay, John Buford at Gettysburg.
Eric Wittenberg (LEFT) is presented with the 2015 Gettysburg CWRT Book Award by Larry Plymire, Chairman of the Book Committee. The award was presented to Wittenberg at the March 2016 Roundtable meeting.
Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable Book Award
Announcement of 2013 Award
The Campaign of Gettysburg: Command Decisions
By US Army Lt. Col. (ret) William D. Hewitt
Thomas Publications in Gettysburg, PA; 2012
The Civil War Round Table of Gettysburg, PA is proud to announce that the winner of its annual Book Award is US Army Lt. Col. (ret) William D. Hewitt for his book, The Campaign of Gettysburg: Command Decisions.
Col. Hewitt is member of our Round Table, a Seasonal Ranger at Gettysburg National Military Park and a member of the Gettysburg Area School District Board.
Col. Hewitt has spent most of his adult life as a student of military matters and in this book he challenges some of the long-held assumptions about why the Battle of Gettysburg was fought where it was fought and why the commanders made the decisions they made. The expertise gained during Col. Hewitt’s career as a military professional has resulted in a book that uses the commander’s education, experience and certain military “truisms” as a method to explain their decisions.
In all, Col. Hewitt has added a much needed professional analysis of military planning and decision making to the literature on the Battle of Gettysburg.
The book was published by Thomas Publications in Gettysburg, PA in 2012.
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Bill Hewitt (left) is pictured with Roger Heller who is holding a copy of Hewitt’s award-winning book. |
Steve French Wins First Annual
Gettysburg Book Award
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Pictured above, left to right, are John Winkelman, author Steve French, eminent historian Ed Bearss, and Dr. Dave Collins, who chairs the book committee. |
The 2009 Gettysburg Book Award was awarded at the CWRT Meeting on February 25, 2010 to author Steve French for his book, Imboden’s Command in the Gettysburg Campaign. This is an annual award presented by the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable for a new published history contributing to a better understanding of some facet of the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the battlefield at Gettysburg, and the memorialization of the battlefield. French is a history teacher from West Virginia. In this text he examines the role of Brigadier General John D. Imboden, commander of one of Robert E. Lee’s cavalry brigades. Imboden was tasked to use his Virginia troopers in the Shenandoah Valley to destroy railroad tracks and bridges and harass Federal troops.
The Northwestern Virginia Brigade, as Imboden’s command was known, was not directly involved in the battle at Gettysburg. But they had a key role of protecting the rear of the army. Imboden reached Chambersburg on July 1, 1863, where they relieved Pickett’s Division. When Lee retreated, they assumed the crucial mission of guarding the trains and the wounded, doing so under trying circumstances.
Honorable mention is being accorded to Sue Boardman and Kathryn Porch for their book: The Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama: A History and Guide. It explains the huge 1884 oil painting by Paul Philippoteaux, how it was displayed through the years, with a guide to the terrain depicted thereon.
George Newton's review from March/April 2009 Newsletter
Dave Collin's review from November/December 2009 Newsletter
Book Chat
Book Reviews by CWRT Members
Gettysburg Campaign Atlas
By Philip Laino
Imboden’s Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign
By Steve French
Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and the President’s War Powers
By James F. Simon
Lincoln’s Rise to the Presidency
By William C. Harris
Gettysburg Heroes: Perfect Soldiers, Hallowed Ground
By Glenn LaFantasie
This Republic Of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
By Drew Gilpin Faust
Civil War Periodicals
Reviewed by George Newton
Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America
By Allen C. Guelzo
The Maps of Gettysburg: The Gettysburg Campaign,
June 3 – July 13, 1863
By Bradley Gottfried
Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee
Through His Private Letters
By Elizabeth Brown Pryor
The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
By Dr. Gabor Borit
What This Cruel War Was Over:
Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War
By Chandra Manning
Rhett Butler's People
By Donald McCraig
Reveille In Washington 1860-1865
By Margaret Leech
Imboden’s Brigade During the Gettysburg Campaign
by Steve French
Reviewed By Dave Collins
The Lincolns: Portrait Of A Marriage
By Daniel Mark Epstein
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EVENT INFORMATION |
SUMMER IN THE FIELD PROGRAMS
Larry Korcyzk will lead us on a tour of the Wheatfield. Because the Wheatfield fighting is so complicated we have decided to do one part of it this year and the rest next year, so this tour is Wheatfield — Part 1. We are to meet Larry on Sickles Aveneue as you approach The Stony Hill. The easiest route will be to take the Wheatfield Road, turn right on Ayres Avenue, follow the road around to the stop sign and take a right. Park as close to the wayside marker as is possible at Tourt Stop #9. Looking to your right you should clearly see the guns of Winslow's Battery. Remember, when parking in the GNMP, keep all four tires off the grass. We are fortunate to be led by Dr. Carol Reardon on a very special tour of the Spangler Farm. We are to meet and park at the farm. Take the Baltimore Pike and turn right onto Granite Schoolhouse Lane (one right turn beyond the entrance to the Park Visitor's Center). Take a left onto Blaksmith Shop Road (you cannot take a right). And take a right into the Farm, the entrance to which is well marked. Reynolds Woods Witness Tree Pen Set for SaleIn 1987, the CWRT of Gettysburg bought a slab of the Witness Tree that fell in the Reynolds Woods. They used it to create wood bases for a pen set. Recently these wood bases were rediscovered and the CWRT has made the pen sets available again for purchase. For more information, or to place an order, please see our Witness Tree Pen Set Flyer. You can view videos of past meetings on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarRoundTableOfGettysburg/live/You do not need to be a member of FaceBook to view the videos. |
