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

Civil War Roundtable Links

Abraham Lincoln Civl War Round Table of Michigan
www.alcwrt.org

Brunswick Civil War Roundtable - Brunswick NC, a small ocean community between Wilmington NC and MyrtleBeach SC that has a wealth of Civil War history and sites worth visiting. www.brunswickcivilwarroundtable.com

Civil War Roundtable of Chicago - the first and oldest Civil War roundtable in the country dating back to 1940 www.chicagocwrt.org, www.thecwrt.com , or www.thecwrt.net

Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia
www.cwrtdc.org

Civil War Roundtable of Greater Boston
www.cwrtgb.com

Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Round Table
www.grpghcwrt.com

Harrisburg Civil War Round Table
www.harrisburgcwrt.org

Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table
pipecreekcivilwarroundtable.weebly.com

Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table
wnccwrt.blogspot.com


Looking for Information

Request information on Major (Bvt. Lt. Col.) Legrand B. Speece (Speese)


Civil War Sites of Interest

Civil War information page - http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-us-civil-war-information.aspx . This page provides a brief overview on the war, and provides a lot of links to additional resources

Adams County Historical Society
http://www.achs-pa.org/

Association of Battlefield Guides, Gettysburg, PA
www.gettysburgtourguides.org/

Civil War Institute - Located at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA.
www.gettysburg.edu/cwi/

Civil War Links - Contains general info about the war with links to specific areas of interest. The links page gives an even larger selection of topics to choose from.
www.civilwar.com

Civil War Traveler - For folks who are planning visits to Civil War sites and/or events while on trips – or those interested in discovering new places and activities in their local area.
http://www.CivilWarTraveler.com

Civil War Week - Revised each week to reflect the events that happened on any given day 135 or more years ago. -
www.civilweek.com

Clara Barton: Historical Nurses. Information and links about Clara Barton. https://www.rosenfeldinjurylawyers.com/historical-nurses-all-about-clara-barton.html

Cook Sisters Hear Lincoln's "Few Appropriate Words" Two Cook sisters "cousins" who traveled ten miles from their farm near Bendersville to Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863, where they met and later heard Pres. Lincoln give his few appropriate words. http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/news/recollect.htm

Fourteenth Amendment - History and discussion of the 14th Amendment which states that every person born or naturalized in America is a citizen of the country.
https://employment.law.tulane.edu/articles/history-of-law-the-fourteenth-amendment.html (Suggested by Libby)

Gettysburg Discussion Group
www.gdg.org

Gettysburg Monuments Project - dedicated to ensuring that monuments, artifacts, buildings and grounds are preserved for future generations
www.fourscore.org

Guns & Other Weaponry from the Civil War -
http://www.gunhoo.com/guns-and-other-weaponry-from-the-civil-war.html

Historic Gettysburg -Adams County
www.hgaconline.org

Hunley - Information on the restoration of the CS Hunley from the Friends of the Hunley
www.hunley.org

History of Illinois - http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/illinois-civil-war-history/
A page suggested by Mr. Bill Jackson and his social study group at www.socialstudieshelp.com. Thank you for the suggestion.

IRONCLAD: The Monitor & the Merrimack - A complete description of the book by Arthur Mokin
www.arthurmokin.com

Legal Changes After the Civil War and the 14th Amendment
http://www.statutes-of-limitations.com/news/read/legal-changes-after-the-civil-war-and-the-14th-amendment
Special thanks to Ana at the Hawthorne Community Center for suggesting this link.

 

Main Street Gettysburg
www.mainstreetgettysburg.org

Military History Online
www.militaryhistoryonline.com/gettysburg/

National Civil War Museum
http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/

Guide To Pennsylvania Historical Resources
www.areavibes.com/library/guide-to-pennsylvania-historical-resources/

Civil War Preservation Trust
www.civilwar.org

USA People Search - The Battle of Gettysburg Resource Collection www.usa-people-search.com/content-the-battle-of-gettysburg-resource-collection.aspx

Virginia Civil War Campaign Guide mapped relevant Virginia Historical Markers to Virginia Civil War campaigns using the National Park Service campaign classification system www.markerhistory.com/virginia-civil-war-campaigns/

Western Maryland Public Libraries digitizes the history of Allegany, Garrett and Washington Counties in Western Maryland. www.whilbr.org

History of Antietam National Cemetery :including a descriptive list of all the loyal soldiers buried therein together with the ceremonies and address on the occasion of the dedication of the grounds, September 17th, 1867. This is a listing of Union soldiers buried in the Antietam National Cemetery, many of whom died on the battlefield at Antietam or in nearby homes, churches and barns that were pressed into service as hospitals. But the list includes also soldiers who died at Monocacy and South Mountain, and also those who died in the hospitals at Clarysville and Cumberland in Allegany County.

The book, published in 1869, includes the history of the establishment of the cemetery and the speeches at its dedication. There are few copies of the text available, which is why it has been made available online to increase access. http://www.whilbr.org/antietamNationalCemetery/index.aspx

• The website also includes the records of the Confederates who were buried in Washington and Frederick Counties A descriptive list of the burial places of the remains of Confederate Soldiers who fell in the Battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy and other points in Washington and Frederick Counties in the state of Maryland. It was also published in 1869. http://www.whilbr.org/confederateSoldiers/index.aspx

•In addition, the site features the newspaper printed in Hagerstown, Maryland after the battle of Antietam, The Herald of Freedom and Torch Light of September 1862.  It contains reporting of the battle, but also accounts of the impact of the fighting on the area around the battles in Washington County. http://www.whilbr.org/HeraldofFreedom/index.aspx

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July 27 (rain date July 31)
Larry Korcyzk
The Wheatfield — Part 1

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August 31 (rain date Sept 7)
Dr. Carol Reardon
A tour of the Spangler Farm

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September 28
Bradley Gottfried
Comparing Antietam and Gettysburg

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October 26
Dennis Doyle
Illinois Regiments at Gettysburg

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November 16
Janet McCabe
The Story of Rufus Weaver

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Wednesday, December 6
Holiday Banquet at The Dobbin House
Jill Titus
Gettysburg in 1963

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January 25
Codie Eash
The Summer of 1869:
Gettysburg's First Blue-Gray Reunion

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February 22
Bruce Davis
Defending General O. O. Howard

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March 28
Allen Thompson
In the Shadow of the Round Tops

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April 25
Stephen Evangelista
Brown's Rhode Island Battery

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May 23
Lisa Samia
The Nameless & Faceless of the Civil War in Poetry

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June 8 (Saturday 9:30 am to noon)
Fred Hawthorne
Places Every Guide Should Know: Hancock Avenue Edition

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June 27 (Rain date June 28)
Jasan Hileman
Red Carroll's Brigade

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July 25 (Rain date July29)
Larry Korcyzk
The Wheatfield — Part 2

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August 22 (Rain date August 26)
Ralph Seigel
11th Corps Program TBA

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September 26
Derek Maxfield
General William T. Sherman's Civil War

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October 24
Jeff Harding
How Weather Effected the Civil War

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November 21
John Heiser
The George Rose Farm of Gettysburg

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December 5 - Holiday Banquet
Charles Fennell
Culp's Hill "Rediscovered"

 



EVENT INFORMATION


SUMMER IN THE FIELD PROGRAMS

Thursday, July 27 (Rain date Monday, July 31) 6 pm to 7:30 or later.

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.

Thursday, Auguast 31 (Rain date Thursday, September 7) 6 pm to 7:30 or later.

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 Sale

In 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.


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