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York Civil War Round Table

The York Civil War Round Table is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote, interpret, preserve, and protect the Civil War heritage of York County, Pennsylvania, through the education and exchange of information with its members and the general public.

Membership is free and open to anyone interested in learning more about the American Civil War.

Founded as the White Rose Civil War Round Table, the York CWRT holds monthly meetings the third Wednesday of every month except December at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the York County Heritage Center at 250 E. Market St. (the historic Lincoln Highway) in York, Pennsylvania. Each meeting features a guest speaker talking about a Civil War topic of local or national interest. There is no admission fee or membership requirement to attend any of these meetings.

Other scheduled events include an annual clean-up day at Gettysburg National Military Park as part of the “Adopt-a-Position” program. Members and guests tidy up the area around the 102nd Pennsylvania/62nd New York on the John Weikert/Althoff Farm Lane. A free battlewalk with local experts is usually included to round out the day. Other regularly scheduled battlewalks by Dr. Charlie Fennell occur in the autumn.

For details, email yorkcwrt@yahoo.com.

Here is the current schedule; as mentioned the public is welcome and there is no charge!

2019 York Civil War Round Table Events

January 16, 2019 – Randy Drais – “William H. Tipton: The Man Behind the Camera, How He Influenced the Gettysburg Battlefield

February 20, 2019 – Kelly D. Summerford – First Person Portrayal – “William C. Goodridge: York Businessman, Abolitionist and Conductor

March 20, 2019 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr. – “Erin Go Bragh: Human Interest Stories of the Irish in the American Civil War”

April 17, 2019 – Michael Wunsch – “Lincoln, Hamlin & Johnson: The National Party Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, June 7-8, 1864”

May 15, 2019 – Kevin Shroyer – “Virginians in Blue”

June 19, 2019 – Michael Jesberger – “Stealing the Body of Abraham Lincoln: Strange but True Tale of our 16th President”

July 17, 2019 – Ronald D. Kirkwood – “Too Much for Human Endurance: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg”

August 21, 2019 – Richard Lewis – “Cloaked in Mystery: The Curious Case of the Confederate Coat”

September 18, 2019 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – “The Battle of Hanover: Prelude to Gettysburg”

September 22, 2019 – Field Trip and Tour of Hanover, PA – Led by Licensed Battlefield Guide Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – Sunday – from 10 A.M. to 12 Noon

October 16, 2019 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr. – “Great Care was Taken: The York, PA, U.S. Army Hospital in the Gettysburg Campaign

November 20, 2019 – James A. Hessler – “Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the ‘Commanding Ground’ Along the Emmitsburg Road”

December – No Meeting! Happy Holidays!

 

2018 York Civil War Round Table Events

January 17, 2018 – Gene Barr – “A Civil War Captain and His Lady: Love, Courtship and Combat from Fort Donelson through the Vicksburg Campaign

February 21, 2018 – Cooper H. Wingert“Abolitionists in South Central Pennsylvania”

March 21, 2018 – Joseph Mieczkowski“The 1863 New York City Draft Riots” Note: Talk was rescheduled to July 18, 2018, because of snow.

April 18, 2018 – Michael S. Jesberger“The H. L. Hunley: Confederate Submarine” – Rescheduled from March 2017

May 16, 2018 – Eric J. Wittenberg“The Battle of Trevilian Station”

June 20, 2018 – James McClure“Who was Chief Burgess David Small, at York’s helm when the Confederates came to town in 1863?”

July 18, 2018 – Dr. Jennifer M. Murray – “On A Great Battlefield: The History of Gettysburg National Military Park, 1863 – 2016” – NOTE: Jen had to cancel because of moving out of the area to take a new position. Joe Mieczkowski’s talk on the draft riots will replace her planned talk.

August 15, 2018 – Ray Kinard – “Hanover Branch Railroad: Gateway to Gettysburg”

September 19, 2018 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – “The 1st U S Sharp Shooters: The Most Significant Union Reconnaissance at Gettysburg”

September 23, 2018 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – 10 AM to 12 Noon

October 17, 2018 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr.  –  “ The  Second Day at Gettysburg: The Attack and Defense of Cemetery Ridge, July 2, 1863”

November 14, 2018 – Scott E. Rosenau – “Lincoln and the Founders: Completing the Unfinished Work” – Date change due to Thanksgiving

December – No Meeting! Happy Holidays!

2017 Speakers and Events

January 18, 2017 – Chris Brenneman – “Secrets of the Cyclorama”

February 15, 2017 – James McClure and Scott L. Mingus Sr. –“The Ground Swallowed Them Up: Slavery and the Underground Railroad in York County, Pa.”

March 15, 2017 – Michael S. Jesberger – “The H. L. Hunley – Confederate Submarine”

April 19, 2017 – Mark Grim – “Imprisonment, Trial and Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators – An Overview”

May 17, 2017 – Daniel Vermilya – “From Battlefield to the White House – James Garfield”

June 21, 2017 – D. Scott Hartwig – “Gettysburg: Sorting Fiction From Fact”

July 19, 2017 – Tom Huntington – “Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg”

August 16, 2017 – Linda Clark – “Wounded Houses, Shattered Lives: What Was it Like For the Gettysburg Citizens of 1863”

September 20, 2017 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell Jr. – “Farnsworth’s Fatal Charge with the 1st Vermont Cavalry”

September 24, 2017 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell Jr. – Tour of South Cavalry Field including Devil’s Kitchen – 10 AM to 12 Noon

October 18, 2017 – Scott L. Mingus Sr. – “Confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith: From Virginia’s Statehouse to Gettysburg’s Scapegoat” – special 20th anniversary meeting

November 15, 2017 – Kevin Rawlings – portraying “The Thomas Nast Patriotic Civil War Santa Claus”

December – No meeting! Happy Holidays!

2016 Events

January 20, 2016 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr. “Fighting Parsons: Civil War Chaplains” Rev. James Banach – as Rev. James Allen Brown: Chaplain 87th PA & Military Hospital York, PA

February 17, 2016 – Stephen H. Smith “Examining a Unique African American G.A.R. Post as the Grand Army of the Republic Celebrates 150 Years”

March 16, 2016 – Scott E. Rosenau – “Lincoln’s Rise to the Presidency”

April 20, 2016 – Thomas A. Bogar – “Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination: The Untold Story of the Actors and Stagehands at Ford’s Theatre”

May 18, 2016 – Wayne E. Motts & James A. Hessler- “Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg: A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History”

June 15, 2016 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr. – “The 87th Pennsylvania at Second Winchester”

July 20, 2016 – Michael D. Smith– as Brigadier General John Buford

August 17, 2016 – Gerard E. Mayers– “Getting the Message Out: Text Messaging Civil War Style”

September 21, 2016 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – “Pettigrew’s Debut at Gettysburg: Breaks Federal 1st Corps Line on McPherson’s Ridge, July1st “

September 25, 2016 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with DR. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – 10 AM to 12 Noon

October 19, 2016 – Kendra Debany – “Gettysburg House Historian: Examining the History of the Henry Culp and Nicholas Codori Farms on the Gettysburg Battlefield”

November 16, 2016 – Edward H. Bonekemper, III – “The Myth of the Lost Cause: False Remembrance of the Civil War”

2015 Events

January 21, 2015 – Randy DraisGeneral George Pickett’s Official Report of the Battle of Gettysburg

February 18, 2015 – Chaplain Ron BuppFrom Round Ball to Minnie Ball

March 18, 2015 – Dr. Chuck TeagueThe Final Fourteen Days of Father Abraham

April 15, 2015 – Mike Reetz – as Brigadier General Horace Porter – The Revolutionary War Echoed Through the Life of Horace Porter

May 20, 2015 – Michael Sipes – as Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early, C.S.A. – The Army of Northern Virginia’s 1863 Campaign North into Pennsylvania: Viewpoints on the Movements of the Second Corps

June 17, 2015 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr.The Northern Central Railway in the Civil War 1861-1865

July 15, 2015 – Eric W. BucklandMosby’s Rangers

August 19, 2015 – Dr. Philip J. AvilloReconstruction After the Civil War, 1865-1877: A Struggle for Freedom

September 16, 2015 – Matt AtkinsonRobert E. Lee Comes Home from War – 1865 to 1870

October 21, 2015 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr.Pennsylvania Reserves Saves Little Round Top: Into the Valley of Death

October 25, 2015 NOTE DATE CHANGE!!!! – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – 10 to 12 Noon – Tour

November 18, 2015 – Brian J. BlakeGeneral Francis Barlow: The life of an American citizen-soldier

2014 Events

January 15, 2014 – Eric LindbladeThe Battle was Grand, Sublime, and Awful: The 26th North Carolina and the Battle of Gettysburg

February 19, 2014 – Michael A. RileyMajor General John F. Reynolds

March 19, 2014 – Gary L. CasteelMonumentation and the National Civil War Memorial

April 16, 2014 – Mike Plunkett Paddy Has Gone For A Soldier: Songs and Stories of the Soldiers of the Irish Brigade

May 21, 2014 – Gail StephensJubal’s in the Valley: The Battle of Monocacy 150th Anniversary

June 18, 2014 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr.The Underground Railroad in York County

July 16, 2014 – George F. Franks, IIIBattle of Falling Waters 1863: Custer, Pettigrew and the End of the Gettysburg Campaign

August 20, 2014 – Brian J. BlakeGeorge Pickett: Southern Patriot or War Criminal

September 17, 2014 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr.The Battle of Antietam 152nd Anniversary

September 20, 2014 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – 12 to 2 p.m. – Tour

October 15, 2014 – Ronald L. HershnerLetters From Home: York County, Pennsylvania during the Civil War

November 19, 2014 – Daniel RoeLewis Miller and the Civil War

2013 Events

January 16, 2013 – Cooper H. WingertThe Confederate Approach to Harrisburg

February 20, 2013 – James E. SchmickCivil War Harrisburg

March 20, 2013 – Richard KohrGettysburg at Arlington

April 17, 2013 – Dr. Charles TeagueFrom Calamity to Crisis: Oliver O. Howard, Out of Chancellorsville and into Gettysburg

May 15, 2013 – Randy DraisExploring the Battle of Gettysburg

June 26, 2013 – Scott Mingus and Jim McClureMore Civil War Voices from York County

July 17, 2013 – Lila Fourhman-ShaullCivil War Stories from Prospect Hill Cemetery

August 17, 2013 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Chris Army – 9 a.m. to noon, the Harman Farm. Meet at West End Guide Station on US 30

August 21, 2013 – Jerry W. HolsworthStonewall Jackson and Winchester, Va.

September 18, 2013 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. Clash of Sabers at East Cavalry Field

September 21, 2013 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – 12 to 2 p.m.

October 16, 2013 – Ed LeFevreMaj. Gen. William “Extra Billy” Smith

November 20, 2013 – James HayneyThe Gettysburg Address: Facts and Myths

2012 Events

January 18, 2012 – Suzanne DoucetteSouthern Lady, Union Spy: Elizabeth Van Lew

February 15, 2012 – Debra McCauslinEchoes from the Past: African-American Voices at Gettysburg

March 21, 2012 – Dick SimpsonThe Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas: March 7-8, 1862

April 18, 2012 – Dr. Lawrence E. Keener-FarleyFloating Iron: The New Navies of the Civil War

May 16, 2012 – Edward H. Bonekemper, IIILincoln and Grant: The Westerners Who Won the Civil War

June 20, 2012 – Jason Amico – Battlefield Photography: How the Images Changed the War

July 18, 2012 – Stephen ReckerAntietam Through Old Photographs

August 15, 2012 – Jeffry D. WertA Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph, 1862-1863

September 19, 2012 – Scott MingusJ.E.B. Stuart’s Ride Through York County

October 17, 2012 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr.In the Eye of the Storm: The Philadelphia Brigade at Gettysburg

October 20, 2012 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – Time TBA

November 14, 2012 – Dr. Mark A. SnellGeneral William B. Franklin and the Battle of Fredericksburg

2011 Events

January 19, 2011 – Lila Fourhman-Shaull Guided Tour of YCHT Civil War Collection

February 16, 2011 – George F. NaglePursuing a Course Unwise, Fanatical, and Disorganizing: Harrisburg’s Anti-Slavery Activists

March 16, 2011 – John T. KreppsA Strong and Sudden Onslaught: The Cavalry Action at Hanover, Pennsylvania

April 20, 2011 – Dr. Lawrence E. Keener-FarleyThe Gathering Storm: The Coming of the Civil War

May 18, 2011 – Joseph StahlIdentification Discs of Union Soldiers in the Civil War at Gettysburg

June 15, 2011 – James McClure and Scott L. Mingus, Sr.Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.: Remembering the Rebellion and the Gettysburg Campaign

July 20, 2011 – Wayne E. Motts…For The Last Time On Earth: The Life and Death of First Sergeant Aaron T. Mc Naghten

August 17, 2011 – Jean HershnerThe Cartridge Box: The Inside-Out Newspaper of the U.S. Army Hospital at York, PA

September 21, 2011 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr.Assault on Little Round Top: A Southern Perspective on Lost Opportunity

September 24, 2011 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – 1 p.m.

October 19, 2011 – James A. Morgan, IIIA Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball’s Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21-23, 1861

November 16, 2011 – Dr. Charles TeagueMr. Lincoln Goes to War

2010 Events

January 20, 2010 – Bruce LiddicGeorge Armstrong Custer: From Ohio to Pennsylvania, Boyhood to Generalship

February 17, 2010 – Cal DoucetteA Conversation With Horace Greeley

March 17, 2010 – Dick SimpsonMissouri 1861 and the Battle of Wilson’s Creek

April 21, 2010 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr. – The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign

May 19, 2010 – Matt AtkinsonStorming Through Mississippi: The Campaign and Seizure of Vicksburg

June 16, 2010 – Jim McClureYork County ‘s View of the Civil War: Then and Now

July 21, 2010 – John ReamCivil War Hospital Stewart John Weakley of the 87th PA

August 18, 2010 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – Fighting or Flying Dutchmen: The 11th Corps from Barlow’s Knoll to Cemetery Hill

September 15, 2010 – Tyrone CornbowerSheepskin Fiddlers and Straw Blowers: Field Music in the Civil War

September 18, 2010 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr.

October 20, 2010 – Jay JorgensenEdward Porter Alexander : Confederate Cannoneer at Gettysburg

2009 Events

January 21, 2009 – Dr. Chuck TeagueThe Shadow of Napoleon on Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg

February 18, 2009 – Jim LewinLines of Contention: Political Cartoons of the Civil War

March 19, 2009 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr.Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition, June 1863

April 15, 2009 – Joe MieczkowskiSenator Simon Cameron: Civil War Secretary of War

May 2, 2009 – Monument Clean-Up Day Adopt-a-Position at Gettysburg

May 20, 2009 – Ivan E. Frantz, Jr.The Pennsylvania Railroad in the Civil War

June 17, 2009 – Scott D. ButcherYork : Prize of the Confederacy

July 15, 2009 – Craig CabaAspects of the J. Howard Wert Gettysburg Collection

August 19, 2009 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr.Confederate Disaster on Oak Ridge

September 16, 2009 – Bill WoodworthThe Piper Farm Attack at Antietam

September 19, 2009 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. Battlefield walk at GNMP

October 21, 2009 – Jim HesslerSickles at Gettysburg

November 18, 2009 – Timothy H. SmithAbraham Lincoln – 25 Hours at Gettysburg