Civil War Roundtable

Meeting Overview:  Christmas prior to the Civil War looked very different from what it does today.  Join us and learn how the Civil War changed Christmas.  At this special December CWRT meeting, we’ll have FOOD from authentic Civil War recipes as well as 1860’s inspired Christmas ornaments and decorations.  (PLEASE NOTE the change in time […]

Meeting Overview: In July of 1862, Irish workers in Cincinnati rioted to keep Black workers from laboring on the docks and attempted to “clean out” African American residential sections of the city. A precursor to the more infamous New York draft riots of 1863, the violence was triggered by the prospect of a draft and […]

Meeting Overview:  Come and hear about the findings of an archaeological dig at the site of William Warren’s ca. 1949-1853 cabin in Morrison County, near Royalton. William Warren was the son of an Ojibwe-French woman and an American fur trader. He arrived in the area then known as Two Rivers around 1849/1850 and built a […]

Meeting Overview:  The American Civil War is surrounded by vast mythology.  Indeed, it is far to say that there are two independent versions of the war.  On the one hand, there is the history of the war, the account of what, in fact, happened.  On the other hand, there is what historian Foster Gaines calls […]

Meeting Overview - Since Gettysburg has been covered so well by so many, be ready to learn about General Meade before and after that historic battle in am audience participative presentation.  This unique, interactive presentation on General George Meade was originally presented to the prestigious Civil War Round Table of DC. In this presentation we […]