Meeting Dates
The organization meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month September through May. Meetings are held in the Williamsburg Regional Library Theatre located at 515 Scotland St in Williamsburg, VA, unless otherwise posted. The meetings begin at 7 PM. Membership is open to the general public.
This Month's Speaker
Join us for the next meeting of the Williamsburg Civil
War Roundtable at the Williamsburg Public Library Theatre at 7 PM on
Tuesday, April 24, 2018.
On Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - Eric Wittenberg will present “The
Devil’s to Pay” - John Buford at Gettysburg, is based upon the research
that he conducted in conjunction with the publishing of his book by the
same title. Eric will outline the role that Brig. General John Buford
and his First Cavalry Division troops played up to and through the
Battle of Gettysburg. His presentation will focus upon the actions of
Buford and his horse soldiers on the first day of the battle when they
mounted a stiff resistance to impede the progress of the advance of
overwhelming numbers of Confederate infantry until the arrival of the
Union First Corps and Eleventh Corps units. Eric will also discuss the
actions that Buford’s troopers undertook to shepherd and save the
shattered remnants of those two Union infantry corps at the end of the
first day of the battle.
The Roundtable has collaborated with the local chapter of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans to engage Eric Wittenberg for back-to-back
presentations in Williamsburg. He will speak to the SCV organization on
Wednesday evening (April 25) at the Colonial Heritage Clubhouse, located
at 6500 Arthur Hills Drive. The event is a dinner meeting, and the cost
of the meal is $17. There are approximately eight slots available for
guests, to be filled on a first come basis. The SCV is offering WCWRT
members the opportunity to attend the event in order to hear a second
presentation from Eric . The SCV has to guarantee the number of diners
to the Clubhouse so those interested in attending must make reservations
and payment in advance. Please contact Ken Parsons (telephone
757-876-6967 or Email
kparsons320@gmail.com) if you are
interested in attending.
Eric J. Wittenberg is a native of Southeastern Pennsylvania. He is an
award-winning Civil War historian whose primary focus has been cavalry
operations in the Eastern Theater and on the Gettysburg Campaign. He is
the author of 21 published books on the Civil War and dozens of magazine
articles. He has won the Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award, the
Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable’s Book Award, and the United States Army
Heritage Foundation’s Distinguished Writing Award. He is deeply involved
in battlefield preservation work, and often works with the Civil War
Trust on preservation efforts. He is a former president and program
chairman of the Central Ohio Civil War Roundtable, and served on the
Governor of Ohio’s Commission on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War.
He runs a popular blog, Rantings of a Civil War Historian, and often
travels the country lecturing on the Civil War and leading tours. He is
an attorney in private practice, where he manages his firm’s litigation
practice.
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