Williamsburg Civil War Roundtable

The purpose of this organization shall be to promote discussion and study of the Civil War and to further stimulate interest in all aspects and phases of the Civil War period.

Upcoming Meetings and Speakers

Our meeting year runs from September through May

2024 -2025

 Meeting Schedule

09/17/2024 - Frank Garmon:  “A Wonderful Career in Crime – Charles Cowlam’s Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age”

10/22/2024 - Victor Vignola:  “Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks: 05/31-06/01/1862”

11/26/2024 - Feather Foster:  “The Civil War Divas – First Ladies Mary Lincoln and Julia Grant”

12/17/2025 - Bert Dunkerly:  “The Significance of the Battle of Stones River”

01/28/2025 - Alex Rossino:  “Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders No. 191, and Confederate Misfortune on the Road to Antietam”

02/25/2025 - Dr. E. C. Fields a/k/a General Ulysses S. Grant and Morgan Gates a/k/a General John C. Pemberton:  “The Surrender of Vicksburg”

03/25/2025 - Dr. Eric B. Schweickart:  “ Discovery & Identification of WBTS Remains near the Magazine in Colonial Williamsburg”

04/22/2025 - Capt. Edward Gantt:  “The Evolution of the United States Colored Troops”

05/27/2025 - Jonathan Jones:  “Opium Slavery”