WELCOME TO
THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia was established in 1951 with Bruce Catton among its founding members. Its purpose is to stimulate and expand interest in the military, political, diplomatic, economic, and socio-cultural history of the United States and particularly the Civil War. It is also committed to preserving historical sites and landmarks through initiatives such as, among others, its annual Edwin C. Bearss Awards.
The Round Table meets monthly from September to June at a location in the DC area or via Zoom. At its in-person/hybrid Zoom meetings, the Round Table often caters dinner or hors d'oeuvres followed by a presentation by a noted author or scholar on a topic related to the U.S. Civil War. Recent speakers include: Fergus Bordewich, Bryan Cheeseboro, Gary Gallagher, Jon Meacham, Frank Smith, Allen Guelzo, Michael Burlingame, Don Miller, Daud Watts, and Gail Stephens, to name only a few.
The Round Table also sponsors visits to battlefield sites, tours of museums, and other events. Recent tours have featured the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, The National Museum of the U.S. Army in Fairfax, the Lost Avenue, Appomattox, Ball's Bluff Battlefield, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, and many more.
Please click on one of the tabs in the menu bar above to learn about our group and for more information about our dinners, speakers, events, tours, history, and membership. Or contact us at admin@cwrtdc.org with any questions.
Schedule of Speakers/Tours 2026-2027 Red Listings = Meetings In-Person
Black Listings = Meetings Via Zoom Only
Blue Listings = Tours/Events
DATE SPEAKER TENTATIVE TOPIC
Sept 9, 26 Cory Pfarr Fed. Signal Service at Antietam
Oct. 14, 25 Carolyn Ivanoff Nurse Cornelia Hancock
Nov. 11, 26 Jeff Joyce The Black Horse Troop
Dec. 9, 26 David Kent, Jr. Lincoln in New England
Jan. 13, 27 TBD TBD
Feb. 10, 27 TBD TBD
Mar. 10, 27 TBD TBD
Apr. 14, 27 TBD TBD
May 12, 27 TBD TBD
June 9, 27 TBD TBD
TBD Tour of the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
with the Lincoln Group of DC
All Are Welcome. All are welcome to attend the Zoom presentations, and we urge you to become a member, using the menu located to the right of our page HERE (https://cwrtdc-meetings.blogspot.com/). All are also welcome to join us in-person for our dinners and the speaker presentations, including members and non-members (and whether Civil War history buffs or newly interested in studying this conflict). Reservations are required for dinner and a fee is charged. Or feel free to attend in-person or via Zoom only to listen to the speakers' presentations. For more information about our meetings and for directions, click on the "MEETINGS / TOURS" tab above. Activities for Virtual Attendees. Now that we have members joining from outside the DC area, we would like to use our Zoom platform to offer remote attendees an opportunity to share information about Civil War events, sites, tours, artifacts, and stories related to where they live. We envision such sharing to be informal, about 10-15 minutes (with a few photos/slides, but not required), and without a Q&A. In other words, it will be akin to a "Show & Tell."
If you would like to share such information to our Round Table about an event, tour, experience, or story, please click HERE for more information (https://cwrtdc-meetings.blogspot.com/p/make-presentation.html)
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For a list of previous speakers, click HERE
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