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Laurance B. VanMeter, of Lexington, Kentucky, served on the Kentucky Supreme Court from 2017 to 2025 where he was just the third Justice to have served at all four levels of the Kentucky unified court system. His fellow justices elected […]
Charles H. Bogart grew up in Newport and Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, and now lives in Frankfort, Kentucky. He has a BA in History from Thomas More University and a MCP from The Ohio State University. He retired from the Kentucky […]
Phillip Seyfrit is a lifelong resident of Richmond and Madison County. He is a graduate of Model Laboratory School, Eastern Kentucky University and the Mid-America College of Funeral Service. After over two decades in funeral service, Phillip took the position of […]
Donna Dodd Terrell, of Lexington, KY, graduated from University of Kentucky with her B.A. in Education and Journalism, and thereafter earned her J.D. from University of Kentucky School of Law. She became Law Clerk to Chief Justice Robert F. Stephens […]
Caroline E. Janney is the John L. Nau III Professor of the American Civil War and Director of the John L. Nau Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia. A graduate of the University of Virginia, she […]
In November, Roundtable members will be treated to a fine, informative, and entertaining presentation by Dr. Curt Fields as he portrays General Ulysses S. Grant. Dr. Fields, a physician from Collierville, Tennessee, has cultivated the persona of General Grant to […]
I am pleased to present to the Kentucky Civil War Roundtable our speakers for the upcoming 2024/2025 Season. Beginning on September 9, 2024, we will have two speakers: Bryan Bush, the Manager of the Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, and […]
A Kentucky native, Mack Cox is a collector and an independent scholar of early Kentucky material culture. He received his BS and MS degrees in geology from Eastern Kentucky University and pursued an oil and gas career from which he […]
Our speaker on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, will be Mel Stewart Hankla, a Kentucky original, just like the subject of his talk! Born and raised in Jamestown, Kentucky, Mel earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Kentucky University. He […]
Joseph M. Beilein Jr. is an associate professor of history at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, where he teaches courses on the Civil War and military history, and American history more broadly. Dr. Beilein will discuss his findings from […]
WILLIAM C. “JACK” DAVIS, retired Executive Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and Professor of History at Virginia Tech, previously spent 31 years in editorial and marketing management in the book and magazine publishing industry. He has […]
President’s Report | Welcome Back to Lexington: Brian Steel Wills Brian Steel Wills is the Director of the Center of the Study of the Civil War Era and Professor of History at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. A native […]