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Dr. Curt Fields – A Portrayal of General Ulysses S. Grant
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 […]
Bryan Bush and Harold Edwards – The Battle of Perryville: As It Was & As It Looks Now
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 […]
Mack Cox – An American Story: The Redd Family Paintings
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 […]
Mel Stewart Hankla – The Return of Cassius Marcellus Clay!
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 […]
Joseph M. Beilein Jr. – A Man by Any Other Name: Behind the Many Masks of William Clarke Quantrill
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 […]
William C. Davis – “John Breckinridge and the Flight of the Confederate Government, the Fall of Richmond, His Escape, and His Exile: Preparing A Screenplay.”
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 […]
Brian Steele Wills – “Confederate General William Dorsey Pender: The Hope of Glory”
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 […]
Dr. Patrick Lewis – “My Countrymen, You Are Substantially Free”: Finding Juneteenth in Kentucky
Dr. Patrick Lewis is the Director of Collections & Research at the Filson Historical Society and co-editor of Ohio Valley History journal. A Trigg County native, he graduated from Transylvania University and holds a Ph.D. […]
Peter Cozzens – “Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South.”
Peter Cozzens is a former Army captain and Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State. The members of the Kentucky Civil War Roundtable will be the first to hear from Peter about his […]
James Hessler – Speaker for March 2023 Meeting
James Hessler has worked as a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park for two decades. Jim has authored or co-authored three full-length books on the Gettysburg campaign: Sickles at Gettysburg (2009), Pickett’s Charge […]
Dr. Paul Quigley – Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South
Dr. Paul Quigley is the Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and the James I. Robertson, Jr. Associate Professor of Civil War History in the Department of History at Virginia Tech. He […]
Cameron Sauers – F. Scott Fitzgerald & the American Civil War
Cameron Sauers is a summa cum laude graduate in History from Gettysburg College under our friend and frequent speaker Dr. Peter Carmichael and is studying for his master’s degree and doctorate in History at the […]