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 retired in 2017. He and his wife, Sharon, began collecting early Kentucky material about 2005 […]

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 then earned his doctorate in Education Administration through the cooperative Doctoral Program at the University […]

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 his latest book, A Man by Any Other Name: William Clarke Quantrill and the Search […]

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 consulted for numerous film and television productions and was senior advisor for the A&E and […]

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 Virginian, Brian was for many years a professor of history at the University of Virginia’s […]

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. in History from the University of Kentucky. He previously worked for the National Park Service and the Kentucky Historical Society […]

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 findings in this remarkable new book, A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the […]

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 at Gettysburg (2015), and Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard (2019). His books have received several distinguished awards. He also authored articles in […]

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 University of Kentucky under one of our executive committee […]

KCWRT Member Wins Best in Show at Ohio Civil War Show Congratulations to KCWRT Member Phil McCoy. This past May, Phil’s display of “Photographs and Relics of John Hunt Morgan and His Men” won Best of Show at the 44th Annual Ohio Civil War and World War II Show in Mansfield, Ohio. This is the […]

Dr. Gary Gallagher Gary W. Gallagher is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He taught at Penn State University for twelve years before joining the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1998. He is the author or editor of more […]