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The speaker for the September 13, 2021 meeting is our own Kent Masterson Brown. He has promised to bring several copies of his new book Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command. He will be available before and after the […]
Steve T. Phan is a Park Ranger and Historian at the Civil War Defenses of Washington. He recently served as acting Chief of Interpretation at Camp Nelson National Monument. He has also worked at Gettysburg National Military Park, Richmond National […]
Peter S. Carmichael is the Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies at Gettysburg College and the Director of the Civil War Institute. Peter’s books include: Lee’s Young Artillerist: William R.J. Pegram, and, Audacity Personified: The Generalship of Robert […]
The members of the Kentucky Civil War Roundtable heard a wonderful lecture in November by Gordon Jones. He spoke about the great Cyclorama of the July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta. Gordon refused to accept an honorarium for his talk, […]
Members, As we approach year-end, without a doubt, 2020 has been historically significant and challenging. The worldwide pandemic will become, for many, a history lesson. America has yet to overcome one of her greatest challenges much as she did from […]
Greetings! I hope this Newsletter finds all of you well. I must say our September virtual meeting with Jack Davis was great fun. We had a large audience, and they were treated to a fabulous talk about the letters of […]
It looks like we are going to have to get creative when it comes to our September and November 2020 meetings. The current Covid-19 guidelines make it too challenging to ensure the safety of our Members and the Embassy staff. […]
Stephen Davis of Atlanta has been a student of the Civil War all his life. He grew up in Atlanta, and at Emory University, he studied under the renowned Civil War historian Bell I. Wiley. After a Master’s degree in […]
Amy Murrell Taylor is a historian of the American South whose work focuses on the era of the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction. A native of Rockville, Maryland, Taylor graduated from Duke University and received her PhD in History from […]
Robertson is the author or editor of more than 20 books that include such award-winning studies as Civil War! America Becomes One Nation, General A.P. Hill, and Soldiers Blue and Gray. His massive biography of Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson won eight […]
Kent was born in Lexington, Kentucky on February 5, 1949. He is a 1971 graduate – and in 2014 named a distinguished graduate – of Centre College and received his juris doctor degree in 1974 from Washington and Lee University […]
We are heading into the sixty-sixth year of the Kentucky Civil War Roundtable. It remains the largest such organization in the United States and, for speakers, the most sought after venue. That shows in our extraordinary lineup of speakers this […]