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 the University of Virginia. She is currently a professor of history at the University of […]

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 national awards and was used as the base for the Ted Turner mega-movie, Gods and […]

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 School of Law. Kent has practiced law for forty-four years with offices in Lexington and […]

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 year. We start with Ron Maxwell, the writer and director of the blockbuster films Gettysburg, […]

“Fighting the Civil War: Historical Treasures of the Conflict in the Collection of the National Civil War Museum” Opened in 2001, The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is one of the largest museums in the country dedicated to telling the complete story of the war from the viewpoint of both sides. The museum […]

Brian Steel Wills is the Director of the Center for the Study of the Civil War Era and Professor of History at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga. In addition to leading tours, offering lectures, and conducting programs, Dr. Wills is the author of numerous works relating to the American Civil War. These publications include […]