Local ACW events: September 2009 Archives

Friday, October 16, 2009 - Presentation: "Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition" Civil War Round Table of New Hampshire, Epping, New Hampshire, 6:45 PM

Saturday, October 24, 2009 - Book signing - Gettysburg Civil War, Antique Gun and Militaria Show, Eisenhower Inn, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 10 AM - 2 PM

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - Presentation: "Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition" Butler Civil War Round Table, Butler, Pennsylvania, 7:00 PM

Saturday, November 14, 2009 - Book signing - "The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign," Gettysburg Visitors Center Museum Bookstore, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 10 AM - 3 PM

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Presentation: "The Civil War in West Manchester Township" West Manchester Township Historical Society, York, Pennsylvania, 7:00 PM

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Presentation: "Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition" Historic Wrightsville, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, 7 PM

Friday, December 11, 2009 - Presentation: "The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign" Harrisburg Civil War Round Table, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, 7 PM

Thursday, February 18, 2010 - Presentation: "The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign", Lancaster Civil War Round Table, Lititz, Pennsylvania, 7 PM

TBD - Presentation: "The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign," York Civil War Round Table, York, Pennsylvania, 7 PM

Monday, March 22, 2010 - Presentation: "The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign," Pittsburgh Civil War Round Table, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 7 PM

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - Presentation: "The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign" Gettysburg Civil War Round Table, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 7 PM

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - Presentation: "The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign" Northeastern Ohio Civil War Round Table, Mentor, Ohio, 7 PM

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - Presentation: "Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition" - Phil Kearny Civil War Round Table, New Jersey, 7 PM

Dr. Richard J. Sommers will discuss "Petersburg: the Strategic Siege," at the Friday, September 25, meeting of the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table. Sommers, a nationally recognized expert on the American Civil War, is the author of Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburg which won the National Historical Society's Bell Wiley Prize. Sommers' talk will act as a prelude for the round table's field trip to Petersburg on October 3 and 4.

Dr. Sommers serves as senior historian at the U.S. Army Military History Institute in Carlisle, where he has worked for nearly four decades. Since 1971, he has been an active member of the Harrisburg Round Table, having served as president, on the board of directors and program chairman. Dr. Sommers is a life member of the Civil War Preservation Trust and frequent speaker before history-minded groups around the country. A graduate of Carleton College, he earned his doctorate from Rice University.

The Harrisburg Civil War Round Table meets at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel & Convention Center, Camp Hill, PA, Camp Hill Bypass @ Routes 11&15. An informal reception starts at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner at 6:30. The cost of dinner is $20.00 and reservations must be made by no later than Tuesday, September 22, by calling 717-938-3706. The program begins at 8:00 PM and is free to the public.

Contact Douglas Gibboney, Publicity Chairperson, for further information @ 717-243-1738.