The York Civil War Round Table is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote, interpret, preserve, and protect the Civil War heritage of York County, Pennsylvania, through the education and exchange of information with its members and the general public. Membership is free and open to anyone interested in learning more about the American Civil War.
Founded as the White Rose Civil War Round Table, the York CWRT holds monthly meetings the third Wednesday of every month except December at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the York County Heritage Trust’s Historical Society Museum at 250 E. Market Street (the historic Lincoln Highway) in York, Pennsylvania. Each meeting features a guest speaker talking about a Civil War topic of local or national interest. There is no admission or membership requirements to attend any of these meetings.
Other scheduled events include an annual clean-up day at Gettysburg National Military Park as part of the “Adopt-a-Position” program. Members and guests tidy up the area around the 102nd Pennsylvania / 62nd New York on the John Weikert / Althoff Farm Lane. A free battlewalk with local experts is usually included to round out the day. Other regularly scheduled battlewalks by Dr. Charlie Fennell occur in the autumn.
For more information, contact the York Civil War Round Table.
Here is the schedule; as mentioned the public is welcome!
York Civil War Round Table – 2013 Schedule of Events
January 16, 2013 – Cooper H. Wingert – “The Confederate Approach to Harrisburg”
February 20, 2013 – James E. Schmick – “Civil War Harrisburg”
March 20, 2013 – Richard Kohr – “Gettysburg at Arlington”
April 17, 2013 – Dr. Charles Teague – “From Calamity to Crisis: Oliver O. Howard, Out of Chancellorsville and into Gettysburg”
May 15, 2013 – Randy Drais – “Exploring the Battle of Gettysburg”
June 26, 2013 – Scott Mingus and Jim McClure – “More Civil War Voices from York County”
July 17, 2013 – Lila Fourhman-Shaull – “Civil War Stories from Prospect Hill Cemetery”
August 17, 2013 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Chris Army – 9 a.m. to noon, the Harman Farm
August 21, 2013 – Jerry W. Holsworth – “Stonewall Jackson and Winchester, Va.”
September 18, 2013 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – “Clash of Sabers at East Cavalry Field”
September 21, 2013 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – 12 to 2 p.m.
October 16, 2013 – Scott Mingus and Ed LeFevre – “Maj. Gen. William “Extra Billy” Smith”
November 20, 2013 – James Hayney – ”The Gettysburg Address: Facts and Myths”
December – No Meeting! Happy Holidays!
York Civil War Round Table – 2012 Schedule of Events
January 18, 2012 – Suzanne Doucette – Southern Lady, Union Spy: Elizabeth Van Lew
February 15, 2012 – Debra McCauslin – Echoes from the Past: African-American Voices at Gettysburg
March 21, 2012 – Dick Simpson – The Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas: March 7-8, 1862
April 18, 2012 – Dr. Lawrence E. Keener-Farley – Floating Iron: The New Navies of the Civil War
May 16, 2012 – Edward H. Bonekemper, III – Lincoln and Grant: The Westerners Who Won the Civil War
June 20, 2012 – Jason Amico - Battlefield Photography: How the Images Changed the War
July 18, 2012 – Stephen Recker – Antietam Through Old Photographs
August 15, 2012 – Jeffry D. Wert – A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph, 1862-1863
September 19, 2012 – Scott Mingus – J.E.B. Stuart’s Ride Through York County
October 17, 2012 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – In the Eye of the Storm: The Philadelphia Brigade at Gettysburg
October 20, 2012 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – Time TBA
November 14, 2012 – Dr. Mark A. Snell – General William B. Franklin and the Battle of Fredericksburg
December – No Meeting! Happy Holidays!
York Civil War Round Table – 2011 Schedule of Events
January 19, 2011 – Lila Fourhman-Shaull - Guided Tour of YCHT Civil War Collection
February 16, 2011 – George F. Nagle – Pursuing a Course Unwise, Fanatical, and Disorganizing: Harrisburg’s Anti-Slavery Activists
March 16, 2011 – John T. Krepps – A Strong and Sudden Onslaught: The Cavalry Action at Hanover, Pennsylvania
April 20, 2011 – Dr. Lawrence E. Keener-Farley – The Gathering Storm: The Coming of the Civil War
May 18, 2011 – Joseph Stahl – Identification Discs of Union Soldiers in the Civil War at Gettysburg
June 15, 2011 – James McClure and Scott L. Mingus, Sr. – Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.: Remembering the Rebellion and the Gettysburg Campaign
July 20, 2011 – Wayne E. Motts – …For The Last Time On Earth: The Life and Death of First Sergeant Aaron T. Mc Naghten
August 17, 2011 – Jean Hershner – The Cartridge Box: The Inside-Out Newspaper of the U.S. Army Hospital at York, PA
September 21, 2011 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – Assault on Little Round Top: A Southern Perspective on Lost Opportunity
September 24, 2011 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – 1 p.m.
October 19, 2011 – James A. Morgan, III – A Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball’s Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21-23, 1861
November 16, 2011 – Dr. Charles Teague – Mr. Lincoln Goes to War
December – No Meeting! Happy Holidays!
Past speakers and events – 2010:
January 20, 2010 – Bruce Liddic – George Armstrong Custer: From Ohio to Pennsylvania, Boyhood to Generalship
February 17, 2010 – Cal Doucette – A Conversation With Horace Greeley
March 17, 2010 – Dick Simpson – Missouri 1861 and the Battle of Wilson’s Creek
April 21, 2010 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr. – The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign
May 19, 2010 – Matt Atkinson – Storming Through Mississippi: The Campaign and Seizure of Vicksburg
June 16, 2010 – Jim McClure – York County ‘s View of the Civil War: Then and Now
July 21, 2010 – John Ream – Civil War Hospital Stewart John Weakley of the 87th PA
August 18, 2010 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – Fighting or Flying Dutchmen: The 11th Corps from Barlow’s Knoll to Cemetery Hill
September 15, 2010 – Tyrone Cornbower – Sheepskin Fiddlers and Straw Blowers: Field Music in the Civil War
September 18, 2010 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr.
October 20, 2010 – Jay Jorgensen – Edward Porter Alexander : Confederate Cannoneer at Gettysburg
November 17, 2010 – TBA
No meeting in December!
Past speakers and events – 2009:
January 21, 2009 – Dr. Chuck Teague – The Shadow of Napoleon on Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg
February 18, 2009 – Jim Lewin – Lines of Contention: Political Cartoons of the Civil War
March 19, 2009 – Scott L. Mingus, Sr. – Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition, June 1863.
April 15, 2009 – Joe Mieczkowski – Senator Simon Cameron: Civil War Secretary of War.
May 2, 2009 – Monument Clean-Up Day Adopt-a-Position at Gettysburg
May 20, 2009 – Ivan E. Frantz, Jr. – The Pennsylvania Railroad in the Civil War
June 17, 2009 – Scott D. Butcher – York : Prize of the Confederacy
July 15, 2009 – Craig Caba – Aspects of the J. Howard Wert Gettysburg Collection
August 19, 2009 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – Confederate Disaster on Oak Ridge
September 16, 2009 – Bill Woodworth – The Piper Farm Attack at Antietam
September 19, 2009 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. - Battlefield walk at GNMP
October 21, 2009 – Jim Hessler – Sickles at Gettysburg
November 18, 2009 – Timothy H. Smith – Abraham Lincoln – 25 Hours at Gettysburg
January 16, 2013 – Cooper H. Wingert – “The Confederate Approach to Harrisburg”
February 20, 2013 – James E. Schmick– “Civil War Harrisburg”
March 20, 2013 – Richard Kohr– “Gettysburg at Arlington”
April 17, 2013 – Dr. Charles Teague – “From Calamity to Crisis: Oliver O. Howard, Out of Chancellorsville and into Gettysburg”
May 15, 2013 – Randy Drais– “Exploring the Battle of Gettysburg”
June 26, 2013 – Scott Mingus and Jim McClure – “More Civil War Voices from York County”
July 17, 2013 – Lila Fourhman-Shaull– “Civil War Stories from Prospect Hill Cemetery”
August 17, 2013 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Chris Army – 9 a.m. to noon, the Harman Farm
August 21, 2013 – Jerry W. Holsworth – “Stonewall Jackson and Winchester, Va.”
September 18, 2013 – Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – “Clash of Sabers at East Cavalry Field”
September 21, 2013 – Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. – 12 to 2 p.m.
October 16, 2013 – Scott Mingus and Ed LeFevre– “Maj. Gen. William “Extra Billy” Smith”
November 20, 2013 – James Hayney– ”The Gettysburg Address: Facts and Myths”
December – No Meeting! Happy Holidays!
Scott L. Mingus, Sr. is a scientist and executive in the paper and printing industry, as well as the author of several books and magazine articles on the Civil War, including some that deal primarily with York County during the Gettysburg Campaign.
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