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.
The Historical Society Museum in York, PA, where the York CWRT meets monthly.
Here is the schedule; as mentioned the public is welcome!
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 – Scott Mingus – “J.E.B. Stuart’s Ride Through York County”
August 15, 2012 – Jeffry D. Wert – “A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph, 1862-1863″
September 19, 2012 – Ted Alexander – “Two Great American Armies: The Opposing Forces at Antietam”
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 - “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 1862.
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
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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