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Campaign 68 | November 13, 2026 Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our November edition. Inside you'll find: Twilight of the Blue & Gray: The 1938 Reunion at Gettysburg: Join us for our annual salute to veterans on Friday, November 13, as Ranger Christopher Gwinn recounts how, in July 1938, over 1,800 Union and Confederate veterans gathered in Gettysburg one last time. Ranger Gwinn is the Chief of Interpretation and Education at Gettysburg National M

Campaign 68, Skirmish 2 | October 9, 2026 Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our October edition. Inside you'll find: Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln: Join us Friday, October 9, as noted historian Dr. Matthew Pinsker shares insights from his new book, exploring Lincoln not as the marble figure of memory, but as a working politician and coalition-builder whose party leadership set the foundation for emancipation and Union victory. T

Campaign 68, Skirmish 1 | September 11, 2026 Welcome to the September edition of the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table! I'm excited to share our latest updates and events with you. Let's dive in! Campaign 68 Opens Our 68th campaign year kicks off on Friday, September 11. We are thrilled to welcome prolific author, cartographer, and battlefield guide Dr. Bradley M. Gottfried. He will discuss his latest book, Grant & Meade: An Uneasy Alliance. This book explores the complex part

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our August summer edition. Inside you'll find: Featured — Campaign 68 Kickoff: Our new season opens Friday, September 11, with prolific author, cartographer, and tour guide Dr. Bradley M. Gottfried on his latest book, Grant & Meade: An Uneasy Alliance. He's followed by Dickinson College professor Dr. Matthew Pinsker on Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln (Oct. 9), and our Veterans Day engagement with

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our June newsletter. Inside you'll find: Featured Event: Join us Friday, June 5, for our annual membership meeting, where HCWRT member Carolyn Ivanoff recounts "A Heart Touched By Fire — Cornelia Hancock's Civil War." Ivanoff traces the courage and devotion of Quaker nurse Cornelia Hancock, who served the Second Corps from Gettysburg to the Grand Review and, with her letters, chronicled both her own story and a nati

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our May newsletter. Inside you'll find: Featured Event: Join us Friday, May 15, for our annual Nye-Sommers Lecture, delivered by celebrated author and historian A. Wilson Greene on "The Crossing of the James and the First Petersburg Offensive." Greene recounts how, in June 1864, Grant executed one of the war's most spectacular logistical operations across the James River — only to squander the advantage in a series

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our April newsletter. Inside you'll find: Featured Event: Join us Friday, April 10, as historian Steven R. Stotelmyer discusses "From Frederick to Sharpsburg: The Maryland Campaign Before Antietam." Drawing on his book of the same name, Stotelmyer — an NPS Certified Antietam and South Mountain tour guide — sheds light on the participants and events long overshadowed by Antietam, and sets the stage for our May 2 Sout

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our March newsletter. Inside you'll find: Featured Event: Join us Friday, March 13, as we commemorate Women's History Month with a presentation by the Rev. Dr. Nancy Jill Hale, "'A Sight Never To Be Forgotten': Union Chaplains at Gettysburg." A United Methodist pastor and Licensed Battlefield Guide, Hale explores the vital role chaplains played in soldiers' spiritual and moral lives — including Ella Gibson Hobart, t

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our February newsletter. Inside you'll find: Featured Event: Join us Friday, February 20, as we celebrate Black History Month with a presentation by Dr. Bennett Parten on "Sherman's March: A Journey Toward Freedom," drawn from his acclaimed book Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation. Parten reframes the 1864 march as the largest liberation event in American history

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our January newsletter. Inside you'll find: Featured Event: Join us Friday, January 23 for our first engagement of 2026, a presentation by retired Gettysburg National Military Park ranger John S. Heiser on "Neglected & Forlorn: The Legend of the Army Mule." Heiser recounts the long-overlooked story of the mule's vital logistical role for both armies during the Civil War and beyond. Dinner at 6:15 pm, presentation at

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our December newsletter.

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our November newsletter

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our October newsletter.

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our September newsletter

Read the latest from the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table in our August summer edition.