[ June 16, 2011; 7:15 pm to 9:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_6730" align="alignright" width="180" caption="Presenter Pat Homan"][/caption]

In June, the Cincinnati Civil War Round Table’s distinguished President, Pat Homan, makes his first presentation to the organization.

Mr. Homan’s talk will examine the political, economic, and social events, beginning in 1785 before the signing of the U.S. Constitution, that eventually led to the secession of South Carolina and [...]

[ May 19, 2011; 7:15 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Distinguished historian, battlefield guide, and author Thomas Y. Cartwright will speak for the first time to the Cincinnati Civil War Round Table at its May meeting.   Mr. Cartwright’s presentation will indulge in a Civil War topic rarely discussed – humor during wartime. We often forget that humor did not disappear when the fighting began. In [...]

[ April 21, 2011; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_5550" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="Featured Speaker Harold Holzer"][/caption]

In the summer of 1858, Abraham Lincoln appeared to have no chance at being considered a candidate, let alone a contender, for the presidency of the United States. His disappointing loss to Democrat Stephen Douglas for the U.S. Senate seat from Illinois seemed to have placed Lincoln in [...]

[ February 17, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] At the February meeting, fellow Cincinnati Civil War Round Table member Ralph Arnold makes his debut appearance on the CCWRT’s podium.

Mr. Arnold’s presentation will examine the role that railroads performed in the defense of the Confederate States of America. Ralph will look at the state of the Confederacy’s railroad network before, during, and after the [...]

[ February 12, 2011; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] On Saturday, February 12, the National Park Service tour group following President-elect Lincoln’s route to his inauguration will present “The Momentous Issue of Civil War” at 7 PM at Cincinnati Museum Center. We hope you will attend this important observance of the event that William Dickson described as “an outpouring of [...]