Speakers & Events

Presented by Dr. Curt Fields – Historian Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building Rm. 109-111, 1000 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX 76109 Dinner: 6PM (Menu: Pecan Crusted Chicken, Mashed New Potatoes, Green Beans, Garden Salad and Dessert – $15. To RSVP respond to this announcement or call or text Jim Rosenthal at 817-307-9263.) Program: […]

Presented by Steve Phan – National Park Service Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building Rm. 109-111, 1000 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX 76109 Dinner: 6PM (Menu: Lasagna, Sausage and Beef, Caesar Salad, Bread Sticks and Dessert – $15. To RSVP respond to this announcement or call or text Jim Rosenthal at 817-307-9263.) Program: 7 […]

Presented by Dr. Blake Hill – Historian Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building Rm. 109-111, 1000 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX 76109 Dinner: 6PM (Menu: Herb Crusted Pork Chop with Honey Dijon Sauce, New Potatoes, Green Beans, Garden Salad and Dessert – $15. To RSVP respond to this announcement or call or text Jim […]

Presented by Dr. Lorien Foote, Professor Texas A and M University Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery, Room 109-111 Dinner: 6 PM – Menu: Chicken Piccata with Julienne Vegetables, Roasted New Potatoes, Garden Salad and Desserts, Cost: $15, RSVP to jimrosenthal5757@aol.com or by calling or texting 817-307-9263 Program: 7 PM Union and […]

7:00 PM – Presentation will be made via Zoom (Zoom Invitation will be sent separately.) After the Pate Award Presentation, Dr. Nelson will talk on the topic of her book: “The Civil War in the Far West” In the summer of 1861, Confederate troops invaded New Mexico from Texas, hoping to conquer that territory and then […]

Presented by Dr. Richard McCaslin, Professor, University of North Texas Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, Room 124, 1000 Montgomery Dinner: 6 PM (Box Dinner – Lasagne – Italian Sausage and Beef, Caesar Salad, Bread Sticks, Dessert. $15 – RSVP to this email or call or text 817-307-9263) Program: 7 PM In November 2017, […]

Presentation by Michael Lang, Author and Historian Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery, Fort Worth. TX 76107 – Room 109-111 Dinner: 6PM (Individually Packaged – Yankee Pot Roast with Petite Vegetables, Mashed Potatoes, Beans with almonds, Garden Salad, and Dessert – $15 per person – Please RSVP to jimrosenthal5757@aol.com or call or […]

Presented by Dr. Steven Woodworth Professor, TCU Dinner at 6PM – Boxed Dinners – Assorted Sandwiches and wraps, Penne Pasta Salad, Homemade Potato Chips, Cookies – Cost $15. Email jimrosenthal5757@aol.com or call 817-307-9263 to RSVP. Program starts at 7PM Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, Room 109-111, Fort Worth 76107 Ulysses S. Grant famously […]

Presented by Bertram Hayes-Davis Historian and Great-great Grandson of Jefferson Davis Time: 7:00 PM (For this meeting dinner will not be served. Masks recommended.) Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery, Fort Worth 76109, Room 124N Bertram Hayes-Davis has spent a lifetime studying about Jefferson Davis. This interest comes easily to him since […]

Presented by Dr. Jonathan Steplyk, Adjunct Assistant Professor, UTA Zoom Presentation – 7PM (You will receive an invitation to join in a separate email.) Sharpshooters were among the deadliest fighters on the Civil War battlefield. But how well do we understand these formidable Union and Confederate marksmen? How were they raised and trained? What was […]

Presented by Dr. Jennifer Murray, Military Historian, Oklahoma State University Zoom Presentation, April 13, 2021 – 7 PM, (invitation will follow) This talk explores the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.  Together we will cover the fighting on Culp’s Hill (the scene of the most sustained combat during the battle), the […]

Presented By Dr. Brian Steel Wills, Professor, Kennesaw State University Zoom Meeting, March 9, 2021 – 7PM (Zoom Invitation will follow) As Nathan Bedford Forrest neared his forty-first birthday a great deal of what had constituted his world for decades had changed.  The secession of his native Tennessee and the outbreak of war between the […]

Presented by Dr. Richard McCaslin – Professor – University of North Texas Meeting starts at 7:00 PM via Zoom (You will receive a separate invitation) Reputation is fickle. Some historical figures grow in stature over time. Others, whose flame once shone brightly, are destined to spend the rest of time in obscurity. Why? As an […]

Presented by A. Wilson Greene, Author and Historian December 8, 2020 7PM Presentation will be made via Zoom (You will receive a separate announcement with connection instructions) The campaign for Petersburg, Virginia lasted 292 days, but had the Union army performed better between June 15-18, 1864 the city might well have fallen nine months earlier.  […]

November 10, 2020 – Program starts at 7PM. Virtual Presentation Via Zoom (You will receive an additional announcement with instructions on how to participate.) Tecumseh and the Prophet – the just released book by noted Civil War and American West author, Peter Cozzens, will be the topic of our meeting on November 10th. The book […]

October 13th, 2020 – 7PM Virtual Presentation via Zoom (You will receive an additional announcement with instructions on how to participate.) Over my many years of involvement in the Fort Worth Civil War Round Table, one presentation stands out as “the best.” It is Frank O’Reilly’s talk on the death of Stonewall Jackson. Actually, I […]

Presentation By Dr. Steven Woodworth, Professor, TCU September 8, 2020 Virtual Presentation 7PM (through Zoom) Dr. Woodworth will be talking about his chapter in the new book on the Siege of Vicksburg. “The nights of the Vicksburg siege were the most fluid and dynamic part of that six-week conflict. Whereas the daylight hours were static […]

Presentation by Dr. Mark Grimsley, Professor, Ohio State University Due to health concerns regarding meetings of over 10 people, our May meeting has been cancelled.