Location: UNT Health Science Center, 1000 Montgomery Street, Room 125 S, Fort Worth 76109 Dinner: 6 PM Program: 7 PM Menu: Yankee Pot Roast with Petite Vegetables and Homemade Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, String Beans with Almonds and Shallots, Garden Salad and Dessert – Cost $20 per person – To RSVP email Jimrosenthal5757@aol.com or call or […]
Speakers & Events
December 13, 2022 – Behind the Rifle – Women Soldiers in the Civil War
Presented by Shelby Harriel – Historian Dinner – 6 PM Program – 7 PM Menu: Pork Chops with Fig Demi Glaze, Roasted Potatoes and Vegetables, Garden Salad, and Assorted Deserts – $15 per person – (To RSVP contact Jim Rosenthal by email – jimrosenthal5757@aol.com or call or text 817-307-9263.) Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET […]
November 8, 2022: The Good, the Bad, and the (Really) Ugly: Leaders and Leadership at Petersburg
Presented by A. Wilson Greene Historian Dinner: 6:00 PM – Pecan Crusted Chicken, with Serrano Gouda Cream Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, String Beans, Garden Salad and Desserts – $15, RSVP to jimrosenthal5757@aol.com or by calling or texting 817-307-9263. Program: 7 PM Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery, Fort Worth 76109, Room 109-111 The Petersburg Campaign featured […]
October 11, 2022 – General A. P. Hill Talks About The Battle of Gettysburg
Presented by Pat Falci, Reenactor/Historian Dinner: 6:00 PM – Menu: Blackened Redfish with Herb Butter Sauce, Wild Rice, String Beans with Almonds and Shallots, Garden Salad and Desserts – $15, RSVP to jimrosenthal5757@aol.com or by calling or texting 817-307-9263. Program: 7 PM Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery, Fort Worth 76109, Room 109-111 Confederate General […]
September 13th – Grant, Beauregard, and Albert Sidney Johnston: Styles of Command at Shiloh
Presented by Dr. Steven Woodworth, Professor, TCU Dinner: 6:00 PM Menu: Chicken w/ King Ranch Sauce, Roasted Vegetables, Southwest Salad, Dessert – $15, RSVP to jimrosenthal5757@aol.com or by calling or texting 817-307-9263. Program: 7 PM Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery, Fort Worth 76109, Room 109-111 The Battle of Shiloh was the first major […]
May 10, 2022 – General U.S. Grant (Dr. Curt Fields) Presentation on the Vicksburg Campaign
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: […]
April 12, 2022 – The Civil War Defenses of Washington D. C.
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 […]
March 8, 2022 – You Are What You Wear: What Civil War Uniforms Tell Us About Civil War Soldiers
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 […]
February 8, 2022 – Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War
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 […]
January 11, 2022 – 2021 Pate Award Presentation to Megan Kate Nelson For – “The Three-Cornered War – The Union, the Confederacy and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West”
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 […]
December 14th – The Civil War in Sutherland Springs, Texas
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, […]
November 9th – Decisions at Antietam: the Fourteen Critical Decisions that Defined the Battle
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 […]
October 12, 2021 – “The Saddest Day I Have Ever Witnessed in this War” US Grant – Battle of the Crater
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 […]
September 14th – Jefferson Davis During and After the War
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 […]
May 11, 2021 – Plying the Deadly Trade: Understanding Civil War Sharpshooters
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 […]
April 13th – “Army in Fine Spirits and Every One Determined to Do or Die”: George Meade and Victory at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
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 […]
March 9, 2021 – Forrest’s Birthday Surprise: The 1862 Murfreesboro Raid
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 […]
February 9, 2021 – The Rise and Fall of Father Abram J. Ryan – Poet Laureate of the Confederacy
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 […]
January 12, 2021 – Christopher Rein Wins 2020 A. M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War History for his “The Second Colorado Cavalry: A Civil War Regiment on the Great Plains”
Dr. Christopher Rein is the winner of the 2020 A. M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War history for his book The Second Colorado Cavalry: A Civil War Regiment on the Great Plains. The Award is given annually to the book considered to be the best work published on the Trans-Mississippi sector of the Civil War. The […]
“We have done all that is possible and must be resigned.” The First Petersburg Offensive
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. […]