Fort Worth Civil War Round Table

Speakers & Events

May 9, 2023 – From Vicksburg to Chattanooga with General U. S. Grant

Presented by General U. S. Grant (aka Dr. Curt Fields) Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth 76107 Dinner: 6 PM Program: 7PM Dinner Menu: Pecan Crusted Chicken, Roasted Vegetables, Mashed New Potatoes, Garden Salad and Desserts – $20 per person – RSVP to jimrosenthal5757@aol.com or call or text 817-307-9263. […]

April 11, 2023 – “A Thousand May Fall” – The Tale of a German Regiment from Ohio

Presented by Dr. Brian Jordan, Associate Professor, Sam Houston State University Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth 76107 Dinner: 6 PM Program: 7 PM Dinner Menu: Herb Crusted Pork Chop with Fig Demi Glaze, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans with Caramelized Onions, Garden Salad and Desserts – $20 Per person […]

March 14, 2023 – Art as History – Lessons About the Civil War from the Amon Carter Museum

Presented by Andrew Walker, Executive Director, Amon Carter Museum Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth 76107 Dinner: 5:30 PM Program: 6:30 PM (The Amon Carter Museum is open until 5 PM. We encourage everyone attending our program to visit the Museum before our meeting. Admission is Free.) Dinner Menu: […]

February 14, 2023 – Texas Cotton and Confederate Finance: Regulating Blockade Runners and Border Merchants in the Trans-Mississippi  

Presentation by: Dr. Richard McCaslin, Professor, University of North Texas Location: UNT Health Science Center, MET Building, 1000 Montgomery St., Fort Worth, TX 76107 Dinner: 6PM Program starts at: 7PM Menu: Italian Sausage and Beef Lasagna, Grilled Vegetables, Caesar Salad, Garlic Bread, Desserts. – $20. To RSVP email jimrosenthal5757@aol.com or text or call 817-307-9263. The […]

January 10, 2023 – 2022 Pate Award Presentation to Dr. Fay A. Yarbrough for Her Book “Choctaw Confederates: The American Civil War in Indian Country”

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]