FCCWRT
P.O. BOX 3232
FREDERICK, MD
21705-3232
Communications, memberships, questions, or comments for the Roundtable should be directed via email to:
Matt Borders - mborders@comcast.net
We are located at the crossroads of the Civil War
- To cultivate and preserve Frederick County's Civil War heritage and broaden the understanding of the history of the Civil War Era and its impact on our nation
- To explore the many facets of the Civil War from the battlefield to 1st person narratives, including guest lectures by writers and historians
- To support historical projects and activities aimed at increasing public interest and appreciation of our Civil War history, both locally and nationally
The Frederick County Civil War Roundtable (FCCWRT) meets at 7:00 PM on the third Thursday of each month from September thru May. The Roundtable meets at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine (NMCWM) 48 East Patrick Street in Downtown Frederick, Maryland 21701. The meetings are open and free to the public.
Location: Frederick County Civil War Round Table meetings are held at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine (NMCWM) on Patrick Street in Downtown Frederick, Maryland
Time: The 3rd Thursday of each month (September - May), 7pm.
Due to the changing nature of the pandemic, and the distance some of our speakers, some meetings may only be offered by Zoom or Facebook Live. In which case, those will be announced in the Frederick County Civil War Round Table Newsletter and on the Facebook page.
2022:
September 15 - (This is a Field Trip Meeting and will meet at Fox's Gap at 6:30pm)
Speaker: Steve Stotelmyer
Topic: Fox's Gap Past & Present
October 20 -
Speaker: Roger Schwarz
Topic: The Lincoln / Douglass Debates
November 17 -
Speaker: Tom McMillan
Topic: Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War
December 15 -
Speaker: Alex Rossino
Topic: Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia From the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862
2023:
January 19 -
Speaker: Anthony Trusso
Topic: Francis Barlow & the 61st New York Infantry
February 16 -
Speaker: Chris Bryan
Topic: Cedar Mountain to Antietam: A Civil War Campaign History of the Union XII Corps, July – September 1862
March 16 -
Speaker: Ron Kirkwood
Topic: “Too Much for Human Endurance”: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg
April 20 -
Speaker: Leon Reed
Topic: No Greater Calamity for the Country: North-South Conflict, Secession, and the Onset of the Civil War
May 18 -
Speaker: Eric Wittenberg
Topic: Destined to Fail: The Johnson-Gilmor Cavalry Raid around Baltimore, July 10-13, 1864
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