Rappahannock Valley Civil War Round Table

Battles

1861
Fort Sumter
“Crisis in Charleston Harbor” speech by Mac Wyckoff

"Uniforms and Equipment of Regular Troops at 1st Bull Run" by Gus Person

1862
Burnisde's North Carolina Campaign:
“Burnside’s 1862 Expedition to North Carolina” speech by Milton Ford
Peninsula Campaign:
“The Battle of Dam #1 in the Peninsula Campaign” speech by Mike Balis
Pea Ridge:
“The Battle of Pea Ridge” speech by Mark Stephens
Shiloh:
"The Battle of Shiloh" speech by Mac Wyckoff
New Orleans:
"The Battle of New Orleans" speech by Al Stratton
Shenandoah Valley Campaign:
"Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign" speech by Don Pfanz
"Stonewall Jackson in the Valley" speech by Don Pfanz
“Stonewall Takes a Stand: Thomas Jackson vs. Richard Garnett” speech by Gary Ecelbarger
“The Battle of Front Royal” speech by Melissa Delcour
"The Three Battles of Winchester" speech by Dr. Brandon Beck
"The Battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic" bus tour by Bob Krick and Greg Mertz
Seven Days Campaign:
“The Seven Days Campaign: An Overview” speech by Mike Litterst
"The Seven Days Campaign" bus tour by Bobby Krick
Cedar Mountain:
"The Battle of Cedar Mountain" a book discussion led by Bob Krick
Bus tour of Cedar Mountain led by Bob Krick
2nd Manassas:
“The 2nd Manassas Campaign: An Overview” speech by Mike Litterst
"2nd Manassas" bus tour by John Hennessy
"Return to Bull Run" speech by John Hennessy
Antietam and Maryland Campaign
"The Battle of Antietam: An Overview" speech by Keith Snyder
"Kershaw's Brigade at Maryland Heights" speech by Mac Wyckoff
"The Battle of Antietam" bus tour by Dave Powell

Perryville:

"Perryville: The Battle that Saved Kentucky" by Chris Kolokowski
Fredericksburg
"New Perspectives on the Battle of Fredericksburg" speech by Frank O'Reilly
"Fredericksburg" walking tour by Frank O'Reilly
"Prospect Hill" walking tour by Frank O'Reilly
"Bernard's Cabins" walking tour by Frank O'Reilly
"Kershaw's Brigade at Fredericksburg" walking tour by Mac Wyckoff and Glen Swain
"The Battle of Fredericksburg" bus tour by Frank O'Reilly and Mac Wyckoff
"Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery" walking tour by Bob Krick
Ken Purks - "Ballooning in the Civil War, Chatham in Particular"

1863
Siege of Charleston:
“The Siege of Charleston” speech by Dave Ruth
“Morris Island and the Defense of Charleston” speech by Dave Ruth
“Battling for the Symbol of Secession: Charleston in the Civil War” speech by Dr. Steven Wise
Chancellorsville:
“Researching Sites on the Chancellorsville Battlefield” speech by Noel Harrison
“The Battle of Chancellorsville” speech by Pat Furgurson
"Chancellorsville: An Overview" speech by Melissa delcour
"Lee and Grant: Generalship at Chancellorsville" speech by Keith Alexander
"The 11th Corps at Chancellorsville" speech by Don Pfanz
“The Battle of Salem Church: Opportunity for Cadmus Wilcox” speech by Ray Brown
“The Battle of Salem Church” speech by Ray Brown
“Decisive Terrain: The Rappahannock River Fords During the Battle of Chancellorsville” speech by Eric Nelson
"Union Opening Moves at Chancellorsville" car caravan tour by Mac Wyckoff
"Confederate Response to Union Opening Moves at Chancellorsville" car caravan tour by Mac Wyckoff
"Catharine's Furnace" walking tour by Tom Quigley
"Wounding of General Stonewall Jackson walking tour by Elsa Lohman and Mac Wyckoff
"Hazel Grove" walking tour by Greg Mertz
"Chancellorsville History Trail" walking tour by Greg Mertz
"The Death of Stonewall Jackson" candlelight tour by Frank O'Reilly
"The Battle of Chancellorsville" bus tour by Bob Krick and Greg Mertz
"2nd Fredericksburg and Salem Church" bus tour by Ray Brown and Frank O'Reilly
"Lesser Known Sites on the Chancellorsville Battlefield" bus tour by Eric Mink and Mac Wyckoff
"Two Contrasting Councils of War in the Civil War: Chancellorsville and Gettysburg" speech by Frank O'Reilly
Brandy Station:
“Brandy Station: Yesterday and Today” speech by Bud Hall
"Brandy Station" bus tour by Bud Hall
"Brandy Station and Kelly's Ford" bus tour by Bud Hall and Greg Mertz

"Buford at Brandy Station" by Joseph W. McKinney
Vicksburg:
“Grant’s Canal in the Vicksburg Campaign” speech by David Bastian
Tullahoma Campaign:
"The Tullahoma Campaign" speech by Rich Dinardo
Gettysburg Campaign:
"The Three Battles of Winchester" speech by Dr. Brandon Beck
“General Richard Ewell in the Gettysburg Campaign” speech by Don Pfanz
“Preceding Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg” speech by Greg Mertz
“Pickett’s Charge in History and Memory” speech by Dr. Carol Reardon
“Stuart at Gettysburg: The Battle of Rummel’s Farm” speech by Marc Thompson
"The Battle of Falling Waters" speech by Bobby Krick
1st Day of Gettysburg bus tour by Scott Hartwig
2nd Day of Gettysburg bus tour by Eic Campbell
Pickett's and Pettigrew's Charge walking tour by Tim Smith
Jeb Stuart's Gettysburg Campaign bus tour by Marc Thompson

"Women of Gettysburg" by Kristie Poehler

"Artillery at Gettysburg" by Robert A Credon II
Chickamauga and Chattanooga:
"Visting Chickamauga & Chattanooga N.M.P." a speech by Mac Wyckoff
“The Battle of Chickamauga: An Overview” speech by Bobby Housch
“To the Edge of Glory: Rosecrans’ Campaign for Chattanooga” speech by Jim Ogden
“Bull of the Woods? Longstreet at Chickamauga” speech by Dr. Glenn Robertson
“Bragg’s Actions and Decisions After Chickamauga” speech by Richard Dinardo
“John T. Wilder and The Lighting Brigade at Chickamauga”
"The Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga" bus tour by Jim Ogden

"The Battle and Siege of Chattanooga" by Kristopher White
Bristoe Campaign:
“The Bristoe Campaign” speech by Dane Hartgrove

"Botched Battle at Bristoe: The Bristoe Station Campaign by Todd Berkoff
Mine Run Campaign:
"Mine Run Campaign" bus tour by Frank O'Reilly and Greg Mertz

"Making the Right Choice: The Mine Run Campaign, November 1863 talk by Kati Singel
East Tennessee Campaign:
“The Failure of Longstreet’s East Tennessee Campaign” speech by Dorothy Kelly

1864
The Atlanta Campaign:
Speech “The Atlanta Campaign” by Greg Biggs
Speech “A Critical Evaluation of Grant’s Generalship in the Overland Campaign” by Ed Bearss
The Overland Campaign:
“General Grant’s Leadership From Wilderness to Bloody Angle” speech by Gordon Rhea
"Gordon's Flank Attack" walking tour by Greg Mertz
"Widow Tapp Field at the Wilderness" walking tour by Ian Lowe and Mac Wyckoff
"Reflections on the battle of the Wilderness" speech by Steve Cushman
"The Battle of the Wilderness" bus tour by Bob Krick and Frank O'Reilly
"The Battle of Yellow Tavern” speech by Bobby Krick
"Kershaw's Brigade at Laurel Hill" walking tour by Mac Wyckoff
"Upton’s Attack against Doles’ Brigade at Spotsylvania" walking tour by Keith Bohannon
"Upton's Charge" walking tour led by Mac Wyckoff
"Lee’s Last Line at Spotsylvania" walking tour by Elsa Lohman
"The Battle of Harris Farm" walking tour by Greg Mertz and Frank O'Reilly
"The Battle of Spotsylvania" bus tour by Greg Mertz and Mac Wyckoff
"The Battle of North Anna" speech by Marc Thompson
"The Battle of North Anna" bus tour by Mike Miller
"The Battle of Haw's Shop" speech by Bobby Krick
"The Battle of Trevilian's Station" speech by Frank O'Reilly
Bus tour of Cold Harbor led by Mike Andrus
Bermuda Hundred:
“The Bermuda Hundred Campaign: An Overview” speech by Jerry Netherland and Mark Jacobson
“Bermuda Hundred: Past, Present and Future” speech by George Fickett
Bermuda Hundred bus tour by George Fickett
Petersburg:
“The Petersburg Campaign North of the James River” speech by Mike Andrus
“Petersburg Siege and the Final Days of the Civil War” speech by Dr. Otho Campbell
“The Apple Jack Raid” speech by Chris Calkins
“Morale in the Army of Northern Virginia in the War’s Last Winter” speech by Dr. Tracy Power
The Last days of the Petersburg Campaign bus tour led by Will Greene

The June 9th, 1864 Battle of Old Men and Young Boys - The Petersburg Campaign talk by Andrew H. Talkov

 "Battle of the Crater in History and Memory" talk by Kevin M. Levin
Shenandoah Valley
“The 1864 Shenandoah Campaign: An Overview" speech by Frank O'Reilly
“The Battle of Piedmont” speech by Scott Patchen
“Mosby’s Impact on Sheridan: An Analysis” speech by Dennis Frye
"The Three Battles of Winchester" speech by Dr. Brandon Beck
“The Battle of Fisher’s Hill” speech by Rich Kleese
“The Burning of the Shenandoah Valley” speech by John Heatwole
"The Battle of Tom's Brook" speech by Eric Wittenberg
"Cedar Creek and the 1864 Valley Campaign" speech by Joe Whitehorne
"The Battle of Cedar Creek" bus tour by Joe Whitehorne
"Generalship of Phil Sheridan During the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign: Loathsome Little Pyschopath or Inspired Warrior?" Round Table discussion
Bus tour of 3rd Winchetser, Fisher's Hill and Tom's Brook led by Richard Kleese
Brice's Crossroads:
“Tactical Perfection: Nathan Bedford Forrest at Brice’s Crossroads” by Greg Biggs
Franklin:
"The Battle of Franklin" by Al Harris

1865
Death of Lincoln:
“What We Don’t Know About the Death of Lincoln” speech by Michael Kauffman
"Ford’s Theatre and John Wilkes Booth Escape Route" bus tour by Michael Kauffman
"The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" speech by Tony O'Connor
The 1865 Carolinas Camapign:
"The Fall of Wilmington" speech by Chris Fonvielle
“The Battle of Bentonville” speech by Mark Bradley
"General Joe Johnston's Surrender at the Bennett House" speech by Mark Bradley
"A Comparison of the Surrenders at Appomattox and the Bennett House" Discussion

Virginia:

"Battle of Five Forks and the Controversy Between Sheridan and Warren" talk by Kristopher White

 

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Rappahannock Valley Civil War Round Table
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Fredericksburg, Va. 22404