The Civil War Roundtable of New Hampshire will meet next on Friday, November 20, 2026, as the meeting starts at 7:15pm, doors open about 6:45pm, at the Harvey-Mitchell Library, 151 Main St, Epping.

"True to His Country," A Civil War novel based on the real letters and diary of the author's great-grandparents. Charles, a Union veteran of the Tenth Connecticut, and Charlotte, an orphaned Irish immigrant, endure four years of war on the front and the home front alike.

 Charlotte Scales was an Irish immigrant who was orphaned at eight when her parents died on the ship to America. She became the foster child of Jay & Julia Filley, the most prominent citizens of Bloomfield, Connecticut. In 1858, at sixteen, she married Chales Lambert Taylor, a twenty-eight-year-old, previously divorced farmer, despite the objections of her foster mother. In 1861, Charles enlisted in the Tenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a private. He fought for four years in scores of battles, survived typhoid fever, was wounded twice and rose to the rank 1st Sergeant of his company. This heart wrenching tale relates the progress and tragedy of the war as well as the worries of the daily life on the home front. This is a riveting tale of ordinary people living in the extraordinary times of our nation's greatest nightmare.

Rick Cochran grew up in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, on the Outer Cape, where his father was the principal of the local high school. A graduate of Tufts and Northeastern, he spent a career in education before turning to writing full-time.

He is the author of six books and lives at Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts.

Books will be available for signing the night of the meeting.

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But wait, there's more...

Anyone heading to Gettysburg for Remembrance Day, please know all are welcome to participate in the New England ceremony on November 14, 2026, at 8:30am in front of the New Hampshire graves section of the Soldiers' National Cemetery. 

Those New England men buried there and who didn't see home soil again, will be remembered in a brief but solemn event hosted by our own Elizabeth Hallett.

If you wish to travel with the Sons of Union Veterans' bus, details are below but space is limited.

We are still looking for one more board director to help run the group. Please contact if you wish to help..

Persons interested in joining our Round Table are welcomed with open arms. We suggest you find the form on this page for joining.

If you wish to mail your dues, please do not send cash in the mail. The post office could very well lose you payment.

Our group meets at the Harvey-Mitchell Library, 151 Main St, Epping. 

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