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The Hagerstown Civil War Round Table is a group of men and women who are interested in the study of the American Civil War. All persons interested in good company, good food, field trips, learning about the American Civil War, and sharing your knowledge with others, enlist now in the Hagerstown Civil War Round Table. Yanks and Rebs welcomed with equal pleasure. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

No prior knowledge of the Civil War is necessary. Come and learn!

September Speaker

Scott Mingus, an Ohio native graduate from Miami University, is a retired scientist and executive in the global specialty paper industry. He has written more than 35 Civil War and Underground Railroad books and numerous articles for Gettysburg Magazine and other historical journals. He has appeared on C-SPAN, C-SPAN3, PBS, PCN and other TV networks. Scott writes the Cannonball blog on the Civil War history of York County, PA, where he and his wife Debi live. He has also written six scenario books for miniature wargaming and was elected to the hobby’s Legion of Honor. Scott has received lifetime achievement awards from the York County History Center, the Northeastern York County Historical and Preservation Society and the Camp Curtin Historical Society for his many contributions to local Civil War History. His biography of William “Extra Billy” Smith won two national awards for Confederate military history. The Gettysburg Civil War Round Table presented Scott and co-author Eric Wittenberg with the 2023 Bachelder-Coddington Award for the best new book on the Gettysburg Campaign, If We are Striking for Pennsylvania.

For further information, contact

Hagerstown Civil War Round Table, Inc.

P. O. Box 637

Funkstown, MD 21734-0637

Our Email Address is: hagerstowncwrt1956@gmail.com

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Who We Are

The Hagerstown Civil War Round Table was founded in 1956 and has held eight meetings a year ever since. Currently the Round Table has close to 100 members from several states. We study battles, leaders, issues, personalities, politics, logistics, strategy, tactics, blunders and all of the facets that made up the Civil War.

We demonstrate an interest in public service through support of battlefield preservation, the presentation of needed books to the Washington County Free Library's Western Maryland Room, and donations to funds for historic preservation. Each May we present The E. Russell Hicks/Louis Tuckerman Merit Scholarship to an outstanding student of American History from among the high school seniors in Washington County.

Periodically, the Round Table sponsors a field trip to a Civil War battlefield or site. The field trips are led by a person, usually from the National Park Service, who is an expert in the area of the trip.

Meeting Times and Place

The Hagerstown Civil War Round Table meets from September through May at the Homewood Suites located at 1650 Pullman Lane (near Wesel Blvd), in Hagerstown, MD. The meetings start at 6:30 pm with optional dinner (cost $30) followed by a presentation at 7:30 pm by a nationally or regionally recognized authority in a field of Civil War history, and may be from the National Park Service, a college or university, or from another round table. Dues are currently $30 per year which entitles you to a name tag and a year's subscription to The Bugle Call.

A membership application can be found on the tab above.

Meeting dates are :

23 October 2025: Paul Callahan, "When Democracy Fell: The Subjugation of Maryland during the U.S. Civil War"

11 December 2025: Tom McGrath, "Shephardstown: The Last clash of the Antietam Campaign September 19-20, 1862"

22 January 2026: Gene Schmiel "Searching for Irvin McDowell: The Civil War's Forgotten General:

26 February 2026: Tom McMillian, “Armistead and Hancock: The Story behind the Legend”

26 March 2026: Drew Gruber, “The Battle of Williamsburg”

23 April 2026: Brad Gottfried, “Race to the Potomac: Lee and Meade after Gettysburg”

26 May 2026: Jim Broomall, "Reconsidering Antietam Photographs"

Our cancellation policy is that of the Washington County Public Schools. If the schools are closed, we will not meet. If the schools open late, we will meet.