A seminar size group discussion in session.

Started in 2010 for the real enthusiasts, this supplemental meeting of 10-20 die-hards is held to discuss a pre-selected topic in great detail, with the group discussion led by a volunteer facilitator.  It is not a presentation but rather a chance for all participants to contribute to a moderated but otherwise informal discussion.   The format encourages the widest possible participation.  The topic is typically determined at least a month in advance and those attending are asked to do some homework in preparation for the discussion.  Although this preparation is not a requirement it gives attendees something topic-related to share with everyone and enough background to appreciate the discussion.  To our knowledge, we are the only organization that conducts two separate monthly roundtables, each different in its own way.

The Little CW Roundtable currently meets Thursday nights (the fourth Thursday of each month ) at the Huntsville Elks Club.

Emily Dickinson's Unlikely Civil War Preceptor - Led by Jeff Ewing

January 22, 2026

The Sinking & Salvage of the Cairo - Led by Kent Wright
February 26, 2026 at 6:30 pm

Civil War Play Rehersal - Led by John Scales

March 26, 2026 at 6:30 pm

Battle of Perryville – Part I - Led by Bernie Biederman
April 23, 2026

Battle of Perryville – Part II - Led by Bernie Biederman

May 28, 2026

Yeah – That's Like Your Opinion Man - Led by Quora Digest

June 25, 2026

Albert Sidney Johnston - Led by John Scales
July 23, 2026 at 6:30 pm

Virginia Clay & Vinnie Ream – The Most Fascinating Women In America

Led by John Allen & Jeff Ewing
August 27, 2026 at 6:30 pm

The Civil War Custer - Led by t/b/d
September 24, 2026 at 6:30 pm

Thaddeus Stevens - Led by t/b/d
October 22, 2026 at 6:30 pm

The Changing Purpose of the Gettysburg Battlefield - Led by Jeff Ewing
December 10, 2026 at 6:30 pm

Civil War Heavy Artillery Barrels - Led by Clive Hollick

January 23, 2025

Jefferson Davis Goes West – Again? - Led by Jeff Ewing
February 27, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Battle of Chattanooga – Part I - Led by Bernie Biederman
March 27, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Battle of Chattanooga – Part II - Led by Emil Posey

April 24, 2025

The Legacy of the American Civil War - Led by Emil Posey

May 22, 2025

Yeah – That's Like Your Opinion Man - Led by Quora Comments

June 26, 2025

The Civil War Stories of Ambrose Bierce - Led by John Scales
July 24, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Andrew Johnson – Vice President - Led by John Allen
August 28, 2025 at 6:30 pm

The Impeachers - Led by Bernie Biederman
September 25, 2025 at 6:30 pm

The Election of 1864 – The First Stirrings of Equality - Led by Emil Posey
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 pm

TVCWRT Christmas Party - Led by Santa Claus
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Jefferson Davis Goes West – Part I - Led by Jeffrey Ewing
January 25, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Jefferson Davis Goes West – Part II - Led by Jeffrey Ewing
February 22, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Maryland & The War
Led by Emil Posey
March 28, 2024 at 6:30 pm

River Ops From Belmont to Memphis - Led by Kent Wright
April 25, 2024 at 6:30 pm

River Ops From Belmont to Memphis - Part 2 - Led by Kent Wright
May 23, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Chickamauga – Deep Dive I - Led by John Scales
June 27, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Chickamauga – Deep Dive II - Led by John Scales
July 25, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Chickamauga – Deep Dive III (Pre-Tour) - Led by John Scales
August 22, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Chickamauga – Post-Tour Reactions - Photos - Led by Open Discussion
September 26, 2024 at 6:30 pm

John Breckinridge - Led By Bernie Biederman

October 24, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Chambersburg, PA - What It's Like To Be On An Invasion Route - Led by Jeff Ewing
December 12, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Thoughts on the Lost Cause Myth – Part I - Led by Emil Posey
January 26, 2023 

Thoughts on the Lost Cause Myth – Part II - Led by Emil Posey
February 23, 2023 at 6:30 pm

Antietam Deep Dive – 1 - From Barbara Frietchie to Lee's Lost Orders – 1862's Civil War in Frederick Maryland
Led by Jeff Ewing March 23, 2023 

Antietam Deep Dive – 2 – Prelude & Morning Phase - Led by Emil Posey -  April 27, 2023 

Antietam Deep Dive – 3 – Midday Phase - Led by Emil Posey -  May 25, 2023 

Antietam Deep Dive – 4 – Afternoon Phase & Aftermath - Led by Jeff Ewing - June 22, 2023 

Battle of Buckhead Creek - Led by Harry Gatzke

July 27, 2023

Sherman's Use of the 1860 U.S. Census Data - Led by Bernard Biederman
August 24, 2023 

The Capture of Savannah & Columbia - Led by Open Discussion - September 28, 2023

Bentonville & Bennett Place - Led by John Allen
October 26, 2023 

1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union) - Led by Richard Blanton
December 14, 2023

BLOCKADE, COUNTER-BLOCKADE AND FOREIGN POLICY - Led by Kent Wright
January 27, 2022 

The Enlisted Man Narratives of Sam Watkins and Ben Hirst - Led by open discussion
February 24, 2022 

Something to do with Thaddeus Lowe - Led by Cheryl McAuley
March 26, 2022

The Hypersane Are Among Us – “Sometimes those who seem a little crazy are the ones who really get it”. Reflections on the curious positions of John Brown and Carrie Nation in U.S. History - Led by Jeff Ewing

April 28, 2022

Fredericksburg Deep Dive – 1 – Setting the Stage & Bridgehead - Led by Fred Forst 

May 26, 2022 

Fredericksburg Deep Dive 2 – Marye's Heights- Led by John Allen

June 24, 2022 

Fredericksburg Deep Dive 3 – The Third Assault & Aftermath - Led by open discussion 

July 28, 2022

The Road To Harpers Ferry - Led by Jeff Ewing

August 25, 2022 

Henry J. Hunt and Edward Porter Alexander– Their Roads to Gettysburg - Led by Emil Posey

September 22, 2022 

Robert E. Lee's Place in the Lost Cause Myth - Led by Jeff Ewing & Emil Posey
October 27, 2022 

Thoughts on the Lost Cause Myth – Part I - Led by Emil Posey
December 8, 2022 

Dec. 2021      How Developments in Missouri Shaped the War - Fred Forst

Oct.  2021 Vicksburg – Gettysburg, A Comparison - Jeffrey Ewing

Sept. 2021      Adventures in the Western Theater - Open Discussion

August 2021    Armistead and Garnett, Parallel Lives (Emil Posey)

July 2021      Trading with the Enemy (Jeffrey Ewing)

June 2021     Vicksburg Campaign, Part 8, Port Hudson and Final Vicksburg Assessment - Emil Posey

May 2021     US Cavalry at Brandy Station (Jeffrey Ewing)

April 2021    Vicksburg Campaign, Part 7, The Siege (Emil Posey)

March 2021  [Cancelled – weathered out]

Feb. 2021     Vicksburg Campaign, Part 6, Champion Hill and Big Black (John Allen)

Jan.  2021  Vicksburg Campaign, Part 5, Port Gibson to Jackson (Jeffrey Ewing)

Dec. 2020       [Cancelled – weathered out]

October 2020 Vicksburg Campaign, Part 4, Grierson’s Raid and Synder’s Faint (Arley McCormick)

Sept. 2020      Vicksburg Campaign, Part 3, Porter Moves South, Grand Gulf (Jeffrey Ewing)

August 2020     Vicksburg Campaign, Part 2, Grant’s Bayou Operations (Fred Forst)

July 2020       Vicksburg Campaign, Part 1, Overview and Operations through January 1863 - Arley McCormick

June 2020      Replanning the LRT Schedule (Jeffrey Ewing)

May 2020   [Cancelled – Covid]

April 2020 [Cancelled – Covid]

March 2020  [Cancelled – Covid]

Feb. 2020         Nat Turner (Jeffrey Ewing)

January 2020  General John Pope, Part 4, Second Manassas (John Scales)

Dec. 2019       The Most Important New Weapon of the ACW (Mark Hubbs)

October 2019 Peninsula Campaign, Part 4, Lee Takes Charge – Seven Days Battle thru Malvern Hill & McClellan’s Retreat (John Mason) 

Sept. 2019      Peninsula Campaign, Part 4, Lee Takes Charge – Seven Days Battle thru Gaines Mill (John Mason)

August 2019     Peninsula Campaign, Part 3, Jackson in the Valley (Emil Posey)

July 2019       Peninsula Campaign, Part 2, From Yorktown to Williamsburg and Fair Oaks (Emil Posey)

June 2019      Peninsula Campaign, Part 1, To the York Peninsula and the Siege of Yorktown

May 2019   Two Did Not Climb Culp’s Hill on July 1, 1863 – Generals Ewell and Slocum…Why Not? (Jeffrey Ewing)

April 2019 Aug 1862 – June 1863 – A Dizzying 10-Month Transformation of Corps Commands (Jeffery Ewing)

March 2019  General John Pope, Part 3, Pope Meets Lee (Jeffery Ewing)

Feb. 2019       General John Pope, Part 2, Escalation of War (Jeffery Ewing)

January 2019  General John Pope, Part 1, Down the Mississippi in 1862 (Jeffery Ewing)

Dec. 2018        Preempted for Main Roundtable Meeting Speaker

October 2018      Sioux War Minnesota (John Allen)

Sept. 2018    New Mexico Glorieta Pass (Fred Forst)

August 2018     Mizzou #5 Prairie Grove (Larry Bayer)

July 2018       Mizzou #4 Pea Ridge To Helena (Ed Kennedy)

June 2018     Mizzou #3 Indian Territory (Arley McCormick)

May 2018      Mizzou #2 Wilson's Creek to Lexington (Curtis Adams)

April 2018           Mizzou #1 St.Louis to Springfield (David Lady)

March 2018   Secession Crisis Fort Sumter  (Jeffrey Ewing)

Feb. 2018      Secession Crisis Par t#1 (David Lady)

January 2018      General Ben Butler (Emil Posey)

Dec. 2017     Noteworthy Corps Commanders - Part 2 (John Scales)

October 2017      Noteworthy Corps Commanders (John Scales)

Sept. 2017    CSA Awards & Decorations (John McGuire)

August 2017     Georgia Governor Joseph Brown (Larry Bayer)

July 2017         William Rosecrans (Ed Hennessee)

June 2017        Braxton Bragg (Ed Kennedy)

May 2017       Knights Of The Golden Horseshoe (Arley McCormick)

April 2017       Political Generals (David Lady)

March 2017      The Compromise of 1877 (Jeffrey Ewing)

Feb. 2017         Forrest's operations during the Nashville Campaign-John Scales

January 2017    Confederate railroads (Darryl Carpenter)

Dec. 2016        Depots and Arsenals in the Heartland and Their Importance, Part 2 (Emil Posey)

Oct.  2016           Depots and Arsenals in the Heartland and Their Importance, Part 1 (Emil Posey)

Sept. 2016       Fortifications: Washington vs. Richmond (Arley McCormick)

August 2016    The Use and Abuse of the Army of the Potomac (John Allen)

July 2016          The Role of State Troops and Militia (David Lady)

June 2016    Training (Both Sides) (John McGuire)

May 2016   Blockade Running for War and Profit (Kent Wright)

April 2016   The Defeated South’s Development of “The Lost Cause” (Layer Bayer)

March 2016    Behavior of Union Soldiers during the Occupation of Huntsville (John Allen)

Feb. 2016       Forrest’s Operations during the Atlanta and Nashville Campaigns (John Scales)

January 2016   Battle of Westport, Missouri (David Lady)

Dec. 2015        Sticking with the Constitution (John Allen)

October 2015     General Philip Sheridan (Josh Coons)

Sept. 2015       Brown Water Navy, Part 2 (Kent Wright)

August 2015       Annual LRT picnic at the Monte Sano Homeowners Assn pool (John Allen)

July 2015         Brown Water Navy, Part 1 (Kent Wright)

June 2015        General George Thomas (David Lady)

May 2015     Joseph E. Johnston (John Allen)

April 2015 Sinking of the Sultana (Larry Bayer at the Veterans' Museum)

March 2015   Jubal Early and the Shenandoah Campaign

February 2015    Jubal Early to The Valley

January 2015 The Movement from Cold Harbor to Petersburg

Dec. 2014     Overland Campaign (Cold Harbor -Trevilian Station)

October 2014 Overland Campaign Yellow Tavern/Meadow Bridge - North Anna

Sept. 2014    Annual LRT picnic at the Monte Sano Homeowners Association pool

August 2014  Spotsylvania Courthouse

July 2014       More Charleston Harbor Actions

June 2014     Brice's Crossroads

May 2014      Charleston Harbor Actions

April 2014      Albert Sidney Johnston

March 2014   The Two Kentucky Presidents (Lincoln & Davis)

Feb. 2014      Mine Run

January 2014 TheRetreat From Gettysburg

December 2013  Gettysburg-Day Three

October  2013 Gettysburg-Day Two (Elks Club)

Sept.2013        St. Albans Vermont Raid

August 2013    Gettysburg-Day One (Elks Club)

July 2013         Sherman's March to the Sea (at Red Lobster)

June 2013        Annual LRT picnic at the Monte Sano Homeowners Association pool

May 2013         Albert Sidney Johnson

April 2013         Ironclads

March 2013      Chancellorsville (on 1 May 1863)

Jan & Feb 2013 CSA & USA Generals from the Tennessee Valley

December 2012   The Red River Campaign

October 2012   Longstreet and Burnside in East Tennessee, 31 Oct-10 Dec, 1863 

September 2012   Burnside Redeems Himself

August 2012         Major General James McPherson

July 2012           James Longstreet in the Western theater, 1863

June 2012           General John Bell Hood

May 2012            Prisons

April 2012           The War Here In Huntsville

March 2012         Battle of Shiloh

February 2012    General William Hardee

January 2012      General Patrick Cleburne

December 2011   Battle of Chattanooga (meeting is December 8th)

November            Happy Thanksgiving!!

October                    Battle of Chickamauga

September 2011  Grant in the West

August 2011             Wilson's Creek

July 2011              Battle of First Manassas

May & June 2011  John Singleton Mosby (The Gray Ghost)

April 2011             Tornado Demonstration

Feb & March 2011    Champion Hill

December 2010 General Albert Jenkins 

October 2010     Battle of Pea Ridge

September 2010     Battle of Stones River

August 2010      John Floyd

July 2010           Battle of Fredericksburg

June 2010          Battle of Antiedam

May 2010           Bragg's Invasion of Kentucky

April 2010          Battle of Corinth

March 2010        Battle of Second Manassas

February 2010        Seven Days Campaign

January 2010     Organizational Meeting

6:30PM on the 4th Thursday of each month; Huntsville Elks Club or a t/b/d location