The Gettyburg Gun in the Rhode State House
The Gettyburg Gun in the Rhode State House
The Rhode Island Civil War Round Table was founded in 1992 to form a community of people who share a deep and abiding interest in the era of the American Civil War. We meet monthly at the Sprague Mansion, 1351 Cranston Street, Cranston, RI 02920. Programs feature lectures by authors of Civil War books, presentations by RICWRT members, and a variety of other features. Our newsletter, the Monthly Return, announces meetings and offers a diverse selection of articles and other features on various aspects of Civil War history.
Past speakers at RICWRT meetings have included well-known Civil War authors and historians such as Edwin C. Bearss, David W. Blight, Richard N. Current, Thomas Goodrich, Harold Holzer, William Marvel, and Richard M. McMurry, to name just a few. For a complete list of presentations and dates and topics of upcoming meetings, click here.
To join the RICWRT, you must fill in an application form and submit it together with a check for $35 (made out to RICWRT) to cover a one-time-only initiation fee of $10 and $25 annual dues. To obtain an application form, either print it from the link above or write to us at our post office box address.
For more information about the RICWRT, e-mail Mark Dunkelman at NYVI154th@aol.com
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1st Rhode Island leaving Providence for the war
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George Sears Greene, Rhode Island's most illustrious Civil War General
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