Monument to the 19th Indiana Infantry at Gettysburg
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About Us
The Indianapolis Civil War Round Table is
a group of amateur and professional historians in Central Indiana
dedicated to studying and understanding the 1861-1865 consflict between the North and South.
We welcome anyone interested in the American Civil War to join
the ICWRT. Annual dues are $30 for an individual, $35 for a
family, or $15 for a student. The dues are used to defray
production costs of our newsletter, Hardtack, and other
programs.
We invite you to attend a meeting as a guest and we feel that you
will enjoy your visit and enlist. To enlist for the upcoming
campaign,
Click Here
for a membership form
All Programs are Free & Open to the Public
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What: |
Stories of the Perryville Campaign
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| Who: |
Darryl Smith |
| When: |
Monday
June 8 at 6:45 P.M. |
| Where: |
MCL Cafeteria - Township Line
(2370 West 86th Street) |
Darryl Smith will weave stories into the narrative, including first-person accounts, while perhaps dispelling some of the misconceptions of the campaign.
Darryl Smith is the owner and operator of Walking With History LLC. Darryl is an avid hiker and backpacker, who also is a Civil War and American military history enthusiast. He’s the founder of the Miami Rivers Chapter of the Buckeye Trail Association, served as the Activities Chair for the Cincinnati Civil War Round Table, as well as the Communication Coordinator for the Military Heritage Chapter of the League of World War One Aviation Historians, and was also a board of trustees member for the Buckeye Trail Association. He served as membership chair for the Cynthiana Battlefields Foundation and is currently involved in helping develop a Civil War organization in Augusta, Kentucky. Darryl has always believed that the most effective way to understand our history is to walk the very grounds where history took place.
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2025-2026 Program Schedule
| September 8, 2025 |
Lincoln’s Thinking Bayonets: Union Re-enlistment &
The Election of 1864
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Stephen Goldman, M.D. |
| October 13, 2025 |
Dan Butterfield |
James Pula, Ph. D |
| November 10, 2025 |
George Thompson and Emancipation: Britain, Trans-Atlantic Slavery, and Civil War |
Ron Gifford, Ph. D. |
| December 8, 2025 |
Northern Prisoner of War Camps, Part 2 |
Gerald Jones |
| January 12, 2026 |
Civil War Show and Tell |
YOU! |
| February 9, 2026 |
The Stonewall Brigade |
Mike Eisenhut |
| March 9, 2026 |
The First Fighting Irish: 35th Indiana Volunteer Infantry - Hoosier Hibernians in the War for the Union |
Kevin Charles Murray |
| April 13, 2026 |
Civil War Music |
Steve & Lisa Ball |
| May 11, 2026 |
Burnside's East Tennessee & Knoxville Campaigns |
Steve Phan |
| June 8, 2026 |
Stories of the Kentucky Campaign |
Darryl Smith |
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for information on a book describing the first 50 years of the Indianapolis Civil War Round Table
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