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,
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for a membership form
All Programs are Free & Open to the Public
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What: |
Burnside's East Tennessee & Knoxville Campaigns
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| Who: |
Steve Phan |
| When: |
Monday
May 11 at 6:45 P.M. |
| Where: |
MCL Cafeteria - Township Line
(2370 West 86th Street) |
Steve T. Phan is a Park Ranger and serves as the Chief of Interpretation at Camp Nelson National Monument. He has also worked at the Civil War Defenses of Washington, Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, Rock Creek Park, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Stones River National Battlefield, Richmond National Battlefield Park, and Gettysburg National Military Park. A military history scholar of the Civil War era, Phan’s research focuses on military occupation, operational command, African American soldiers and refugees, and fortifications during the Civil War. He contributed an essay to They Are Dead and Yet They Live: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America, published by the University of Nebraska Press (2026). He was nominated for the National Park Service Tilden Award for Excellence in Interpretation for the National Capital Region in 2019 and 2020, as well as the Excellence in Interpretation Individual Award for the Southeast Region in 2025. He holds a Master’s degree in American History from Middle Tennessee State University.
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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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