Round Table
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 pm
Little Round Table
January 22, 2026 at 6:30 pm
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2025 Field Trip to Shiloh National Military Park and made it a great success! A special note of gratitude to our tour guides: John Scales, Mark Hubbs, and Keith Willingham. Now we need to decide where we are going in 2026.
Upcoming Round Tables
- Feb-12 The Crossing of the James and Grant's First Petersburg Offensive presented by A. Wilson Greene
- Mar-12 Paintings of the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area Civil War Trail presented by Kurt Vetters
- Apr-09 Theater Night: Civil War Coroner's Inquest Play presented by John Scales
- May-14 Chaplains during the Civil War presented by Robert J. Miller
- Jun-11 A New View of Leonidas Polk presented by Amanda Warren
- Jul-09 Legacies of Liberty: the Founding Fathers' Influence on the Civil War Generation presented by Jason Bruening
- Aug-13 Nursing in the Civil War presented by Diana Ruzika
- Sep-10 General John Hunt Morgan and the Tullahoma Campaign presented by Charlien McGlothin
- Oct-08 Ghosts in the Civil War presented by Jacque Reeves
- Nov-12 Cease Firing: Life and Death at the Swope Manor presented by Kelly Gormly
Who We Are
The Tennessee Valley Civil War Round Table (TVCWRT), was founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1993 to provide a forum for non-partisan study, education, and discussions concerning the American Civil War, and to support the preservation of Civil War battlefields, and related activities. We are a certified as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and membership dues are used for preservation and educational efforts throughout the Tennessee Valley region.
We meet the second Thursday of every month starting at 6:30 PM, except for December. Our meetings are physically held at:
Huntsville Elks Lodge
725 Franklin St. SE
Huntsville, AL
The program will always feature a nationally or regionally known speaker, and we are well known for covering a wide variety of Civil War topics. Annual membership dues are $30 per household, which includes up to two members per household. Free memberships are offered to full-time students (elementary through undergraduate). The Little Round Table (LRT) Discussion Group is our second monthly forum where a smaller group of interested members and guests enjoy an in-depth discussion of a Civil War topic. The LRT meets at the Elks Lodge at 6:30 PM, the fourth Thursday of every month except November (the last meeting of the year takes place the second Thursday of December, in place of a general meeting).
For questions about the TVCWRT, call (256) 278-5533. We also have a Facebook page.
Our mailing address is:
Tennessee Valley Civil War Round Table
P.O. Box 2872
Huntsville, Alabama 35804
E-mail: tvcwroundtable@gmail.com
President’s Welcome
Welcome! We are the Tennessee Valley Civil War Roundtable. We are dedicated to the non-partisan, factual, even-handed study of the Civil War. We meet monthly for presentations from people with special expertise on interesting aspects of the War. Authors, teachers, average citizens with in-depth knowledge. If you have an interest in the Civil War, you should certainly visit. Any age. Any background. No prior knowledge of the Civil War necessary. Visit once and you will come back.
Meetings. Please join us the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 725 Franklin St. SE, Huntsville, AL 35801. Visitors are welcome. Also, the Elks Lodge graciously opens it buffet and bar to our visitors for a minimal fee, so come early.
We have two types of monthly meetings:
— The ‘Big Round Table’, a general presentation by an expert in lecture format with Q&A, (2nd Thursdays) and
— The ‘Little Round Table, which dives deeply into a variety of narrower topics and where each attendee contributes. (4th Thursdays)
Learning in the Field. TVCWRT conducts a annual field trip to a location that has great historical interest during the civil war. These field trips are led and guided by scholars with expertise in the area in the tour. Past tours include Chickamauga, Shiloh, Franklin Battlefields, and touring an axis of advance of a major civil war military movement. TVCWRT members receive priority but generally these tours do have seats open to the public.
We also have private members that are happy to support presentations at schools or meetings. If you are interested in talking with one of them, we will be happy to put you in contact.
Preservation. During the course of our 32 years, we have raised over $25,000 from our ‘Battlefield Bucket’ to support historical preservation efforts. We are a non-partisan nonprofit 501(c)(3). We are all about education and the preservation of American Civil War History in a non-partisan, factual, even-handed way.
The Round Table has donated to the American Battlefield Trust, General Joe Wheeler Home Foundation, Sultana Disaster Museum, Ft. Blakeley, AL, Artist Preservation Group, the Huntsville veterans museum Civil War display, and more. We will continue this effort which positively impacts local communities. If you would like to support the preservation of Civil War history, we accept books on the Civil War, memorabilia, and direct donations.
We hope to see you at our next meeting. Please reach out if you have any questions.
Richard (Rick) Caniglia
President Pro Tem
