Notices and Updates
Notice to Members
Effective March 20, 2025
Member meals and program cost will increase to $25
All visitor meals and program cost will increase to $30
Those that have already paid (for last month's cancelled event, or prior to this announcement) will not be affected for the March meeting.
Your continued support is what keeps the PCWRT strong, allowing us to bring in great speakers, foster meaningful discussions, and preserve our shared passion for history. Every membership, every gathering, and every contribution plays a vital role in keeping this tradition alive. We deeply appreciate your commitment and look forward to many more engaging programs together! THANK YOU ALL!!!
Membership Dues:
2025 Dues, $30 individual / $40 family
Dues can be paid at the meeting or mailed to:
PCWRT
PO Box 1144, Powhatan VA. 23139
Books:
The Civil War Roundtable has a collection of interesting books, in excellent condition, that will make great additions to your Civil War library or as a gift.
**Contact Daniel Dos Santos at [email protected], with any questions.
Reminders
- Please consider donating to our silent auction…Civil War memorabilia and books, Richmond history, etc.
Menu
May 15, 2025
Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Honey Glazed Carrots, rolls and dessert
PLEASE RSVP to Bill Shockley by
May 11. Cell number: 804-245-3822
email: [email protected];
Reservations received after the deadline may be offered soup/salad instead of the hot meal if hot meal quantities are limited. Also let him know if you prefer soup and salad. Please RSVP, then send your checks to our postal address below.
Don’t depend on your check only as your RSVP.
$25 members, $30 non-members
A little more about our program...
Our speaker is Chris Mackowski presenting:
" A Tempest of Iron and Lead: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House."
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 8–21, 1864) was a long, savage fight between Grant and Lee—part of Grant’s nonstop push toward Richmond. It’s best known for the insane, close-quarters brawl at the “Bloody Angle,” where soldiers fought hand-to-hand for almost 20 hours straight. No clear winner came out of it, but Grant didn’t stop—he just kept pressing forward.
Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Emerging Civil War and the series editor of the award-winning Emerging Civil War Series, published by Savas Beatie.
Chris is a writing professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, NY, where he also serves as associate dean for undergraduate programs. Chris is also historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the Spotsylvania battlefield in central Virginia. He has worked as a historian for the National Park Service at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, where he gives tours at four major Civil War battlefields (Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania), as well as at the building where Stonewall Jackson died.
Chris has authored or co-authored nearly two dozen books and edited a half-dozen essay collections on the Civil War, and his articles have appeared in all the major Civil War magazines. Chris formerly served on the board of directors for the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust and currently serves on the advisory board of the Civil War Roundtable Congress and the Brunswick (NC) Civil War Roundtable—the largest in the country. He is also a member of the Antietam Institute and the U. S. Grant Homestead Association. In 2023, he was honored with the Houston Civil War Round Table’s Frank Vandiver Award and also selected as the Copie Hill Fellow at the American Battlefield Trust.
Past Programs
February 2025 - Cancelled due to snow
March 2023
January 2023 - In addition to our program, we celebrated Max Travis, founding member of the club who has entertained and educated us all through the accounts of his family history and his knowledge of this period of history.
November 2022 - we had the pleasure of hearing member Mike Hall talk about his ancestor in the war