# Civil War Round Table of Milwaukee, Inc: Established in 1947

> The Civil War Round Table of Milwaukee was established in 1947, and is the second oldest of the more than 300 Civil War Round Tables in the United States and abroad\. Current membership is approximately 300 members\. Round Table membership automatically includes membership in the Iron Brigade Association\.

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## Events
- [Joshua Lindamood — April 6, 1865: Black Thursday](https://www.milwaukeecwrt.org/event/joshua-lindamood-april-6-1865-black-thursday/): Join us on October 8, 2026, as historian and battlefield preservationist Joshua Lindamood examines "Black Thursday"—the catastrophic April 6, 1865 Battle of Sailor’s Creek that shattered Robert E\. Lee's retreating army\. Drawing on his expertise at Sailor’s Creek Battlefield State Park, Lindamood explores the fierce fighting and critical decisions that led Lee to despairingly ask, "Has the army dissolved?" Discover how this decisive defeat crippled Confederate forces and led directly to the surrender at Appomattox Court House just three days later\.
- [James Marten — The 6th Wisconsin and the Long Civil War](https://www.milwaukeecwrt.org/event/james-marten-the-6th-wisconsin-and-the-long-civil-war/): On September 10, 2026, Marquette University Professor Emeritus Dr\. James Marten—a renowned scholar and former president of the Society of Civil War Historians—will present a talk on his latest book, The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long Civil War\. Drawing on the experiences of volunteers like Rufus Dawes and German\-immigrant draftees like Gottlieb Torke, Dr\. Marten will trace the regiment's brutal journey from key battlefields like Antietam and Gettysburg into the lasting physical and psychological aftermath endured by its veterans\.
- [Kevin Donovan — The Court Martial of Fitz John Porter: Fair or Fixed?](https://www.milwaukeecwrt.org/event/kevin-donovan-the-court-martial-of-fitz-john-porter-fair-or-fixed/): Coming soon\.
- [Dr\. Lucas Wilder — Longstreet's East Tennessee Campaign](https://www.milwaukeecwrt.org/event/dr-lucas-wilder-longstreets-east-tennessee-campaign/): Coming soon\.
- [Dave Powell — Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga Creek?](https://www.milwaukeecwrt.org/event/dave-powell-who-won-the-battle-of-chickamauga-creek/): Coming soon\.

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