Civil War Resources

Some excellent Civil War venues:

Visit the only remaining Civil War building still standing in Los Angeles, the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum 
 
Enjoy the fascinating history of Fort Tejon, an historic site in Southern California where reenacting comes alive!
 
For an outstanding interactive tour of the Gettysburg battlefield, we recommend you check out Stephen Recker's Virtual Gettysburg at www.virtualgettysburg.com.

For a web overview of the Civil War: The History Place

For an audio course on the Civil War by Gary Gallagher: American Civil War

Civil War organizations: CLICK HERE

Civil War books of interest: CLICK HERE

Check out some other Civil War Round Tables in California:

Southern California

The Inland Empire CWRT meets at 6:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month at the Lincoln Shrine, 125 Vine Street, Redlands, CA. For information call (909) 798-7632, or visit their website at www.inlandempirecwrt.org.

The Los Angeles CWRT meets at 7:00 pm on the third Tuesday of the month at the Los Angeles Family Search Library, 10707 N. Temple Way, Los Angeles, CA. Contact them via e-mail at lacwrt.media@gmail.com, or visit their website at www.lacwrt.org

The Orange County CWRT meets at 7:00 pm on the third Tuesday of the month at Carrow's Restaurant, 16931 Magnolia St., Huntington Beach, CA. Contact Ron Hyde at ronhyde@earthlink.net for details and directions, or visit their website at www.cwrtorangecounty-ca.org.  

The West Valley Civil Warriors meet the middle Wednesday of the month. Contact Dave Goracke, Program Coordinator at cwrtsfv@gmail.com and visit their website: www.civilwarriors-wsfv-ca.org/

California

The Peninsula CWRT meets at 11:15 am on the third Tuesday of each month at Dominic’s Restaurant at Poplar Creek
1700 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo, CA. You can e-mail them at PeninsulaCivilWarRoundTable.org, or visit their website at www.peninsulacivilwarroundtable.org.

The Sacramento CWRT meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. Denny’s Restaurant, 3520 Auburn Boulevard, Sacramento, CA  95821-2006.  For information contact James Juanitas, Vice President at (916) 600-4930 or email him at jcjuanitas@aol.com.  Their website is:  www.sacramentocwrt.com

The CWRT of San Francisco meets the third Thursday of each month at the United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco, CA. You can e-mail admin@sfcwrt.com for program information, or visit their website at www.sfcwrt.com/index.html

The San Joaquin Valley CWRT meets in Fresno, CA. Contact Wayne Bowen at SJVCWRT, P.O. Box 5695, Fresno, CA 93755 or (209) 291-4885. Their website is: www.sjvcwrt.com

The South Bay CWRT (San Jose, CA) meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7:15 p.m. at at Holder's Country Inn, 998 South DeAnza Blvd, CA. Contact Gary Moore, President, at (408) 356-6216 or e-mail him at gkmmaats@comcast.net for information or visit their website at www.sbcwrt.org

 

The mission of the CWRT Congress is to provide new and existing Civil War Round Tables with time-tested tools to remain or become sustainable. - www.cwrtcongress.org.

For a list of Civil War Roundtables on the web, visit www.civilwararchive.com/files.htm or www.cwrtcongress.org.