Update: Awards and Donations
The Iron Brigade Association Award for Civil War Scholarship Since 2005, the Civil War Round Table of Milwaukee and the Iron Brigade Association have awarded the Iron Brigade Association Award for [...]
The Iron Brigade Association Henry Repeating Rifle
The Civil War Round Table of Milwaukee (MCWRT) is the second oldest Round Table in the US (milwaukeecwrt.org). It is made up of approximately 300 members who have a strong [...]
Cushing to receive Medal of Honor today
This undated file photo provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society shows First Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing. At 10:45 AM today, Delafield-native Army First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing will [...]
Kenosha Civil War Museum Event – Thursday, October 30
Please join the Civil War Museum on Thursday night, October 30, at 7:00PM as they host a public lecture and book signing with Harold Holzer. The topic of discussion will be Holzer's latest work, Lincoln and the [...]
General Grant and the Rewriting of History
How the Destruction of General William S. Rosencrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War Like other memoir writers, Ulysses Simpson Grant set out to control how we would remember [...]
The War in Appalachia
This was a war where men rode to the house of a neighbor they had known for many years, called him to the door and shot him dead; where other [...]
Grant’s Canal: The Union’s Attempt to Bypass Vicksburg
The canal don’t amount to much. — William T. Sherman On June 27, 1862, a 3,000-man infantry brigade under the command of Brigadier General Thomas Williams began working on what would [...]
The Civil War: The Untold Story & The Address on PBS
Starting on Saturday, April 5th at 10 a.m. Milwaukee PBS Channel 36.1 will be showing the new five-part series, The Civil War: The Untold Story with a rebroadcast of the [...]
Obituary: William (Bill) H. Upham, Jr
William (Bill) H. Upham, Jr, the past president of the Milwaukee Civil War Round Table has passed away. Any Memorials can be sent to the Northwood County Historical Society in [...]
