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05/09/2026

JACK ANDERSON
“THE BEAVER POND CONTROVERSY
AT GETTYSBURG”
MAY 23, 2026
BUGBEE SENIOR CENTER
WHITE RIVER JCT., VT


12 Noon Social Hour
12:30 Buffet Lunch
12:45 Business Meeting
1:00 Program followed by discussion and book raffle

JACK ANDERSON

“THE BEAVER POND C CONTROVERSY AT GETTYSBURG”

A couple of years ago a family of beavers dammed up Plum Run and created a pond at the foot of Little Round Top. The National Park Service is in a dilemma. Purists think it should be destroyed - “it wasn’t there at the time of the battle,” others say it’s natural evolution of the landscape and should remain. Dee and I stood on the edge of that pond last fall and pondered the question ourselves. What’s the right thing to do, and who decides?

This is inspired by Kevin Levin’s recent post on his Substack page: Civil War Memory.

Jack was the founder of (c. 1993) and for many years, President of the GMCWRT. Taught various courses in Civil War History, including stints at UVM and Norwich University. Member of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites, which evolved to the Civil War Preservation Trust, and is now the American Battlefield Trust for over thirty years. Is very grateful for the friendships made and proud of the many accomplishments of the GMCWRT. Retired as Windsor County Assistant Judge, 2021.

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White Chicken Chili
Cornbread
Salad
Water, Coffee, Tea
$14 per person
Italian Cream Cake by Ruth!

Please contact Gail Blake for reservations at [email protected] or 802-296-2919.

03/31/2026

Love Civil War History? Join the Green Mountain CWRT on our journey to Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA. April 19-April 25. Contact: [email protected] for more information.

03/20/2026

Saturday, April 11, 2026 come to our Round Table meeting to hear Rob Grandchamp give a presentation about the research and writing of Mike Pride and Mark Travis, two newspaper editors from the Concord Monitor who published "My Brave Boys," a riveting story of the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers in the Civil War on the 25th anniversary of its publication and how the book changed the life of one young Civil War historian.

Bugbee Senior Center, White River Jct., VT 12 Noon Social Hour, 12:30 Buffet Lunch, 12:45 Business Meeting, 1:00 Program followed by discussion and book raffle.

02/28/2026

Our March 14 meeting speaker is Deborah Jurist. Her program is "Sleeping Sentinel"

This talk is basically a book report on Waldo Glover’s book, “Abraham Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel” which is an in depth and masterly study of the use of original sources to tell the story of William Scott, who was the Groton boy known as the Sleeping Sentinel because he fell asleep on guard duty.
He was sentenced to death by firing squad but at the last minute he was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln. His story became extremely popular and morphed into a myth about Lincoln’s compassion and redemption.

We have the usual 12 Noon Social Hour, 12:30 Buffet Lunch, 12:45 Business Meeting, and then at 1:00 the program followed by discussion and book raffle.

For lunch reservations please contact Gail Blake: 802-296-2919 - [email protected]

Hope to see you there!

01/24/2026

Vermont educator and author Tyler Alexander will be discussing his newly published book "If I Can Get Home This Fall: A Story of Love, Loss, and a Cause in the Civil War" on Saturday February 14 at noon at the Green Mountain Civil War Roundtable meeting at the Bugbee Senior Center, White River Jct., VT

01/03/2026

MICHELLE AMOSKY SHERBURNE
“DR. CHARLES DEVENDORF’
SATURDAY, JAN. 10, 2026
BUGBEE SENIOR CENTER
WHITE RIVER JCT., VT


12 Noon Social Hour
12:30 Buffet Lunch
12:45 Business Meeting
1:00 Program followed by discussion and book raffle

Vermont author, historian, and publisher Michelle Arnosky Sherburne will introduce a Civil War treasure trove from Piermont, New Hampshire on January 10. Sherburne is working through a Piermont, four-generation family’s collection and discovered a gem in it. The grandfather of the late William Deal of Piermont was Dr. Charles Devendorf, a New York regiment surgeon. Devendorf’s letters, scrapbooks, journals, photographs, and even his medical equipment has been preserved. Sherburne will share about Devendorf’s Civil War career which included working his way up the medical staff ladder from medical cadet to surgeon of his regiment. Also, he spent three months as a Confederate prisoner-of-war after Florida’s largest battle as well as surviving typhoid fever the following year.

Devendorf’s military career was impressive and his life afterward even more so. Sherburne will be bringing displays of Devendorf’s memorabilia.

11/09/2025

CHRIS ARMY
“THAT MAN HAUPT!”
SATURDAY, NOV. 22, 2025
BUGBEE SENIOR CENTER
WHITE RIVER JCT., VT


12 Noon Social Hour
12:30 Buffet Lunch
12:45 Business Meeting
1:00 Program followed by discussion and book raffle

Chris Army is a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park. Chris has led tours around the Gettysburg Battlefield for groups of all demographics from private car tours to West Point Cadets and other military organizations. In 2005, Chris wrote an article for Blue & Gray Magazine about the North Carolinian Brigade of Alfred M. Scales and is currently working on a book about the Pipe Creek line with LBG Jim Hessler.
Chris served as a co-moderator of Military History Online and is a Past Board President of the Adams County Historical Society. Chris helped develop the Culpeper Battlefield Tours company providing tours of the Brandy Station Battlefield and the 63/64 Winter Encampment.
Chris is actively involved with the Friends of Culpeper Battlefields, an ABT organization focused on fights in mid-Virginia. He serves as an advisor to the New England Civil War Museum.
Chris is a Regional Sales Manager for the Bosch Corporation. He lives in Dover, PA with his wife, Connie.

Chris’s talk “That Man Haupt!” will focus on the life and experiences of Brigadier General Henry Haupt before, during and after his time in the Union Army during the Civil War.

10/07/2025

Our October meeting will be on Saturday, October. 11 at Trumbull Hall, Etna, NH

BRAD GOTTFRIED
“ANTIETAM PAINTINGS OF
JAMES B. HOPE”

12 Noon Social Hour
12:30 Buffet Lunch
12:45 Business Meeting
1:00 Program followed by discussion and book raffle

The Antietam Paintings of James B. Hope
Brad & Linda Gottfried

Paintings that illustrate all aspects of a battle are rare. An exception is the Antietam paintings of Captain James B. Hope, who served in the 2nd Vermont Infantry during the battle. Hope’s five panoramic (12 feet by 5.5 feet) paintings convey the drama of the battle and illustrate what it was like to be a soldier during this, the bloodiest one day battle in the Civil War. During this presentation, Dr. Brad Gottfried (who wrote a book on this topic with his wife, Linda), will display each painting and then zoom in on various sections to illustrate interesting aspects of the battle. This presentation will be of interest to all individuals who have even a passing interest in the Civil War.

Brad & Linda Gottfried
Brad Gottfried earned a Ph.D. in Zoology and served as a college educator for over 40 years, rising to the presidency of two colleges before he retired in 2017. He has written 23 books on the Civil War. He is also Gettysburg Licensed Town Guide and an Antietam Licensed Battlefield Guide.

Linda Gottfried earned a BFA and served as a graphic designer and development officer at several colleges and nonprofit organizations before retiring in 2015. She now spends her time as sculptor and enjoying retirement. Several of her pieces have won awards. The Gottfrieds have five children and seven grandchildren and they live in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania.

Brad and Linda have collaborated on four projects: Hell Comes to Southern Maryland (published by Turning Point Publications), Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg: The Creation of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (published by the Emerging Civil War), and The Antietam Paintings of James B. Hope (published by Turning Point Publications). Their most recent collaboration is After Gettysburg: Lee’s Retreat and Meade’s Pursuit (published by the Emerging Civil War).

The Gottfrieds live in Fayetteville, PA and have five children and seven grandchildren.

08/15/2025

Our next meeting will be on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Bugbee Senior Center, White River Junction, VT. Our speaker will be Savannah Clark. 12 Noon will be our Social Hour. 12:30 Buffet Lunch, business meeting at 12:45 and then our program at 1:00 followed by discussion and book raffle.

Title of Program: "Letters from Home: Northern New England Women and the American Civil War."

Savannah’s talk will focus on the wartime experiences of women from the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Northern New England women lived far from Civil War battlefields, but they were still deeply impacted by the conflict and the loss of their soldier relatives to the war effort. Using letters written by women, this talk will highlight the voices of women left behind on the Northern New England home front and explore how they dealt with the political, economic, and emotional trials of the Civil War.

Savannah Clark is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Maine. She received her M.A. from the University of Maine and her B.A. from Gettysburg College. Her research interests include the Civil War, women’s history, and nineteenth-century American history. In 2024, Savannah was awarded the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grant to support her dissertation research and she is currently drafting her dissertation on women’s experiences during the Civil War. Her research has been published in the journal Home Front Studies. Savannah grew up in Maine and currently lives in Maine.

05/04/2025

Please note that our May meeting will be Saturday, May 24.
We have a very special guest speaker, Jack Anderson! Founder of (c. 1993) and for many years, President of the GMCWRT. Taught various courses in Civil War History, including stints at UVM and Norwich University. Member of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites, which evolved to the Civil War Preservation Trust, and is now the American Battlefield Trust for over thirty years. Is very grateful for the friendships made and proud of the many accomplishments of the GMCWRT. Retired as Windsor County Assistant Judge, 2021.
His topic will be "Looking Back at the Vermont Civil War Council and its Full Duty Banquet - 1997 - 2006.”

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