CWRTDC'S NEXT MEETING

IN-PERSON AND VIA ZOOM

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US!

"Outside of Lincoln's White House:
CW Men & Women of the DC Metro Area" 

presentation by

BRYAN CHEESEBORO

September 10, 2025

at Fort Ethan Allen

and the Madison Community Center

3829 N. Stafford Street, Arlington, VA


FREE PARKING AT THE MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER


SCHEDULE: (See Below for Schedule for Zoom Attendees)
5:30 pm ET: Gather @ Ft. Ethan Allen next to the Comm. Ctr.
6:00 pm ET: Move indoors for light dinner in Cherrydale Room
6:30 pm ET: Start of Meeting 
6:45 pm ET: Start of Mini-Presentation
7:00 pm ET: Start of Speaker Presentation and Q&A
8:30 pm ET: Meeting Adjourned


MAKE AND PAY FOR RESERVATIONS BY SEPTEMBER 5

USE THE MODULE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS WEBPAGE

https://cwrtdc-meetings.blogspot.com/ 


$10 for CWRTDC Members / $15 for Non-Members

No Charge for Virtual Attendees

 

If you have any problems making reservations online or would like to know about alternatives to making reservations or payments online, please email admin@cwrtdc.org.

Non-CWRTDC members must make reservations and remit payment online

 

Unfortunately, cancellations after the due date are non-refundable, as the CWRTDC must pay for the number of dinners ordered regardless of the actual attendance.

 


OR JOIN US VIA ZOOM

Schedule for Zoom/Remote Attendees:
6:00 pm ET: Zoom Platform Opens for Remote Social Period (Optional)
6:30 pm ET: Start of Meeting 
6:45 pm ET: Start of Mini-Presentation
7:00 pm ET: Start of Speaker Presentation and Q&A
8:30 pm ET: Meeting Adjourned

Any questions or problems, contact paul.mazzuca@gmail.com    

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About the Topic:

Most histories of Washington, DC during the Civil War talk only about President Lincoln, Congress, and the familiar national landmarks of the city.  But many people know very little about the District of Columbia (which in 1861 was the same size as Gulfport, Mississippi today) and the ordinary people who called Washington City and the surrounding Maryland and Virginia countryside home during the War of the Rebellion.  

Using photographs, original writings, and other researched information, Mr. Cheeseboro brings to light the stories of "everybody else" in the City and describes the diversity of Union and Confederate men and women; Blacks and Whites; and free and enslaved in and around Washington during the war.  

About the Speaker:

Bryan Cheeseboro is a historian of the American Civil War. His activities include being a reenactor with Company B, 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He has been featured on American Battlefield Trust’s Zoom Goes the History series and Antietam Live! programs. He has also written for the Emerging Civil War blog. 

Mr. Cheeseboro's presentations to the Rock Creek and DC Civil War Round Tables have included the programs: (1) The Early Days of the Civil War Defenses of Washington; (2) The Grand Reviews of the Civil War; and (3) The 1st United States Colored Infantry. In March of 2019, Mr. Cheeseboro was asked to speak to memorabilia collectors at the first-ever presentation of Civil War Photo Talks, part of the Civil War Faces Photo Show & Sale, presented by Military Images magazine. 

Mr. Cheeseboro was featured in the article “The Hands-On Historian” in the Spring 2021 issue of Civil War Monitor magazine. In February 2022, he was the guest of John R. Heckman’s (The Tattooed Historian) YouTube channel to discuss his presentation Volunteers, Substitutes, & Drafted Men: Enlisting in the Civil War. 

Mr. Cheesboro is currently a Park Ranger with the National Park Service, and his site is the Civil War Defenses of Washington.  He is also a former board member of the Alliance to Preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington.


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UPCOMING MEETING

IN-PERSON AND VIA ZOOM

The Honorable Thomas Shannon, 
Honorary Bicentennial Chair and DACOR President, 
in celebration of the DACOR Bacon House Bicentennial, 
cordially invite you to attend:

"Foggy Bottom During the Civil War"

A Bicentennial Evening Event at DACOR Bacon House in Partnership with 

The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia 

A Panel Presentation With

Jessica Barnes, Frank Leone, 

Kristopher D. White, and Dr. Terence Walz


Thursday, October 30, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM ET

at the

DACOR Bacon House

1801 F Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006



An invitation, which you are very welcome to share, is available for download at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SHd46YOAHZ4f_q25uhq4vlCBpU7t47yH/view

Please note that this is a hybrid event:  you have the option to attend in-person or virtually. Registrations are required for all attendees. For in-person attendees, the event will run from 6 - 8:30 pm and will include dinner. The live stream will begin around 7:15 pm (virtual attendees will be sent a link for the event via email.

In-person: DACOR or CWRTDC member $55; non-member $65. Virtual: $10. 

For further information and to register, visit the DACOR Event Calendar: https://tinyurl.com/bd9swhj4

About the Topic:

The Civil War affected every ward of the District of Columbia, including that part of the ward that became known as "Foggy Bottom."  Thousands of men volunteered to fight to preserve the Union. Almost every family was affected, not the least the family of William T. Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme Court, his wife Sally Sprigg Carroll, and their two sons and four daughters, who lived on F Street at the corner of 18th in Foggy Bottom and near the Executive Mansion. 

Much of their street was requisitioned by the military. At one end, the Winder Building served as a nerve center of the war; at the other end, Camp Fry was constructed on either side of 23rd from Washington Circle down to the waterfront. 

Speakers at this evening’s event will focus on the camp, the Street, the Winder Building, and the Carroll family as each played its part in the war effort.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SHd46YOAHZ4f_q25uhq4vlCBpU7t47yH/view


About the Speakers:

Join our distinguished panel to dissect the many moving parts of a divisive conflict in or Nation’s capital city: 

Frank Leone, Historian of Foggy Bottom; 
Dr. Terence Walz, Historian, DACOR Bacon House; 
Jessica Barnes, Curator, F Street House; and
Kristopher D. White, Dir. of Education and Events, American Battlefield Trust 



A Bicentennial Evening Event at DACOR Bacon House in Partnership with 

The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia