CWRTDC'S NEXT 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









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The Great Locomotive Chase: The Andrews Raid of 1862

 

The Andrews Raid, also known as “The Great Locomotive Chaise,” was one of the earliest American Civil War intelligence “special operations” efforts.  It occurred during the Union military campaign to capture Confederate-held Chattanooga, Tennessee in the Spring of 1862.  The goal of the Andrews raiders was to sabotage the single-track rail line between Atlanta and Chattanooga, thus degrading Confederate resupply and reinforcement efforts.  Although ultimately unsuccessful, the raid provided a number of “lessons learned” for later operations.  It also resulted in the first awarding of the newly-created Medal of Honor to the Union soldiers involved. In June 2024, the medals were presented to the living relatives of the last two eligible raiders, who had been inexplicably overlooked.

 

Speaker: “Jim” Anderson is a historian and lecturer, focusing on the Civil War and the American Frontier.  Mr. Anderson has an extensive background in leadership, management and national security, having spent 3 years in the U.S. Air Force and 30 years with the CIA.  Jim had a second career conducting leadership training seminars, with a focus on “classroom-in-the-field” tours of Civil War battlefields for a wide variety of government and corporate management teams. Since 2009, he has given lectures and tours on these topics at the Osher Life Long Learning Institute at George Mason University, the Cosmos Club, and local Civil War Roundtables, including twice speaking at the DCCWRT.  Mr. Anderson has a BA in history from Rhodes College and MA in history from the University of Memphis. He is a past Board Chairman of the Friends of Ball’s Bluff Battlefield, and a member of the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association, the District of Columbia Civil War Roundtable, the Bull Run Civil War Roundtable and the Friends of Ball’s Bluff Battlefield.  He currently lives in Ashburn, Virginia.