The Civil War Round Table of Kansas City holds its monthly dinner meetings on the third Wednesday of each month.

The Round Table meets at the Milburn Country Club, 7501 W. 69th Street in Overland Park, KS. 

There is a social event, including a Cash Bar, which begins at 5:00 p.m. The meeting begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dinner 

A dinner reservation is required to attend. You must make your dinner reservation known to our meeting coordinator, Marlene Natoli (contact info is in the newsletter), on or before the Tuesday prior to the meeting. The cost of the dinners is $34.00 per person.

There are several options available for making a dinner reservation:

• We recommend using our Online Dinner Reservation page.
  • Choose the "Pay at the Door" option. If you prefer to pay at the door, please email an RSVP to Marlene Natoli (e-mail address:  marnatoli@att.net)
• Mail a check, made out to the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City, for $34.00 per person to: Dick Titterington 4125 NW Willow Dr, Kansas City, MO 64116.
• Our deadline for reservation changes is the preceding Tueday afternoon, so promptly report any necessary adjustments to Marlene Natoli at marnatoli@att.net or 913-764-1336.

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2024 Speakers

January 17, 2024: Dick Titterington, aka theCivilWarMuse, will give a program about Sterling Price's Counteroffensive to retake Missouri in the Fall of 1861. He will cover Price's march to Lexington, its siege and capture, and the response by Union commander, Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont.

February 21, 2024: In honor of Black History Month, George Pettigrew will be giving a program about the Buffalo Soldiers,

March 20, 2024: Kendall D. Gott, Army veteran of Desert Storm and the Senior Historian at the U.S. Army Combat Studies Institute will give a program titled: “Sitting on the Fence: Living in Bleeding Kansas Between the Factions.”

April 17, 2024: Dr. Dave Schafer will give a program about Jayhawker and Abolitionist James Montgomery.

May 15, 2024: Michael Lang will present a program about Lee’s Maryland Campaign in 1862.

June 19, 2024: Round Table member, Dick Titterington, will deliver the program: The First Lost Cause: Confederate Missourians Exiled in Mexico.

July 17, 2024: Dr. Rebecca Jo Plant, associate professor of History at the University of California, San Diego, will give a program about her book titled: Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era. 

August 21, 2024: Dr. Megan Bever, associate professor of history and chair of the Social Sciences Department at Missouri Southern State University, will give a program titled: “At War with King Alcohol.”

September 18, 2024: Dr. Tai Edwards, associate professor of history and director of the Kansas Studies Institute at Johnson County Community College will give a program titled: “The Civil War and Colonization of Indigenous Peoples.”

October 16, 2024: Dr. Thomas Curran will be giving a program titled: "Women at War: Female Confederate Prisoners & Union Military Justice."

November 20, 2024: Dr. Mitchell Klingenberg with the US Army Command and General Staff College, will give a program about Union General John Reynolds.

December 11, 2024: This will be a musical program to celebrate the holidays.

2025 Speakers (Tentative)

Wednesday, January 15, 2025: Chris Kolakowski will be speaking aobut his new book titled: Tenth Army Commander: The World War II Diary of Simon Boliver Buckner, Jr.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025: Arnold Schofield with topic tbd.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025: David Cannon will be speaking about Josiah Bushnell Grinnell and the Iowa Underground Railroad.

Wednesday, April 16, 2025: Round Table member Todd Stettner will be giving a program about Judah Benjamin, who served as a U.S. Senator from Lousiana and who served as Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State for the Confederacy.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025: Dr. Jared Peatman of the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership will give a program about his book titled: The Long Shadow of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

Wednesday, June 18, 2025: Dr. Joeseph M. Beilein, Jr speaking about his book, A Man By Any Other Name: William Clarke Quantrill and the Search for American Manhood.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025: A. Wilson Greene speaking about the Petersburg Campaign.

Wednesday, August 20, 2025: Kristopher White with topic tbd.

Wednesday, September 17, 2025: Topic and speaker tbd.

Wednesday, October 15, 2025: Mr. Joseph Ricci from the Franklin Battlefield Trust with a program "Lessons of the Civil War Are Still Relevant Today."

Wednesday, November 19, 2025: Topic and speaker tbd.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025: Topic and speaker tbd.