STATE COLLEGE — The Central PA Civil War Round Table will meet on Tuesday evening, June 2, in the Activities Room of the South Hills School of Business & Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College, beginning at 7 p.m.

The featured speaker will be Dan Masters on “Pennsylvania at the Battle of Stones River.” The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tenn., was fought from Dec. 31, 1862, to Jan. 2, 1863, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Of the major battles of the War, Stones River had the highest percentage of casualties on both sides.

Masters lives in Perrysburg, Ohio, and is a graduate of the University of Toledo. He is a descendant of five Union veterans of the Civil War and has written 15 books. His most recent book, “Hell by the Acre: A Narrative History of the Stones River Campaign,” won both the Richard B. Harwell Award from the Atlanta Civil War Round Table and the Hugh G. Earnhart Award from the Mahoning Valley Civil War Round Table.

Events 160 years ago in the United States were turbulent, uncertain, nationalistic and full of terror.

All members and anyone interested in joining the Central PA Civil War Round Table are encouraged to attend.

For more information, contact Central PA CWRT President Lynn Herman at 814-880-2272.