Frankfort Civil War Round Table: USS Rhode Island
Schedule
Mon, 01 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
319 Wapping St, Frankfort, KY, United States, Kentucky 40601 | Frankfort, KY
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Join local historian Charles H. Bogart as he discusses the USS Rhode Island, a supply ship and gun boat during the Civil War.Charles H. Bogart grew up in Newport and Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, and has lived in Frankfort since 1965. He has a BA in history from Thomas More University and a MCP from The Ohio State University. He retired from the Kentucky Department of Emergency Management where he worked in the Hazardous Materials Plans and Operations Section. He is currently employed as a Conductor at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum, Versailles, Kentucky. He has taught at Kentucky State University and Eastern Kentucky University. He has published six books and over 100 articles on military, naval, and railroad history. He is president of the Frankfort Civil War Roundtable, Chessie System Historical Society, and the North American Transit Historical Society. He is editor of the CSX Transportation Historical Society Journal and the Western River Report for the Steamship Historical Society of America. He is a member of VFW Post 4075 here in Frankfort. As a result of his great-grandfather being a private in the 108th Ohio, he is a member of the Sons of Civil War Union Veterans.
This series is sponsored by the Frankfort Civil War Round Table, Capital City Museum, and PSPL.
Please register at https://www.pspl.org/event/cwrt-rhode-island. For more information, contact Megan Pickett at (502) 352-2665 x108 or [email protected].
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