Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable Book Award

By Larry M. Plymire · Originally published February 2017 · p. 3

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the annual Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable Book Award is Thomas J. Ryan for his book entitled: Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign published by Savas Beatie of California. Thomas J. Ryan, a native of Philadelphia, PA, served three years in the United States Army following which he earned a B.A. at The University of Maryland and a M.A. at American University. Following a career of 35 years in the United States Department of Defense he lives with his wife in Bethany Beach, DE, where he has been very active in his community.

Ryan, in his own words, is “an inveterate reader about the Civil War”. He has turned this interest into writing reviews of Civil War materials, most especially as a member of the book review staff of the Civil War News. His reviews have appeared in The Washington Post, Washington Times, Civil War Monitor Magazine, North and South Magazine, and Middle West Review. He has written for Gettysburg Magazine from 2002 through 2014. Since 2011, his weekly “Civil War Profiles” column has been appearing in the Costal Point, a Delaware newspaper. Ryan is a former president of the Central Delaware Civil War Round Table as well as a long time member of the Gettysburg Foundation, the Civil

War Trust, and the Fort Delaware Society. On March 23, 2017, Ryan will speak at the monthly meeting of the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable at 7 PM in the GAR Hall at 53 East Middle Street in Gettysburg. He will be signing his book at that meeting. All interested persons are welcome and encouraged to attend.