by Bruce Allardice

In 1974, the CWRT established the Nevins-Freeman Award, named for two of the most famous historians of the Civil War, Alan Nevins and Douglas Southall Freeman. It was and is to be awarded to people who aid the Civil War round table movement while at the same time advancing the scholarship of the war.

The first Nevins-Freeman Award was given to the famed Bruce Catton. Among the winners have been CWRT founder Ralph Newman (1975), T. Harry Williams (1976), Ed Bearss (1980), and Marshall Krolick (1990).

The Nevins-Freeman Award for 2006 was given to Gordon E. Dammann, who has done so much for the Civil War medicine museum in Frederick, Maryland. The 2007 winner was Horace Mewborn, all-around good guy and cavalry expert. The 2008 winner is Bruce Allardice.