More than half a century ago, the late Ralph G. Newman of Chicago came up with a brilliant idea. Newman was a famous rare book and autograph dealer. He and his Abraham Lincoln Book Shop were featured once on the golden-age TV show, "Person to Person," and he counted Carl Sandburg among his customers. But his everlasting contribution to the field was a great brainstorm: Hold monthly meetings with like-minded Civil War enthusiasts and invite historians to give after-dinner lectures. The result was the birth of the Civil War Round Table movement in 1940. Newman may have invented the idea to expand his customer base, but it exploded interest in the war nationwide-just by finding fans a place to congregate, socialize, learn-and refight the battles.
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机译：半个多世纪以前，已故的芝加哥的拉尔夫·纽曼（Ralph G. Newman）提出了一个绝妙的主意。纽曼（Newman）是著名的稀有书籍和亲笔签名商人。他和他的亚伯拉罕·林肯书店曾经在黄金时代的电视节目“人与人”中出现过，他把卡尔·桑德伯格列为客户之一。但是他对这个领域的永久贡献是巨大的头脑风暴：每月与志趣相投的内战爱好者举行会议，并邀请历史学家进行餐后讲座。结果就是1940年内战圆桌会议的诞生。纽曼可能是发明了扩大客户群的想法，但是却在全国范围内激起了人们对战争的兴趣-只是找到粉丝们聚集，社交，学习和学习的地方重新整理战斗。
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