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Speakers Schedule
2024
April:
8: Jim Morgan, “Battle of Secessionville,” Kingsport, TN CWRT
9: Jim Morgan, “Battle of Secessionville,” Knoxville TN CWRT
10: Jim Morgan, “Battle of Secessionville,” Crossville TN CWRT
10: Jon-Erik Gilot, “Hardships & Dangers Will Bind Men as Brothers: The Ohio National Guard in the Summer of 1864,” Cleveland CWRT, Cleveland, OH
11: Dwight Hughes, “The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far,” Montgomery County Civil War Roundtable, Gaithersburg, MD
13: Jon-Erik Gilot, Phill Greenwalt, Rob Orrison, “Riding a Raid: Paradigms & Personalities of Civil War Raids,” Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie, PA
18: Jon-Erik Gilot, Kevin Pawlak, “John Brown’s Raid,” Cedar Valley CWRT (virtual)
25–28: Chris Mackowski, American Battlefield Trust Annual Conference, Gettysburg, PA
27: Neil P. Chatelain, “Annual Freshet impacts on 1862’s Mississippi River Valley Naval Campaigns”, 2024 Baton Rouge Civil War Symposium
May:
1: Neil P. Chatelain, “Treasure and Empire in the Civil War,” The History Gazette Podcast
4: Chris Mackowski, “Spotsylvania Court House,” Bus Tour, Harrisburg/Hershey Civil War Roundtables
8: Bert Dunkerly, “Myths of Cold Harbor,” Lynchburg VA Civil War Round Table
8: Jon-Erik Gilot, “A Desperate Fight for Life: Newton Schleich, George McClellan, and the Fight at Middle Fork Bridge,” Central Ohio Civil War Roundtable, Columbus, OH
9: Chris Mackowski, “Hell Itself: The Battle of the Wilderness,” Bull Run Civil War Round Table, Manassas, VA
13: Kristopher White, “The Ides of May: The Wounding of James Longstreet,” Rappahannock Valley Civil War Roundtable
14: Chris Mackowski, Southern Maryland Civil War Roundtable
16: Chris Mackowski, Hampton Roads Civil War Roundtable, Virginia Beach, VA
22: Jon-Erik Gilot, “Jenkins’s Trans-Allegheny Raids,” Ohio Valley CWRT, Wheeling, WV
June:
10: Dwight Hughes, “The Sailor and the Soldier at Vicksburg: Unprecedented Joint Operations,” Western North Carolina Civil War Roundtable, Cullowhee, NC
13: Bert Dunkerly, “Unhappy Catastrophes: The Revolution in Central New Jersey,” New Jersey Revolutionary War Round Table, Morristown, NJ
13: Chris Mackowski, Fredericksburg (VA) Rotary Club
13: Chris Mackowski, “Grant’s Last Battle,” Greater Boston (MA) and General Lander Civil War Roundtables (via Zoom)
17: Evan Portman, “The Seven Days Battles,” Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Round Table, Hampton Township, PA
19: Kristopher White, “The Battle of Mobile Bay,” Western Pennsylvania Civil War Roundtable
July:
24: Phill Greenwalt, “A Nation Torn and A State Divided: Maryland in the First Two Years of the War,” Pipe Creek CWRT
August:
13: Jon-Erik Gilot, “John Brown’s Raid,” Rostraver Township Historical Society, Rostraver, PA
September:
9: Dwight Hughes, “Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The USS Monitor and the Battle of Hampton Roads,” Rock Valley Civil War Roundtable, Rockford, IL
10: Phill Greenwalt, “A Confederate Southwest Empire: The New Mexico Campaign of 1862,” Atlanta CWRT
10: Chris Mackowski, First Defenders Civil War Roundtable, Reading, PA
13: Chris Mackowski, Louisville (KY) Civil War Roundtable
19: Jon-Erik Gilot, “Dangerfield Newby’s Fight for Freedom,” Southeastern Ohio CWRT, Cambridge, OH
26: Chris Mackowski, Buffalo (NY) Civil War Roundtable
October:
4–6: Chris Mackowski, Art of Command Conference, Middleburg, VA
10: Jon-Erik Gilot, Jenkins’s 1862 & 1863 Trans-Allegheny Raids, Harpers Ferry CWRT, Harpers Ferry, WV
13: Chris Mackowski, Civil War Roundtable of Central Louisiana, “A Series of Civil War Scribblings: The ECW Series” and “Grant @ 200”
14: Jon-Erik Gilot, “Dangerfield Newby’s Fight for Freedom,” Mahoning Valley CWRT, Canfield, OH
14: Chris Mackowski, “Moments of Contingency and the Rise of Grant,” Rappahannock Valley Civil War Roundtable, Fredericksburg, VA
15: Jon-Erik Gilot, “John Brown’s Raid,” Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling, WV
16: Jon-Erik Gilot, “John Brown’s Raid,” Western Pennsylvania CWRT, Sewickley, PA
16: Derek Maxfield, “Man of Fire,” Miami (FL) Civil War Roundtable (virtual)
November:
14: Kristopher White, “Lee’s Greatest Victory-Lee’s Greatest Defeat: The Battle of Chancellorsville,” Montgomery County Civil War Roundtable, MD
19: Jon-Erik Gilot, “Dangerfield Newby’s Fight for Freedom,” Zanesville CWRT, Zanesville, OH
December:
12: Bert Dunkerly, “Stones River,” Cape Fear Civil War Round Table, Wilmington, NC
15: Dwight Hughes, “The Sailor and the Soldier at Vicksburg: Unprecedented Joint Operations,” Miami Civil War Round Table Book Club, Miami, FL (Virtual)
2025
January:
16: Neil P. Chatelain, “Treasure and Empire in the Civil War,” Houston Civil War Round Table, Houston, TX
February:
20: Dwight Hughes, “Rebel Odyssey: The Cruise of the CSS Shenandoah,” Hershey Civil War Round Table, Harrisburg, PA
March:
18: Chris Mackowski, Civil War monuments, Scottsdale (AZ) Civil War Roundtable
April:
24: Jon-Erik Gilot, “John Brown’s Raid,” Whitehall Historical Society, Pittsburgh, PA
May:
19: Jon-Erik Gilot, “John Brown’s Raid,” Greater Pittsburgh CWRT, Pittsburgh, PA
November:
20: Jon-Erik Gilot, Kevin Pawlak, “John Brown’s Raid,” Miami CWRT Book Club, Miami, FL (Virtual)
