Speakers Schedule

 
2025
 
January:
 
8: Chris Mackowski, “The Rise of Grant,” Grant Cottage Book Club (virtual)
 
14: Neil P. Chatelain, “Treasure and Empire in the Civil War,” Fort Worth Civil War Round Table, Fort Worth, TX
 
15: Chris Mackowski, “A Tempest of Iron and Lead: Spotsylvania Court House,” Phil Kearny Civil War Roundtable (virtual)
 
15: Chris Kolakowski, “Tenth Army Commander: Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.,” KC CWRT
 
16: Bert Dunkerly, “Arnold’s Raid on Richmond,” Wilton House Museum, Richmond, VA
 
21: Bert Dunkerly, ” Civil War Railroads,” LA CWRT, Los Angeles, CA (Zoom)
 
21: Brian Swartz, “Louisiana’s Lost Love: The Saga of Cyrus Hamlin,” Phillips-Strickland House, Bangor, Maine
 
February:
 
4: Kevin Pawlak, “Never Such a Campaign,” Bruswick CWRT, Brunswick, NC
 
6: Brian D. Kowell, “Horses in the Civil War,” North Fort Myers Civil War Round Table
 
12: Chris Mackowski, “Stonewall Jackson at Gettysburg,” Cleveland (OH) Civil War Roundtable
 
18: Dave Powell, Twin Cities Civil War Round Table – Bloomington, MN
 
19: Evan Portman, “The XI Corps at Gettysburg,” Phil Kearny Civil War  Round Table, (virtual)
 
19: Brian Swartz, “Louisiana’s Lost Love: The Saga of Cyrus Hamlin,” Penobscot County Genealogical Society, Bangor, Maine
 
20: Dwight Hughes, “Burnside’s Sand March: The Forgotten North Carolina Expedition,” (Virtual)
 
28: Tim Talbott, “Making a More Perfect Union: Life Stories of USCT Soldiers Who Fought at New Market Heights,” Lake of the Wood Civil War Study Group
 
March:
 
4: Bert Dunkerly, “The Other Tea Parties,” Mary Washington Elderstudy, Fredericksburg, VA (10 a.m.)
 
8: Derek Maxfield, NYS Military Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1:00 PM
 
11: Dwight Hughes, “”Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The USS  Monitor  and the Battle of Hampton Roads,”  Loudoun County Civil War Roundtable, Leesburg, VA
 
12: Kevin Pawlak, “John Brown’s Raid,” Hamilton County CWRT, Hamilton County, IN
 
13: Derek Maxfield, Chickamauga/Chattanooga CWRT, 7:00 PM (Virtual)
 
12: Bert Dunkerly, “The 250th is Coming!” Van Horne House, Somerville, NJ
 
13: Bert Dunkerly, “Unhappy Catastrophes: The Revolution in Central New Jersey,” Sayreville Historical Society
 
13: Jon-Erik Gilot, “The Battle of Philippi,” Tuscarawas Valley CWRT, Dover, OH
 
19: Jon-Erik Gilot, “John Brown’s Raid,” Western Pennsylvania CWRT, Sewickley, PA
 
19: Chris Mackowski, Civil War monuments, Scottsdale (AZ) Civil War Roundtable
 
20: Bert Dunkerly, “Brown’s Island Explosion,” Hampton Roads CWRT (VA)
 
26: Chris Mackowski, “The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson,” Holland Land Office Museum, Batavia, NY
 
April:
 
4: Chris Mackowski, “Grant’s Last Battle,” Harrisburg (PA) Civil War Roundtable
 
4: Jon-Erik Gilot, “Hunter’s Retreat from Lynchburg,” Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation Conference, Winchester (VA)

4: Neil P. Chatelain, “The People’s Civil War: Five Individuals in the Conflict,” Lone Star College North Harris Civil War History Conference, Houston, TX
 
7: Dave Powell, “The Atlanta Campaign,” Atlanta (GA) Civil War Round Table 
 
9:  Kevin Pawlak, “Mosby’s Rangers at the End of the Civil War,” Harpers Ferry CWRT
 
10: Chris Mackowski, “The Surrenders of the Confederacy,” American Civil War Museum at Appomattox (VA)
 
12: Daniel Welch, “Never Such A Campaign: The Effects of the Second Manassas Campaign on the Battle of Antietam,” Antietam Institute

12: Kevin Pawlak: “In the Wake of Antietam: The 1862 Loudoun Valley Campaign,” Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Museum Civil War Symposium, Carnegie, PA
 
12: Chris Mackowski, “Stonewall Jackson and the Surrender of Harpers Ferry,” Antietam Institute Spring Symposium
 
23: Kevin Pawlak, “Battle of Bristoe Station,” Fredericksburg CWRT
 
24: Jon-Erik Gilot, “John Brown’s Raid,” Whitehall Historical Society, Pittsburgh, PA
 
26: Chris Mackowski, “Grant’s Last Battle,” McCormick Civil War Institute Symposium, Shenandoah University
 
May:
 
2: Dave Powell, Northern Illinois Civil War Round Table, Arlington Heights IL
 
5: Daniel Welch, “Never Such A Campaign: The Second Manassas Campaign,” Atlanta Civil War Round Table
 
13: Derek Maxfield, NE Cleveland CWRT, Cleveland, OH, 7:00 pm
 
13: Kevin Pawlak, “Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville,” Cumberland Valley (PA) CWRT
 
15: Derek Maxfield, Cincinnati CWRT, Cincinnati, OH, 7:00 pm
 
19: Jon-Erik Gilot, “Hunter’s Retreat from Lynchburg,” Greater Pittsburgh CWRT, Pittsburgh, PA
 
20: Sean Chick, “Shiloh,” Mobile Area Civil War Round Table, Mobile, AL
 
21: Kevin C. Donovan, “The Court Martial of Fitz John Porter: Fair or Fixed?”, York CWRT, York, PA
 
21: Evan Portman, “The Old Man and His War Horse: Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet,” Western Pennsylvania CWRT, Sewickley, PA
 
22: Kevin Pawlak, ” Never Such A Campaign,” Gettysburg CWRT
 
June:
 
9: Derek Maxfield, Rappahannock  CWRT, Fredericksburg, VA, 7:00 pm
 
12: Dave Powell, “The Atlanta Campaign,” Milwaukee Civil War Round Table, Milwaukee, WI 
 
12: Chris Mackowski, Rocky Mountain Civil War Roundtable (Denver)
 
 13: Dave Powell, “The Atlanta Campaign,” Chicago Civil War Round Table – Rosemont or Oakbrook (alternating sites)
 
18:  Dwight Hughes, “The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far,” Phil Kearny Civil War Round Table, Hasbrouck Height, NJ (virtual) 
 
19: Jon-Erik Gilot, “Dangerfield Newby’s Fight for Freedom,” History on Tap, Alstadt’s Ale House, Harpers Ferry, WV 
 
28: Kevin C. Donovan, “The Court Martial of Fitz John Porter: Fair or Fixed?”, American CWRT of the United Kingdom, London, England
 
August:
 
2: Jon-Erik Gilot, “The Civil War’s First Amputation,” National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick, MD
 
11: Tyler McGraw, “The Battle of Second Manassas,” Rappahannock  Valley Civil War Round Table
 
September:
 
10: Kevin C. Donovan, “The Court Martial of Fitz John Porter: Fair or Fixed?”, Jersey Shore CWRT, Toms River, NJ
 
11: Chris Mackowski, Chickamauga Civil War Roundtable (virtual)
 
18: Chris Mackowski, “The Rise of Stonewall Jackson,” Hampton Roads Civil War Roundtable, Virginia Beach
 
24: Chris Mackowski, Buffalo (NY) Civil War Roundtable
 
23: Kevin Pawlak, ” Antietam Endgame,” Williamsburg CWRT
 
25: Derek Maxfield, Gettysburg CWRT, Gettysburg, PA, 7:00 PM
 
October:
 
9: Neil P. Chatelain, “Unpacking Mobile Bay’s Criticality,” Chickamauga & Chattanooga CWRT (Virtual)
 
16: Derek Maxfield, Miami CWRT (virtual), 6:30 pm
 
17: Dwight Hughes, “The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far,” Cosmos Club, Washington, DC
 
20: Daniel Welch, “Battle of Secessionville,” Inland Empire Civil War Round Table, (Virtual)
 
November:
 
8: Kevin Pawlak, ” Robert E. Lee at Antietam,” Louisville CWRT
 
10: Kevin C. Donovan, “The Court Martial of Fitz John Porter: Fair or Fixed?”, Shenandoah Valley CWRT, Harrisonburg, VA
 
20: Jon-Erik Gilot, Kevin Pawlak, “John Brown’s Raid,” Miami CWRT Book Club, Miami, FL (Virtual)
 
20: Derek Maxfield, Hershey CWRT, Hershey, PA, 7:00 PM
 
December:
 
9: Kevin Pawlak, “Never Such a Campaign,” Baltimore CWRT
 
9: Derek Maxfield, Scottsdale CWRT, Scottsdale, AZ, 7:00 PM
 
17: Neil P. Chatelain, “Geography Meets History: Annual Freshet Impacts on 1862’s Mississippi River Valley Naval Activity,” Tallahassee History Roundtable (Virtual)
 
2026
 
January:
 
6: Neil P. Chatelain, “Treasure and Empire in the Civil War,” Brunswick Civil War Round Table
 
February:
 
10: Neil P. Chatelain, “Defending the Arteries of Rebellion,” Fort Worth Civil War Round Table
 
May:
 
19: Neil P. Chatelain, “Treasure and Empire in the Civil War,” Scottsdale Civil War Round Table
 
October:
 
9: Chris Mackowski, Louisville Civil War Roundtable

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