We are so fortunate to have such an abundance of Civil War scholars and speakers here in Southern California. Here are file photos of a few of our recent speakers. They, and many not shown here, have entertained and informed us with excellent presentations! A list of recent subject titles and their presenters is shown below. We thank them very much for their outstanding capabilities and efforts!

 

OUR HONOR ROLL of RECENT PAST SPEAKERS

 

11 January 2012 - "U.S. Sanitary Commission's Sanitary Fairs" - Janet Whaley / Dave Gorake - "Civil Warrior's Scramble - 2012"

14 December 2011 - "Robert E. Lee in the Post-War Years" - Keith Harris

09 November 2011 - "Always in the Middle Battle: Edward Kinery & the 1st Illinois Light Artillery" - David Edward Wall

12 October 2011 - "Francis Channing Barlow" - Robert E. Hanley

14 September 2011 - "Why The South Seceded" - Dr. Jon F. Willen

10 August 2011 - "Ulysses S. Grant’s Military Career: Mexico & California" - Douglas J. Wagenaar

06 July 2011 - "Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain" - David H. Jones

08 June 2011 - "Wartime Political Boundaries, 1858 to 1868" - Dave Goracke

11 May 2011 - "Symbol, Sword and Shield - Defending Washington During the Civil War" - Greg Taylor

13 April 2011 - "Abolishing Slavery: A Hemispheric Context” - Abraham Hoffman

09 March 2011 - "View from the North: Reconciliation and Veterans of the Union Cause” - Keith Harris

09 February 2011 - "Ulysses S. Grant’s Military Career: Mexico & California" - Douglas Wagenaar

12 January 2011 -"A Battle of Loyalties and Suspicions: The Civil War in St Louis” - Adam Arenson

 

15 December 2010 - “The Richmond Howitzers” – Michael Presswood

10 November 2010 - "Ulysses S. Grant: His Years as an Officer & Gentleman Farmer" - Douglas Wagenaar

13 October 2010 - "Thomas M. Chester, Flamboyant & Controversial Journalist" - Nick Smith

15 September 2010 - "Shades of Gray – Musings on Confederate History" - Steve Madden

11 August 2010 - "Show & Tell: Bob Bermant's Personal Civil War Collection" - Bob Bermant

14 July 2010 - "California in the War Between The States" - Connie Walton Moretti

09 June 2010 - "Wade Hampton III - Overlooked Warrior & Statesman" - Tom Keesee

12 May 2010 - "Blood on the Border - True Tales of Jayhawkers & Red Legs" - Paul Gillette

14 April 2010 - "Military Decorations of the War of Rebellion" - Dave Goracke

10 March 2010 - "Nine Weeks at Harpers Ferry" - Bradley M. Forbush

10 February 2010 - "Abraham Lincoln: The Early Years" - Robert L. Hanley

13 January 2010 - "Victorian Era Americans of the Civil War: The Prentiss Brothers & Cary Sisters of Baltimore" - David H. Jones

 

09 December 2009 - "The History of Funeral Service in America" by Michael Stock

11 November 2009 - "Women Soldiers in the Civil War" - Jeff McArthur

14 October 2009 - "The Never-Ending War - The James-Younger Gang" -  Paul Gillette

09 September 2009 - "Civil War Medicine" - Dr. Joseph Wagner

12 August 2009 - "Submarine Warfare in the Civil War" - Douglas Westfall

08 July 2009 - "Civil War Medical Experience" - Dr. Jon Willen

10 June 2009 - "The Civil War Letters of William Beynon Phillips" - Greg Taylor

13 May 2009 - "Johnny and the Fairchild Medal" - Johnny Holland

15 April 2009 - "An Appearance by General John Bell Hood, brought to you by Bob Bermant" - Bob Bermant

11 March 2009 - "Charles Anderson Dana, the Union's Eyes at the Front" - Steve Demory

11 February 2009 - "The Incredible Journey of Dr. Simon Baruch, From German Immigrant to Pioneering American Physician" - Dr. Jon Willen

14 January 2009 - "The Legacy of Camp Latham" - Ben Sieke

 

10 December 2008 "Lincoln, Gettysburg, and the American Conscience" - Dr Jeff Wissot

12 November 2008 "The Un-Civil War of Frank and Jesse James, 1861-1865" - Paul Gillette

15 October 2008 "Chattanooga: Behind the Battles & Grants Perspective" - Douglas Wagenaar

10 September 2008 "The Shenandoah Spy" - Francis Hamit

13 August 2008 "Jefferson and Varina Davis" - John and Sheila Smoley

16 July 2008 "An Evening With Ambrose Bierce" - Dr. Joe Wagner

11 June 2008 "The Pennsylvania Gambit: Prelude" - Dave Goracke

14 May 2008 "The U.S. Balloon Corps" - Steve and Patrice Demory

09 April 2008 "The History of Zouaves and their Actions in the American Civil War" - Scott Harrington with Tim Huebner

12 March 2008 "Major General Francis C. Barlow: The Boy General" - Robert E. Hanley

13 February 2008 "Chattanooga: The Momentous Battles of November 1863" - Douglas Wagenaar

09 January 2008 "The Eyes of War: Artists in the American Civil War" - Earl Robinson

 

12 December 2007 "The Breakthrough Battle At Petersburg on April 2, 1865" - David H. Jones

14 November 2007 "Jews in the Civil War" - Buddy Bregman

10 October 2007 "A Presentation and Exhibit of Civil War Relics" - John Beckendorf

19 September 2007 "Civil War Veterans Immigration to California" - Nick Smith

08 August 2007 "The Gatling Gun" - Dr. Joseph Wagner

11 July 2007 "The Blue & Grey Reunited at Juan Hill" - Alan Rockman

13 June 2007 "Too Little, Too Late: The Story of the CSS Stonewall" - Michael Presswood

09 May 2007  "The Notorious Earl: Lieutenant Isaac Newton Earl" - Matthew Hauck

11 April 2007  "New England Cavalier: "Charles Russell Lowell"  - Dr. Joan Waugh

14 March 2007  "Chattanooga: Personalities and Circumstances" - Doug Wagenaar

14 February 2007  "Black Flag at Fort Pillow" - Dave Gorache

10 January 2007  "The Major Role of Railroads" - Robert Hanley

 

13 December 2006  "Federal Artillery at Gettysburg" - Dave Shultz

08 November 2006  "The Supreme Court’s Role in the Civil War" - S. Kelley Cromer

11 October 2006  "The Great Charge at Gettysburg" - John Beckendorf

13 September 2006 "For Love and Liberty, the Untold Story of Sullivan Ballou" - Robin Young

09 August 2006  "Postal Operations During the Civil War" -  Dave Gorache

19 July 2006  "Confederate Sympathizers in Los Angeles, 1861-1865” - Sven Crongeyer

 

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