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, 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! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 September, 2023- "John Gibbon: Iron Man of the army of the potomac!" - george melrod
9 August, 2023 - " the road to bristoe station" - prof. jeff hunt
12 july 2023- "the war within the war: the battle to form west virginia"- dr. dave schrader
14 june,2023 - "canebreaks to cotton: botanical history of the civil war - judith sumner
10 may, 2023 - "james longstreet and the american civil war" - harold knudsen
12 april, 2023 - "elizabeth Van Lew, mary bowser, and the richmond underground" - stephen romaine
8 march, 2023 - "13 months in dixie, or the adventures of a federal prisoner in texas" - steven knowlton
8 february, 2023 - "women in the civil war" - Martha conway 11 january, 2023 - "love him or hate him: general benjamin 'beast' butler"- Dr. dave schrader
december, 2022- "counterfactuals, contingency, and the civil war" - Dr. brian jordon
11 November, 2022- "they might have led: john f. reynolds and james b. Mc pherson, and the loves they left behind" - George melrod
12 October, 2022- "when hell came to sharpsburg"- steve cowie
14 September, 2022 - "Prisoner of war exchange procedures" - Gordon gidlund
10 August, 2022 - "The Forgotten final phase of the gettysburg campaign" - Prof. jeff hunt
13 july, 2022 - "johnsonville" - Dr. Jerry t. wooten
8 June, 2022 - "defending the arteries of rebellion" - Prof. neil chatelaine
11 may, 2022 - "did forrest make a difference?" - john scales 13 april, 2022 - "the first fallen: the life of col. elmer ellsworththe north's first civil war hero" - meg groeling 9 March, 2022 - "Salmon p. chase Lincoln's vital Rival" - walter stahr
9 february, 2022 - "radical warrior: august willich: from german revolutionary to union general" - david dixon
12 january, 2022 - "Black jack logan : the politican and the General" - dean smith
8 december, 2021 - "hunters of men: civil war sharpshooters" - dave goracke
10 november, 2021 - "origins and developments of the southen economy" - todd kislac
6 October, - 2021- "Canada,Montreal and the civil war" - Frank Mitchell
8 September, -2021- "A thousand may fall" - Dr. Brian matthews jordan
11 august, 2021 - "all is hell" - Dr. edward J. blum
4 July, - 2021- "West Point and Mexican war - Connections Galore"- Dr. Dave schrader
9 june,- 2021 - "the south's forgotten fire eaters" - Chris mCilwain
may 12, 2021 - "the bloody consprators" - Frank mitchell
14 April, 2021- "Old Abe' the mascot of the 8th. Wisconsin" - Jim Gallen
10 march, 2021 - "custer and the evolution of cavalry" - Ted behncke
10 February, 2021 - "Tales from cedar mountain and other Virgina adventures" - Brad forbush
13 January, 2021 -"Before he was Stonewall" - Dave Goracke
9 December, 2020 - "grant under fire: an expose of generalship character in the american civil war" - joseph rose
11 november, 2020 - "Unheralded union soldier: L.A. Tycoon" - Dean Smith
14 October, 2020 - "Joint committee on the conduct of the war" - Dr. Dave Schrader
9 september, 2020 - "German abolitionists in texas" - Jana bickel
12 August, 2020 - "The Prisoner's dilemma: the problem of civil war prisons" - Nick Smith
8 July, 2020 - "A 2020 Vision of Robert E. Lee" - Todd Kislak
17 June, 2020 - "the clotilda" - Nancy martsch via "zoom"
13 May, 2020 - meeting cancelled
15 April, 2020 - Meeting cancelled
11 March, 2020 - "The War Criminal's Son" - Jane Singer
12 Feb, 2020 - "The peninsula Campaign" - Michael Oddennino
8 January, 2020 - "Did religion Start the civil war?" - Prof. Stewart Davenport 11 december, 2019 - "abolitionists and conductors on the underground railroad" - abe hoffman
13 November, 2019 - "The Russian Fleet and the American civil war" - Jana Bickel
16 October, 2019 - "Meet the abolitionists! From slavery to celebration" - Dr. dave schrader
11 September, 2019 - "The New Market Campaign" - Sarah Kay Bierle
14 August, 2019- "The Fire-eaters" - Dr. Dave Schrader 10 July 2019 - "General Grant and the rewriting of history" - Frank Varney
12 June, 2019- "James A. Garfield, President and civil war general"- Dean Smith
8 May 2019 - "My Ancestor: An Andersonville Casualty" - Dr. Carole Morton
10 April, 2019 - "War Stories: Bacon and betrayal/name that photograph" - Dave goracke
13 March, 2019- "The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858- Prelude to war"- Michael L. Oddenino
13 February, 2019- "who was responsible for the civil war"? Round table Discussion led by jeff marlatt
9 January, 2019 -"The Lesser Known Women of the Civil War"- Susan Sweet ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12 December, 2018 - "The Bible and Slavery" - Chris Knabenshue
12 November, 2018 - Meeting Cancelled
10 October, 2018 - "The Sons of Union Veterans"- Nick Smith"/ "Financing the Civil War" - Dean Smith
12 September, 2018 - "Battles that could have been"/ "Civil Warriors Scramble" - Dave Goracke
8 August, 2018 - "The Klu Klux Klan" - John Beckendorf
11 July, 2018 -"The Generals of Shiloh" - Larry Tagg
13 June, 2018 - "Early's 1864 Raid" - Jay Wertz 9 May, 2018 - "Union and Confederate Heritage Groups" - Carole Morton, Johnny Holland "Civil War Scramble 2018" - Dave Goracke
11 April, 2018 - "Stanton, Lincoln's War Secretary- Walter Stahr
14 March, 2018 - "The UDC" Scarlett Stahl and "Civil WAr Terminology" - Dave Goracke
14 February, 2018 - "Confederate Memorial Controversy Revisited" - Jeff Marlatt (Moderator)
10 January, 2018 - "W.S. Rosecrans- Forgotten Hero" - Dean Smith ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 December, 2017 - "Lincoln's Secretaries: John Hay and John nicolay" - dave schrader
8 November, 2017 - "The No-Name battle of August 19, 1864"- John Horn
11 October, 2017 - "With Grant in Virginia: The Civil War Letters of Adj. William B. Phillips"- Greg Taylor
13 September, 2017 - Round table group discussion on the current Confederate monument controversy - Dr. Stewart Davenport, moderator
9 August, 2017 - "Civil War Technology-The First Modern War": Open Forum Discussion - Dave Goracke
12 July, 2017 - "Double Header": Part I- Closing Acts IV: Insubordination? Part II- Civil Warriors Scramble 2017" - Dave Goracke
14 June, 2017 - “Robert E. Lee’s Misguided Maryland Campaign.” - Linda Clarke
10 May, 2017 - "Robert E. Lee- After the war" - Michael Oddenino 12 April, 2017 - "When Johnnie Came Marching Home" - Nick Smith 8 MARCH, 2017 - “The Rebellion Within the Rebellion: the free state of jones.” - Nancy Martsch
8 February, 2017 - “THE LARGEST UNKNOWN BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR: PLEASanT HILL, LA, APRIL 9, 1864.” - Dean Smith
11 January, 2017 - "Constitutional Rights and the Civil War" - dr. David Schrader ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 December, 2016 - “Lincoln’s Final Hours.”- Kathryn Canavan
9 November, 2016 - Round table Discussion "The Nature of the Union Victory/Confederate Defeat" - -Dave Goracke
19 October, 2016 - "The Lost Gettysburg Address" - David Dixon
September 14, 2016 - “The Abolution Movement in America, 1790 to 1865" - DR. STEWART DAVENPORT
10 August, 2016 - "how joe hooker managed to lose the battle of chancellorsville" - linda clarke
July 13, 2016 - "Quartermaster and Commissary Corps in the Civil War" - Dave Schrader 8 June, 2016 - "The Gettysburg Cavalry Campaign, Part Two - Jay Wertz
11 May, 2016 – “THE SECOND DAY AT GETTYSBURG” - Dave Schultz 13 April 2016 - “Grant and the Making of America.” - Ed Headington 9 March 2016 - “The Gettysburg Cavalry Campaign – Part One .” - Jay Wertz
17 February 2016 - doubleheader feature. “Closing Acts III – Wilson’s Raid.”/ Civil Warriors Jeopardy -Dave Goracke 13 January 2016 - “Slavery and Abolition, 1800 to 1865.” - Dr. Stewart Davenport ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9 December 2015 - “By Sword and Rifle Divided?: The English and American Civil Wars in Comparative Historical Perspective” - Dr. Steve Hindle 11 November 2015 - “In Plain Sight: Color Revelations of Civil War Images” - DAVID RICHARDSON
14 October 2015 - "The Causes of the Civil War" - MICHAEL ODDENINO
9 september 2015 - "pioneers in blue and gray" - Douglas Westfall
12 August 2015 - Civil Warriors Round table discussion: "What if the Confederacy had achieved independence?" - Dave Goracke
8 July 2015 - “Johnny Reb Cavalryman and Episodes from General Nathan B. Forrest’s Battles, the Wizard of the Saddle" - Dr. Ted Boyias
10 June 2015 - "Beginnings of the Civil War: Baltimore" - Dave Schrader
13 May 2015 - 'Ironclad Technology" - Steve Lund
8 April 2015 - "Thaddeus Lowe and the US Balloon Corps" - Steve and Patrice Demory
11 March 2015 - "The Life of a Federal Civil War cavalryman" - Bruce Smith
11 February 2015 - “Camanche: California’s Forgotten Ironclad.” - Dr. brian B. Dillon
14 January 2015- “Slavery: The Not-So-Peculiar Institution” - Dr. Stewart Davenport ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10 December 2014- ROBERT SMALLS AND THE saga of the PLANTER”-NANCY MARTSCH and “CIVIL WARRIORS SCRAMBLE 2014 – PART II.”- Dave Goracke
12 November 2014- "The Gettysburg Campaign." - Joe Ryan
8 October 2014- "Researching your civil war ancestors." - Connie Moretti
10 September 2014 -“Spies, Secrets and the Protection of Information During the Civil War.” - DAVE SCHRADER
20 August 2014 - "Civil Warrior's round table discussion this time focusing on decisive/turning point/last chance battles (or events) of the Civil War" - Dave Goracke
09 July 2014 - "Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address" - Michael Oddenino
11 JuNE 2014 - "First into the crater: Adj. william b. phillips and the second pennsylvania provisional heavy artillery." - Greg taylor 14 May 2014 - “How Did Memorial Day Evolve?” - Dr. Carole Morton
09 April 2014 - “Closing Acts II: The CSS Webb” and “Civil Warriors Scramble 2014"
12 March 2014 -“The Civil War, My Great-Grandfather and the 26th Regiment, NY, United States Colored Troops” - Annette James-Rogers
12 February 2014 - “The Wounding and Death of Stonewall Jackson” - Doctor Jon Willen
08 January 2014 - “Could the Civil War Have Been Averted, 1851 to 1860?”(Part 2) - prof. Stewart Davenport ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11 December 2013 - “Military Communications in the Civil War: The Signal Corps and the USMTC” - dr. Dave Schrader
13 November 2013 - "Contrafactual Civil War History: Your Favorite What-If?” - Dave Goracke
09 October 2013 - “Horace Bell: Civil War Scout and Curmudgeon.” - Dr. Abe Hoffman
11 September 2013 - “The Women of Roswell.” - Kathy Ralston
14 August 2013 - “Fort Jefferson and the Dry Torugas” - John Beckendorf
10 July 2013 - “Ball’s Bluff: The Little Battle with Big Consequences” - Michael Oddenino
17 June 2013 - "From the Wilderness to the Crater: The letters of Adj. William Beynon Phillips" - Greg Taylor
08 May 2013 - “I Would Still Be Drowned in Tears: Spiritualism in the Lincoln White House” - Michelle Hamilton
10 April 2013 - “Dr. Mary Walker” - Kathy Ralston
13 March 2013 - "Lincoln's First Responder" - Dr. Jon Willen
13 February 2013 - “Less Than a Soldier’s Pay: The Story of the 55th Massachusetts” - Nick Smith
09 January 2013 - “Could The Civil War Been Averted?” - Dr. Stewart Davenport _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
12 December 2012 - “Closing Acts: Palmito Ranch” and “Civil Warriors Scramble 2013” - Dave Gorake
14 November 2012 - “Battlefields of Honor: The Lives of American Civil War Reenactors.” - Mark Elson
10 October 2012 - The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico Part 3: Occupation of Arizona - John Beckendorf
12 September 2012 - “Antietam and Lee’s Lost Order” - Joe Ryan
15 August 2012 - "The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico: Part II, The Battle of Glorietta Pass" - John Beckendorf
11 July 2012 - "The Civil War in Color" - David Richardson
13 June 2012 - "The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico: The Battle of Valverde" - John Beckendorf
09 May 2012 - "The Trent Affair" - Don McCue
11 April 2012 - “Custer’s Surgeons and the Story of the Surgeon Who Survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Henry R. Porter.” - Dr. Jon F. Willen
14 March 2012 - "Critical Moments in Battle: Bigelow's Battery at Gettysburg - David H. Jones
08 February 2012 - "Rose Greenhow - “The Queen of Washington” - Francis Hamit
11 January 2012 - "U.S. Sanitary Commission's Sanitary Fairs" - Janet Whaley / Dave Goracke - "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 Goracke
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 Goracke
19 July 2006 "Confederate Sympathizers in Los Angeles, 1861-1865” - Sven Crongeyer
