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                                              PAST PRESENTERS


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!
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​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
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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
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13 april, 2022 - "the first fallen: the life of col. elmer ellsworththe north's first civil war hero"   
- meg groeling
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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" - joseph rhodes   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 mCllwain

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 Gorache

9  December, 2020 - "grant under fire: an expose of generalship character in the american civil war"

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
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 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
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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 marllat

9  January, 2019 -"The Lesser Known Women of the Civil War"- Susan Sweet                                                           
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12 November, 2018 - Meeting Cancelled

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 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
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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
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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" - David Schrader 
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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
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 8 June, 2016 - "The Gettysburg Cavalry Campaign, Part Two - Jay Wertz

11 May, 2016 – “THE SECOND DAY AT GETTYSBURG” - Dave Schultz
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13 April 2016 -  “Grant and the Making of America.” - Ed Headington
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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
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13 January 2016 - “Slavery and Abolition, 1800 to 1865.” - Dr. Stewart Davenport
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9 December 2015 - “By Sword and Rifle Divided?: The English and American Civil Wars in Comparative Historical Perspective” - Dr. Steve Hindle
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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 
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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) - Stewart Davenport
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11 December 2013 - “Military Communications in the Civil War: The Signal Corps and the USMTC” - Dave Schrader

13 November 2013 - "Contrafactual Civil War History: Your Favorite What-If?” - Dave Gorake

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
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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 Gorake - "Civil Warrior's Scramble - 2012"
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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