Milwaukee Roundtable Civil War Speakers 1969-2001

 
01/15/69 Development of the Signal Corps James Huston
02/12/69 Lincoln and the Negro Leslie H. Fishel Jr.
03/19/69 Uses for Yankees: Confederate Experiments with Prisoners as Manpower Frank L. Byrne
04/17/69 Some New Slants on Gettysburg Glenn Tucker
05/15/69 The Old State Capitol Complex: Illinois’ Newest Historical Site William K. Alderfer
06/17/69 A Yank at Oxford or Teaching the Civil War to the English T. Harry Williams
09/11/69 Lincoln’s Assassination and After Richard M. Mudd
10/08/69 Great Grandfather’s Civil War William M. Lamers
11/12/69 Lincoln as an Administrator Lewis H. Croce
12/10/69 St. Alban’s Raid, The Robert P. Ashley
 
01/14/70 Myths About Abraham Lincoln Joseph Eisendrath
03/11/70 McNeil Rangers and the Capture of Generals Cook and Kelly, The John W. Baily
04/14/70 Military Career of General "Black Jack" Logan, The Elmer C. Brinkman
05/07/70 Chancellorsville Fredrick Williams
06/11/70 Civil War Music Fred Benkovic
09/10/70 Upper Midwest and the Secession Crisis of 1860-1861, The John R. Hubbell
10/08/70 Confederate Diplomacy Eldon E. Billings
11/05/70 Wilber F. Storey, The Chicago Times and the Civil War Justin E. Walsh
12/08/70 St. Ledger Grenfell, The Camp Douglas Conspiracy and Cincinnati Conspiracy Trials Stephan Z. Starr
 
01/14/71 Sioux Campaigns During the Civil War, The Harry H. Anderson
02/11/71 Black Man in the Civil War, The Arnold Mitchum
03/10/71 Civil War Dissent and Some War Dissenters, Especially Clement L. Vallandigham Frank L. Klement
04/04/71 A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight: Boys and Gals in Wartime Washington Philip D. Jordan
05/21/71 Jim Frey, Hard-Luck Sailor and Confederate Ship Captain Jim Dan Hill
06/03/71 Civil War Small Arms and North-South Skirmish, Inc W.J.K. Beaudot
Lance Herdegen
09/09/71 Carl Sandberg and Abraham Lincoln William A. Sutton
10/07/71 Aspects of the Civil War Draft Eugene C. Murdock
11/10/71 Haskell of Gettysburg: The Iron Brigade’s Finest John Patrick Hunter
12/08/71 Benjamin R. Hardy and Darling Nellie Gray Earl R. Hoover
 
01/05/72 Grant and Vicksburg Miner Coburn
02/10/72 Lincoln’s Changing Reputation Gordon E. Parks
03/16/72 Ohio’s Civil War Prisons Phillip S. Parks
04/05/72 General Sherman: A Personality Profile Sherman J. Lavigna
05/04/72 Saga of the Sultana, The John A. Diehl
06/07/72 Medicine at Camp Randall William S. Middleton
09/14/72 Lee: The Image and the Man Thomas Connelly
10/12/72 Margaret Mitchell and Gone With the Wind, or the Real Margaret Mitchell Allen P. Julian
11/08/72 Causes of the American Revolution John Krugler
12/07/72 After the War: Problems of Reconstruction Jamrs B. Renberg
 
01/11/73 Berdan Sharpshooters Philip J. Holweck
02/13/73 Lincoln and His Children Warren A. Reeder
03/08/73 Lee vs. Longstreet at Gettysburg Marshall D. Krolick
04/11/73 First Shot and Fort Sumter, The Erik Lunde
05/03/73 Grant and the Capture of Forts Donelson and Henry Gerald Browne

Roger T. Zeimet
06/07/73 Ladies Night at the Pabst Blue Ribbon Hall 1st Brigade Band
09/20/73 Battle of Poplar Spring Church, The Richard J. Sommers
10/18/73 Lincoln and the Blacks Richard H. Sewell
11/15/73 Refractions of the Civil War in Wisconsin Fredrick I. Olson
12/12/73 Lincoln and the Theater Stanley H. Swift
 
01/23/74 Rufus King: Civil War Minister Jack Filipiak
02/21/74 Prophesy of Nathan Bedford Forrest, The Robert Orr Baker
03/21/74 Story of John Y. Beall, The Richard D. Mudd
04/25/74 Battle of Nashville, The Gordon Whitney
05/22/74 A Look at Lincoln Richard Blake
06/19/74 White Opposition to Black Migration Into Civil War Wisconsin Edwards Noyes
09/18/74 5th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Field Music Wilber Kolb
10/17/74 Morgan the Raider and Morgan’s terrible men Frank G. Rankin
11/20/74 Lincoln’s Friend Steve Hurlbut, Hero of Hatchie River Gerald P. Clausius
12/18/74 Confederate Navy: Ironclads, David’s, Torpedoes, The Fred S. Harrod
 
01/23/75 Ku Klux Klan: The Continuation of the Resistance, The Duke Frederick
02/19/75 A Walk With Mr. Lincoln Phllisx Brinkley
03/19/75 3rd Wisconsin in the Virginia Campaign Phillip Roberts
04/23/75 Guerrilla War in the West: Quantril’s Bushwackers Albert Castel
05/21/75 Battle of the Confederacy, The Howard M. Madaux
09/24/75 Was Your Father a Civil War Veteran William H. Upham
10/22/75 Personality and Command in the Civil War William H. Lamers
11/19/75 Lincoln’s Religion J. David Hoeceler
12/17/75 Rufus King, Otto Eisenschiml and the fitz Court Martial Harry H. Anderson John Porter
 
01/22/76 Five Days of Glory: The Story of a Young Soldier of CO. F, 59th Illinois Volunteers William Kolb
02/19/76 Illustrations of the Civil War Dalton G. Johnson
03/18/76 Cassius Marcus Clay: Firebrand of Freedom Harold E. Richardson
04/21/76 How it is in 1865 Harold E. Howard
05/20/76 Battle of Allatoona, The Robert D. Dawson
06/24/76 Berdan’s Sharpshooters Philip J. Hohlweck
09/29/76 Jeff Davis: His Flight and Capture John Patrick Hunter
10/21/76 What the War Meant Frank L. Klement
11/18/76 Other Jeff Davis, The Gordon Whitney
12/16/76 Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac, The Edgar C. Archer
 
01/20/77 Maryland Campaign, The John W. Schlidt
02/17/77 Jackson’s Valley Campaign Lowell Reidenbaugh
03/24/77 Lincoln and Reconstruction Mark E. Neely Jr.
04/14/77 Whither the Generals: Military Leaders After the Civil War Eldon E. Billings
05/25/77 Railroads: How They Served the North and South During the Civil War, The Charles Wesselhoeft
06/22/77 Film "Gettysburg"  
09/29/77 Brandy Station: Greatest Cavalry Battle of the War Marshall D. Krolick
10/27/77 Death and Reconstruction of John Wilkes Booth, The Dan J. Lapinski
11/17/77 Battle of Franklin, The Lloyd D. Miller
12/15/77 Film: "The Battle of Chickamauga"  
 
02/23/78 Soldier Life in the Civil War Robert C. Huntoon
03/30/78 Eli Metcalf Bruch: Napoleon of Commerce of the Confederacy Frank G. Rankin
04/20/78 Wilkes Booth Came to Washington Larry Starkey
09/07/78 Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War Howard M. Madaus
10/18/78 General Lee: Was He Really That Good? Ralph G. Newman
11/16/78 Mississippi Marine Brigade, The Brooks Davis
12/14/78 Abolition Crusade and Military Occupation of the South: 1865-76, The Waller Carson, Sr. Philip j. Hohlweck
01/18/79 Spirit of Ulysses S. Grant, The Merlin E. Sumner
02/08/79 Has the Lincoln Theme Been Exhausted Mark E. Neely, Jr.
03/08/79 Stephen D. Lee Herman Hattaway
04/05/79 Antietam William A. Frassanito
05/24/79 Women in the Civil War Karen O. Osborne
06/21/79 Lincoln Presidents Richard N. Current
09/13/79 Action North of the James River, September 29-30, 1864 William Mallory
10/11/79 E.P. Alexander, Peerless and Insightful Cannoneer Robert K. Krick
11/08/79 Richmond, First City of the Confederacy Daniel P. Jordan
12/06/79 Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville, Prelude to Gettysburg and the Aftermath of Brandy Station Henry A. Pomerantz
 
01/10/80 Grant as Historian: The Memoirs Revisited John Y. Simon
02/07/80 Last Day at Stone’s River, The J.L. McDonough
03/13/80 Buffalo Bill Cody and Charles King Harry H. Anderson
04/10/80 Lights Go on Again at Ford’s Theater, The Ralph G. Newman
05/15/80 Civil War Spies in Hoopskirts John Patrick Hunter
09/04/80 U.S. Uniforms Used Early in the War G. Craig Caba
10/09/80 Roads to Gettysburg, The John W. Schildt
11/13/80 Civil War Band Music Fred Benkovic
12/11/80 General Van Dorn: An Updated Look at Confederate Leadership Robert G. Hartje
 
01/08/81 Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War Howard C. Westwood
02/12/81 Stuart’s Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign Marshall D. Krolick
03/12/81 Civil War Medical Instruments and Equipment Gordon E. Dammann
04/09/81 Exploring for the Wreck of the USS Monitor Ernest W. Peterkin
05/07/81 Jedediah Hotchkiss: Stonewall Jackson’s Map Maker Archie P. McDonald
06/11/81 Confederate Uniforms: The Quartermaster’s Contribution Les Jensen
09/10/81 Not-So-Fine Art of Lying: Some Civil War General’s and Their Reports, The Albert Castel
10/08/81 Perryville: The Battle for Kentucky K.A. Hafendorfer
11/12/81 Stonewall Jackson at White Oak Swamp Lowell Reidenbaugh
12/10/81 Rambunctious Reporter of the Civil War, The John Patrick Hunter
 
01/08/82 Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn’t Go Home, The William C. Davis
02/11/82 Hijinks North and South: How Well Behaved Were the Boys in Blue and Gray Howard M. Madaus
03/11/82 Mystery of Spring Hill Gordon Whitney
04/08/82 Gettysburg: The People Robert Meinhard
05/13/82 Civil War Music 1st Brigade Band
06/10/82 Mary A. Bickerdyke: A Female Hero of the Civil War Karen K. Osborne
09/09/82 Voices of Lincoln’s Time Lynn C. Surles
10/07/82 General Lyons and the Battle of Wilson’s Creek Richard W. Hatcher
11/11/82 Life in a Civil War Prison Camp: An Illustrated View Harry H. Anderson
12/09/82 Artillery Tactics of the Civil War Era Perry D. Jamieson
 
01/13/83 The Deep Rots of the Civil War Frank L. Klement
02/10/83 Gen. George H. Thomas: Time and History Will Do Me Justice C. Robert Douglas
03/10/83 Cavalry Campaigns: Prelude to Gettysburg John E. Divine
04/14/83 The Illegal Lincoln: A Nation of Men and Not of Laws Robert L. Hachey
05/12/83 Living History People of 1863
09/08/83 "Fighting Joe" Hooker Walter H. Hebert
10/13/83 William Barksdale: Flamboyant Politician and Soldier of the South Robert K. Krick
11/10/83 Col. Lawler and the Lawless 18th Illinois Infantry William M. Anderson
12/08/83 The Signal Corp and the Military Telegraph of the Civil War Myron (Mike) Cohn
 
01/12/84 John Pope: His Political Problems and His Pratfall at Second Bull Run Walter N. Trenerry
02/09/84 The Iron Brigade: Some Last Words Alan T. Nolan
03/08/84 Eight Minutes to Live: Defeat of the Federal Assault at Cold Harbor, 3 June 1864 Roy K. Flint
04/12/84 John Bell Hood and the War for Southern Independence Richard M. McMurry
05/10/84 The Battle of Fredericksburg: The Face of Battle Daniel D. Nettesheim
09/13/84 Beyond the Battle: The Flags of the Iron Brigade, 1863-1918 Richard H. Zeitlin
10/11/84 General Joshua L. Chamberlin Alice & James Turlock
11/08/84 Civil War Politics and Propaganda, with Comments on Subversive Secret Societies the Indianapolis and Camp Douglas Conspiracies, and Subsequent Treason Trials Frank L. Klement
12/13/84 The Final Days of Stonewall Jackson David Finney
 
1/10/85 General Grant’s Staff: A Plus or a Minus? Merlin E. Summer
2/14/85 The Illustrious Civil War Career of George Armstrong Custer John Patrick Hunter
3/7/85 Stephen D. Ramseur: Lee’s Gallant General Gary W. Gallagher
4/11/85 Captain Dennis Dailey: One of the Bravest Acts of the Civil War W. J. K. Beaudot
5/9/85 "Old Jube" and "Little Phil": Generalship in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 Jeffery D. Wert
9/12/85 Artillery of the Civil War James S. Watson
10/10/85 The Trans-Mississippi in 1864 Willaim J. Sullivan
11/7/85 XI Courps at Chancellorsville Donald G. Pfanz
12/12/85 The Ragged and Starved Confederates: An Examination of the Condition of Lee’s Army 1864-1865 C. M. Calkins
 
01/09/86 The Collecting of Firearms Charles Foster
02/13/86 Douglas and Lincoln: A Relationship to Consider Mark E. Neely Jr.
03/13/86 The German Panorama Painters of Milwaukee and Their Civil War Productions Harry H. Anderson
04/10/86 The Medical Aspects of the Civil War: Orthopedic Surgery Edgar C. Archer
05/08/86 The Gettysburg Address Gordon Whitney
09/11/86 The Bohemians and the Specials: Civil War Reporters and Artists Richard Martin
10/09/86 Two Gentlemen From Virginia: The Lee and Pickett Connection Richard F. Selcer
11/13/86 The Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania A. Wilson Greene
12/11/86 Robert E. Lee: An Historical View Alan T. Nolan
 
01/08/87 The Art of Historical Costuming Harriet A. Engler
02/12/87 Lincoln Side Roads Frederick I. Olson
03/12/87 Cloyd’s Mountain: Dublin, Virginia, 1864 Howard McManus
04/16/87 Richmond, Virginia Bread Riots-Apr 2, 1863 Michal B. Chesson
05/07/87 Maryland in the Civil War Elizabeth Otto
09/10/87 Hay Foot! Straw Foot! Drill Manuals and Tactics of the Civil War H. Michael Madaus
10/08/87 Captain to Brigadier: The Promotion of Custer, Merritt and Farnsworth Marshall D. Krolick
11/12/87 John Hunt Morgan: Folk Hero of the Confederacy James A. Ramge
12/10/87 In Defense of the Civil War Surgeon Gordon E. Dammann
 
01/07/88 Robert Barnwell Rhett James C. Vlazny
02/11/88 July 2, 1863: The Devil’s Den at Gettysburg Robert A. Braun
03/10/88 The Confederate Image Michael E. Neely Jr.
04/07/88 The Battle of Seven Pines Michael Snyder
05/12/88 Embattled Courage Gerald A. Linderman
09/08/88 Lee’s Maryland Campaign of 1862 Robert K. Krick
10/13/88 Go Like Hell: The Attack on the Railroad Cut at Gettysburg Lance J. Herdegen
W.J.K. Beaudot
11/10/88 Sherman’s Lieutenants Gordon Whitney
12/08/88 The Civil War Christmas Karen K. Osborne
 
01/12/89 Gettysburg: After the Fighting Bruce Bazelon
02/09/89 Civil War Democrats: Traitors of Competent Critics Frank L. Klement
03/09/89 The Battle of Pea Ridge Jerry Russell
04/13/89 The Army of Tennessee Under Grant C.D. Wesselhoeft
05/11/89 Ft. Fischer: Amphibious Finale to the Civil War E.H. Simmons
09/07/89 Political Memorabilia of the Campaigns of 1860 and 1864 Joseph Brown Sr.
10/05/89 Porter Alexander’s Fighting for the Confederacy Gary W. Gallagher
11/09/89 Militia Grey to Union Blue: The Uniforms of the Wisconsin Regiments in the Iron Brigade Howard M. Madaus
12/12/89 Dedication of the Philip Hohlweck Civil War Collection UWM Library
 
01/11/90 If This Is War: An Account of the Second Wisconsin at the First Battle of Bull Run Alan D. Gaff
02/08/90 Ambrose Burnside’s 1862 North Carolina Campaign Richard A. Sauers
03/08/90 Medicine-Anesthetics-Dentistry 1861-65 Peter H. Jacobsohn
04/12/90 Two Great Rebel Armies: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Tennessee Richard M. McMurry
05/10/90 The Short Exciting Life of the Eb Brass Band Dan Woolpert
09/13/90 Meserve Civil War Record Richard A. Huebner
10/11/90 The Blockade and Combined Operations at Charleston, South Carolina Frank L. Klement
11/08/90 Ethnic Regiments in the Union Army William L. Burton
12/04/90 A Reunion of Sons of the Iron Brigade James F. Sullivan
William H. Upham Jr.
Frederick Upham
 
01/10/91 Granny Lee: Fiasco in Western Virginia C. Robert Douglas
02/07/91 To Rescue Gibraltar: Efforts of the Trans Mississippi Confederates to Relieve Vicksburg Terrance J. Winschel
03/07/91 "Out of the Mouth of Hell": The Escape of Three War Correspondents Gerald A. Regan
04/11/91 The Quartermaster Writes Home: Civil War Service as Described by the Letters of Lt. Samuel B. Chase, Quartermaster, 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Harry H. Anderson
05/09/91 The Battle of Chattanooga Michael Hughs
09/12/91 Stannard’s Second Vermont Brigade Blake A. Magner
10/10/91 Jubal A. Early and the Myth of the Lost Cause Gary W. Gallagher
11/07/91 Consider ‘Lee Considered’ Alan T. Nolan
12/12/91 A Wisconsin Brigade in the Washington Camps Lance J. Herdegen
 
01/09/92 A Women’s War: Two Prospective-North and South Virginia Crane
Karen K. Osborne
02/13/92 Gen. Thomas J. Wood at Chickamauga William G. Robertson
03/12/92 A Call to Glory: Daily Life of the Soldier Michael Lee Morbeck
Ed Pierce
04/09/92 Mosby versus Sheridan in the Shenandoah Dennis E. Frye
05/07/92 Port Hudson: The Best Photographed Battlefield Lawrence L. Hewitt
06/11/92 Panorama Painter of Milwaukee Lance J. Herdegen
09/10/92 Battle of Franklin: Who Speaks for the Dead? Wiley Sword
10/08/92 Gettysburg: The Battle and the Speech Lewis P. Mallow Jr.
11/12/92 Sacred Ground: Americans and Their Battles Edward T. Linenthal
12/10/92 The Real Rock of Chickamauga: The 21st Ohio Infantry on Horseshoe Ridge Peter Cozzens
 
01/14/93 The Children’s Civil War James Marten
02/11/93 Custer and the Little Big Horn Brian C. Pohanka
03/11/93 The New Wisconsin Veterans Museum Richard H. Zeitlin
04/15/93 Battlefield Commemoration and Preservation: The Reason Why, 1863-1990 Mary M. Abroe
05/13/93 James Longstreet and the Writing of Southern History William G. Piston
06/10/93 The Dollars and Sense of Battlefield Preservation Frances H. Kennedy
09/09/93 Confederate Tells of Pickett’s Charge William A. Young Jr.
10/14/93 An Incident at a Gettysburg Hospital Robert A. Braun
11/11/93 Liverpool, England and the Confederate Navy James D. Bulloch
12/09/93 Love and War in the Want Ads Patricia Higgins
 
01/13/94 Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: The Civil War in Art Harold Holzer
Mark E. Neely Jr.
02/10/94 Henry Clay, Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War Robert V. Remini
03/10/94 Grant Challenges His Commanding Generals in 1864 Gordon R. Sullivan
04/07/94 The Combined Union Attack on Charleston K.M. McKenzie
05/12/94 Lee’s Regimental Command Structure Robert K. Krick
06/09/94 Bragg at Shiloh: A Fresh Look Stacy Dale Allen
09/08/94 Abraham Lincoln: Our Ever Present Contemporary Frank J. Williams
10/13/94 Victory Over Pain: A Historical Perspective Peter H. Jacobsohn
11/10/94 The Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac Terry Van Meter
12/08/94 Emancipation and the Race Issue in the 1864 Presidential Campaign David E. Long
 
01/12/95 "Johnny Reb and Billy Yank" Uncommon Soldiers James I. Robertson
02/16/95 A Handful of Lincoln and Civil War Authors Ralph G. Newman
03/09/95 Afro-Confederate Loyalty in Civil War Virginia Ervin L. Jordan Jr.
04/13/95 A City Goes to War: Milwaukee 1861-1865 W.J.K. Beaudot
05/11/95 James B. McPherson and the Ideals of the Old Army Tamara Smith
09/07/95 The Generalship of Braxton Bragg: Changing Interpretation Grady McWhiney
10/12/95 The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico Paul I. Kliger
11/09/95 Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief Brooks Davis
12/07/95 Faith, Family and the Flag: An Evening of 1860’s Parlor Music Cheryl Licary
Ed Pierce
 
01/11/96 Teaching Leadership on Civil War Battlefields Harold W. Nelson
02/15/96 Rosecran’s Campaign for Chickamauga James Ogden III
03/07/96 Nathan Bedford Forrest Bryan S. Wills
04/11/96 The Class of 1846 John C. Waugh
05/09/96 Six Men and Women that Brought on the Civil War Lynn C. Surles
09/19/96 The Gates of Hell: The Charleston Campaign Stephen Wise
10/19/96 Married Soldiers in the Civil War James M. McPherson
11/07/96 Lincoln and the Uses of Propaganda Philip S. Paludan
 
  97-98 files to come  
09/10/98 History Meets Hollywood Brian Pohanka
10/08/98 Too Afraid to Cry: Civilians at Antietam Kathleen Ernst
11/12/98 Federal Cavalry on the Peninsula, 1862 Bob O'Neill
12/10/98 Lincoln Race and Slavery Prof. Paul Finkelman
01/14/99 The Gettysburg Council of War, July 2, 1862 Marshall D. Krolick
02/11/99 The Lincoln Assassination Ed Bearss
03/11/99 The Ninth Illinois Infantry at Shiloh Peter Cozzens
04/08/99 Wisconsin's Civil War Governors Hon. Lee Sherman Dreyfus, PhD
05/13/99 Confederate Cover Up at Seven Pines Mike Andrus
06/10/99 Fighting Tom Sweeney Dr. Thomas Sweeney
 
  files 99-00 to come  
09/07/00 Sex in the Civil War Dr. Thomas Lowry
10/12/00 Panel Discussion Lance Herdegen, Bob Braun, Dave Eicher, John D. Beatly
11/09/00 Lincoln's Preparation for his Gettysburg Address Lynn Suries
12/07/00 Lee in the Overland Campaign of 1864 Gordon Rhea
01/07/01 Vicksburg: Shut Up as in a Trap Terry Winschel
02/07/01 Union Generals as Patients Dr. Jack Welsh
03/07/01 End of the War in the Carolinas Mark Bradley
04/07/01 Thoughts on the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 Richard McMurry
05/07/01 Self-Destruction of the Confederacy after Atlanta in 1864 Ann J. Balley
06/07/01 Lee in the Overland Campaign of 1864 Lesley J. Gordon