How Balloons Were Used in the Civil War
Our next speaker is Gordon Ramsey – no, not the guy who demolishes restaurants. Rather, he is Dr. Gordon Ramsey, a professor emeritus of physics at Loyola University Chicago. His professional research focuses on theoretical…
J. E. B. Stuart and His Lieutenants
We have all heard of (and maybe read) Douglas Southall Freeman’s Lee’s Lieutenants and Stephen Sear’s Lincoln’s Lieutenants. Ed Longacre, the author of numerous award-winning biographies, will speak on another group of subordinates of a…
Little Roundtable Meeting
The St. Louis Civil War Roundtable will resume its regular meetings in September. Watch this space for details. In the meantime, we are continuing our monthly Little Roundtable meetings. The Little Roundtable is a discussion…
Little Roundtable Meeting – September 2
The St. Louis Civil War Roundtable will resume its regular meetings in September. Watch this space for details. Our next Little Roundtable, a discussion group that meets at Miss Sheri’s Cafeteria, 5406 Southfield Center (near…
The Civil War Career of James Burklow, Private in Battery K of the First Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery by Lance Geiger, The History Guy
The Civil War Career of James Burklow, Private in Battery K of the First Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery by Lance GeigerOn September 22, Lance Geiger returns to give a program entitled "The Civil War Career…
Civil Rights Legislation During the Reconstruction Era by Nick Sacco
The Reconstruction Era was in some ways the first sustained civil rights movement in United States history. As the nation tried to wrestle with difficult questions about establishing peace and national unity after the end…
The City Class Ironclads: The Brown Water Navy that Saved the Union by Shawn Williams
Our next meeting will be Wednesday, December 1 at Royale Orleans, 2801 Telegraph Road. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner served about 6:15, and the program at about 7:30 p.m. Because of the holiday we…
The Importance of Civil Engineers During the Civil War by Robert Girardi
Our speaker for January is Robert L. Girardi. Robert is a retired Chicago homicide detective—he must have a lot of stories about that!—but he is going to speak to our Roundtable about “The Importance of…
MEETING CANCELLED! Robert Todd Lincoln’s Civil War(s) by Samuel Wheeler
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED When Robert Todd Lincoln graduated from Harvard in 1864 he was determined to join the Union ranks and “see something of the war for himself.” Though he ended up spending…