Past SCWRT Speakers 2020
January 8th: "Rebel
Hunters of the Cumberland – in the Footsteps of the 15th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry?", by Robert Bundy
Past SCWRT Speakers 2019
December 11th: "General Order
100", by Nicholas Scivoletto
November 13th: "The Great Locomotive Chase", by Jim Lane
October 9th: "The Navy in the Civil War", by James Juanitas
September 1st: "A Prelude to America's Civil War", by
Richard Sickert
August 14th: "The Fuse to the War: The Dred Scott Decision"
by Dr. Tad Smith
July 10th: "Rebel Hunters of the Cumberland- -In the
Footsteps of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry" by Robert Bundy
June 12th: "Colonel John S. "Rip" Ford, Ranger",
by Nancy Samuelson
May 8th: "Engagements of Hiram Berdan's Sharpshooters"
by Bernie Quinn
April 10th: Cancelled due to Hof Brau
remodel
March 13th: Cancelled due to Hof Brau
remodel
February 13th: Cancelled due to Hof
Brau remodel
January 9th: "The War Outside My Window", by Ted Savas
Past SCWRT Speakers 2018
December
12th: "Civil War Quiz", by Nicholas Scivoletto
November 14th: "Union Cavalry", by Joe Maxwell
October
10: "Fort Sumter, From the Southern Perspective", by Tad
Smith,
September 12: "Lationos Were in the Civil War", by Sherrie Patton
August 8: "The Generals of Shiloh", by Larry Tagg
July 11: "Vicksburg Battlefield, Part A", by Robert Orr
June 13: "From the Battlefield to the Oval Office", by Paul G. Rudd
May 9: "Civil War Innovations", by Lawrence Marvin III
April 11: "The Nancies", by Sue Pearshon
March 14: "Blame it on Texas" by Dennis Kohlmann
February 14: "Wyman White, Sharpshooter", by Bernie Quinn
January 10: "Major Jonathan Letterman", by Don Hayden
Past SCWRT Speakers 2017
December 13: Rebel Hunters of the Cumberland: In the Footsteps of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry", by Robert Bundy
November 8: "The First Battle of Charleston Harbor 1863", by Mike Werner
October 11: "The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln", by Arnold Kunst
September 12: "Three Brothers From Missouri", by Nancy B. Samuelson
August 9: "Wanna Be Johnny Rebs", by Richard Sickert
July 12: "The Generals of Gettysburg", by Larry Tagg
June 14: "General Lewis Addison Aristead", by Marty Cain
May 10: "The Battle of the CSS Alabama and USS Kearsage", by Joe Maxwell
April
12: "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Petersburg to the 20th Century", by Bernie Quinn
March 8: "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain", by Bernie Quinn
February 8: "FILM: The Day Lincoln Was Shot", by Jim Lane
January 11: "The Lost Gettysburg Address", by David Dixon
Past SCWRT Speakers 2016
December 14: "A Civil War Quiz", by Nicholas Scivoletto
November 9: "Women in the Civil War", by Carolyn Martin
October 12: "Civil War Diplomacy", by
Sherri Patton
September 14: "Do You Know More Than a 5th Grader About the Civil War?", by Tim & Ginny Karlberg
August 10: "The Stonewall Jackson A.P. Hill Feud", by Bob Bundy
July 13: "Last Clash of the Ironclads: The Desperate Battle of Trents Reach, January 23-25, 1865", by Ted Savas
June 8: "Lucy Pickens: Queen of the Confederacy", by Dr. Tad Smith
May 11: "Chinese Yankee", by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
April 12: "Two Brothers in the Civil War", by Susan Williams
March 9: "Flight Into Oblivion", by George Beitzel
February 10: "Free State of Jones", by Jim Lane
January 13: "Jefferson Finis Davis", by Paul G. Ruud
Past SCWRT Speakers 2015
December 9: "General Joseph E. Johnston", by Nicholas Scivoletto
November 11: "The Failed Struggle to Obtain Recognition of the Confederacy by England and France", by Tad Smith
October 14: "Who Burned Columbia", by Robert Bundy
September 9: "A Personal Look at the Lives of Generals Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan", by Fred Bohmfalk
August 12: "Nathan Bedford Forrest", by Nancy Samuelson
July 8: "George Armstrong Custer, Part Two", by Joe Maxwell
June 10: "Baseball in the Civil War", by Martin Cain
May 13: "Four Regiments and Four Privates" by Robert Hubbs
April 8: "Robbery at Bullion Bend, A Legitimate Confederate Fundraiser or Just Another Get Rich Quick Scheme Gone Bad?" by Richard Sickert
March 11: "The Worst Seat in the House" by George Beitzel
February 11: "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Father and Son" by Don Hayden
January 14: "Women Who Fought in the Civil War" by Erin McCabe
Past SCWRT Speakers 2014
December 10: "Captain John Groetsch" by Tim and Ginny Karlberg
November 12: "Abraham Lincoln" by H. James Harper
October 8: "The Coins and Currency of the Confederacy" by Tad Smith
September 10: "The Blockade" by Dennis Kohlmann
August 13: "An Assessment of Social, Revisionist, and Academic Civil War History" by Sherri Patton
July 9: "22 Days of Terror: CSS Arkansas on the Mississippi River" by Ted Savas
June 11: "Battlefield Medicine" by Don Hayden
May 14: "150th Gettysburg Re-Enactment" by John Greer
April 9: "General Robert Edward Lee" by George Beitzel
March 12: "General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain" by Wayne and Nina Henley
February 12: "Grant at Shiloh" by Bob Hubbs
January 8: "Francis Channing Barlow, the Boy General" by Bob Hanley
2013
December 11: "Confederate General Cleburne and Union General McPherson" by Anne Peasley
November 13: "California Railroads and the Civil War" by William Burg
October 9: "The Capture of New Orleans" by Paul Ruud
September 11: "George Custer", by Joe Maxwell
August 14: "The Gettysburg of the West: The 1862 Confederate Invasion of New Mexico" by Don Hayden
July 10: "The Mine Run Campaign & The Battle of Payne's Farm", by Ted Savas
June 12: "Attack on the CSS Albemarle", by Tim & Ginny Karlberg
May 8: "TBA" by Sherri Patton
April 10: "Elimira Prison" by Tad Smith
March 13: "Women Spies in the Civil War" by Silver Williams
February 13: "Holly Springs" by Bob Hubbs
January 8: Authors from Grass Valley
2012
December 12: "A Play Called Ever True" by Nina Wayne Henley
November 14: "James Longstreet", by Anne Peasely
October 10: "Adm Farragut at Mobile Bay" by James Juanitas
September 12: "Monitors" by Rob Orr
August 8, "Bermuda and the Blockade" by Silver Williams
July 11, "About General Butler", by Tom Lubas
June 13, "Footsteps of the Cal 100 -A Pictorial Journey" by Tim Karlberg
May 9 "The Sultana Tragedy" by Jim Lane
April 11: "Wade Hampton's Beef Raid" by Ted Savas
March 14: "The Low Country" by Sherri Patten
February 8: "California in the Civil War" by William Burg
January 11: "About Phil Sheridan" by Nick Scivoletto
2011
December 14: "What Did They Do After the Civil War" by Paul Ruud
November: No Meeting
October 12: "Sanitary Commission" by Nancy Samuelson
September 14: "Grand Strategy During the Civil War" by Don Stoker
August 10: "Union Amphibious Operations During the Civil War" by Jim Stanberry
July 13: "Special Event" by Jim Lane
June 8th: "Reconstruction" by Ginny & Tim Karlberg
May 11: "The Lincoln Secret" by John McKinsey
April 13: "Women in the South" by Sheri Patton
March 9: "Financing the Confederacy" by Tad Smith
February 9: "Sacramento Remembers the Civil War" by Bob Bundy
January 12: "The Jefferson Davis Funeral Train" by Fred Bohmfalk
2010
November 10: "Battle of Pea Ridge" by Ron Vaughn
October 13: "Lincoln's Funeral Train" by Ray Cosyn
September 8: "Kansan/Missouri Border Wars" by Tom Lubas
August 11: "Game of Doors" by Jim Stanbery
July 14: "Reconstruction" by Nancy Samuelson
June 9: "Memphis Riots 1866" by Sherri Patton
May 12: "Emancipation Proclamation" by Larry Tagg
April 14: "Champ Ferguson" by Tom Mays
March 10: "TBA" by Ron Perisho
February 10: "Chicago's Irish Legion" by Prof. James Swan
January 13: "The Lost Cause" by George Beitzel
2009
December 9: "Lincoln-Douglas Debates" by Brad Schall
November 11: "U. S. Grant" by Dennis Kohlmann
October 14: "William Hardee" by Fred Bohmfalk
September 9: "The South was Right!" by Tim Karlberg
August 12: "The Shenandoah Valley" by Jim Stanbery
July 8: "The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln" by Larry Tagg
June 10: "Lee, the Traitor" by Ray Bisio
May 13: "2nd Battle of Winchester" by Dave Davenport
April 8, 09: "California Volunteers in the West" by Stu Howe
March 11: "William Tillman: The Union�s First Black Hero" by Gerald Henig
February 11: "Interwoven: Cotton and the South" by Joan Beitzel
January 14: "Antebellum West Point" by Paul Ruud
2008
November 12: "Acting as Capt. of Ca 100" by Tim Carlsberg
October 8: "Lincoln and Davis at War" by Ted Savas
September: "The Rubber Room" by George Beitzel
August 13: "Bicycling the Underground Railway" by Dr. Harvey Cain
June 11: "General Barlow" by Bob Hanley
May 14: "Civil War Spies" by Silver Williams
April 9: "Retreat from Gettysburg" by Ray Bisio
Mar 12: "Rubber Room" by George Beitzel
February 13: "Cal Infantry" by Henry Green
January 9:
"Iron Horse" by
Susan Williams
2007
Dec. 12: "Fire in the Rear" by Maurice Mitchell
Nov. 14: "Home Spun Uniforms- The Real Story" by Katrina Worley
Oct 10: "Battle of Fair Oaks" by Brad Schall
September 12: "3D Photos" by Ron Perisho
August 8: "So. Cavalry in 1863 Pennsylvania Campaign" by Dennis Kohlmann
July 11: "Antebellum West Point" by Paul Ruud
June 13: "In the Footsteps of Lincoln" by Walt Bittle
May 9: "Wade Hampton, the Savior of the South" by Phil Avila
April 11: "The Evolutionary Role of the Railroads in the American Civil War" by Bob Hanley
March 14: "Confederate Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia" by Joan Beitzel
February 14: "The Civil War Diary of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 3" by Jim Middleton
January 10: "Lew Wallace's Bad Day" by Ken Hansgen
2006
January 11: "Stephen Foster" by Fred Bohmfalk & Ed Sims
February 6: "Life & Times of Nathan Bedford Forrest" by Brian Wills
March 8: "A Couple's Civil War Letters" by Ever True
April 19: "The Maryland Campaign and Antietam" by Scott Hartwig, Gettysburg Ranger
May 10: "Black Jack Logan, Political Officers & Memorial Day" by Brad Schall
June 14: "John Brown" by George Beitzel
July 12: Civil War Photography by Ron Perisho
August 9: "Winfield Scott Hancock" by Don Hayden
September 12: "The Irish in the Confederacy" by Dennis Kohlmann
October 11: "Battle of Sabine Pass" by Dennis Kohlmann
November 10, 11, 12: "Aspects of the War on the Waters" SCWRT West Coast Conference
December 13: Conference report and Christmas Party
2005
January 12: "Those Amazing MacArthurs" by Don Hayden
February 9: "The Invasion of Kentucky" by Brad Schall
March 9: "Grant, Sherman & Sheridan" by Fred Bohmfalk
April 13: "Kershaw - From First to Last" by Phil Avila
May 11: "Events Leading to Attach on Fort Sumter" by Walt Bittle
June 8: "Fortress Alcatraz" by John Martini
July 13: "Lincoln Assassination" by Paul Ruud
August 10: "CSS Hunley" by John Nevins
September 14: "Lincoln at Ft. Stevens & Presidential Military Exp." by George Beitzel
October 18: "The Life and Times of Stonewall Jackson" by "Bud" Robertson
November 9: "Meade at Gettysburg: Making Friends into Foes" by Ray Bisio
December 14: "Reconstruction" by Maurice Mitchell
2004
January 28: "Hall Carbine Affair" by Rudy Schafer
February 18: "Battle of Franklin" by Tom Cartwright
March 31: "Yankee Songs and Rebel Tunes" by Phil Avila
April 28: "Cherokee Indians in the Civil War" by Craig Graves
May 26: "Day 3 at Gettysburg" by Ray Bisio
June 30: "The Myths and Misconceptions of the Civil War" by Ted Stahr
July 28: "C.W. Thompson & the Civil War" by Stephen Beck
August 24: The 43rd Tennessee Regiment" by George Martin
September 29: "Mark Twain's Civil War" by Bob Webb
October 26: "Election of 1864" by Dennis Kohlmann
December 6: "Reconstruction" Paul
Wagstaffe