About Us & Membership - The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia

CWRTDC SPEAKERS’ BUREAU/REGISTRY

One of the missions of the Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia is to encourage and expand interest in the complex history of the United States, and in particular during the Antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction periods.  Its members have extensive knowledge about and an endless enthusiasm for American History.  Many have developed and given presentations on selected Civil War era topics locally, nationally and abroad.

We therefore created this Speakers’ Bureau/Registry as a local and regional educational resource for schools, libraries, historical societies, embassies, civic groups, and other similar organizations interested in hearing presentations or getting more information about the subjects covered by our members.  

Listed in the table below are the names of our members who have expressed an interest in giving presentations to share their knowledge of American history.  Included in the list are the topics they cover and their contact information.  Of course, it would be up to the speakers whether they are available at any particular time or place.  Moreover, the contents of their presentations are the not the opinions of the Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia.  The Round Table’s role in providing this list does not constitute an endorsement of the opinions of the speakers or the organizations represented or referenced by the speakers.

Also, if you are a member (or plan to become a member) and would like to be listed in our registry, please contact Mick Bedard at mick5nhv@gmail.com or our website administrator at admin@cwrtdc.org and provide us the information you would like included.  Membership information is available at www.cwrtdc.org

Last, please remember that the Round Table hosts presentations from the month of September through June at the Fort Myer Officers’ Club in Arlington Virginia. or via Zoom.  All are welcome to attend.  For more information about its meetings and events, visit www.cwrtdc.org or our Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/cwrtdc/  If you are unable to attend our meetings, though, we have over 80 audio recordings of past presentations posted on our website under the Tab “Listen to Past Speakers.” 

NAME AND CONTACT   INFORMATION	TOPICS COVERED
Carl Adams                         309-696-7636	(1) The Trials of Nance Costley,  the First Slave Freed by Abraham Lincoln 20 years before the Civil War (2) First Regiment Illinois Volunteers (Colored) Or 29th Regiment USCT – Participants at the Battle of the Crater and Juneteenth
R.M. Bedard                mick5nhv@aol.com	(1) Civil War Medicine – a Survey Lecture  (2) Four Connecticut Doctors – Exemplary Civil War Service (3) Civil War Naval Medicine as illustrated by the Sketches of Dr. Charles E. Stedman (4) The 1869 Pacific Voyage of the USS Kearsarge with emphasis on its Sydney, Australia visit (5) Evolution of Anesthesia from Horace Wells to wide application during the Civil War
Fergus Bordewich Fergus.bordewich@yahoo.com 845-546-0651	Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery and Remade America
Gary Carlberg              gary.carlberg@hotmail.com	Portrayal of General George Meade “the Old Snapping Turtle” with audience participation
Loretta Neumann 202-882-9277	(1) The Civil War Defenses of Washington – Then and Now                                       (2) The Battle of Fort Stevens in the Context of the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign

  

Jim Anderson cwguide@gmail.com

Lecture Short Versions  •       Davy Crockett – King of the Wild Frontier •       Buffalo Bill Cody – Closing of the Frontier •       Col. George Sharpe - Intelligence Becomes a Profession (1 hr.) •       Christmas in the Civil War (1 hr.) •       The Impact of Intelligence on the Gettysburg Campaign (1 hr.) •       Civil War Spy Elizabeth Van Lew – Our Lady in Richmond  (1 hr.) •       John Singleton Mosby – The Gray Ghost (1 hr.) •       Impact of Technology on Civil War Intelligence (1 hr.)   Civil War Beyond the Battles Series  •       Civil War Medicine •       Policing the Army - Union Provost Marshal Marsena Patrick •       Civil War Chaplains •       Women’s Roles (including combat) •       New York City in Civil War •       Scoundrel Dan Sickles •       Civil War Technology •       Andrews Raiders – True Story of the Great Locomotive Chase •       Celebrating Christmas During the Civil War •       Covering the Civil War – Reporters & Battlefield Correspondents   Civil War Intelligence Chronological Series  •       Initial Efforts – Great Stories; Little Impact •       Espionage Tales North & South •       Bureaucracies & Battlefields – Peninsula, Second Bull Run •       Technologies – Balloons & Signals •       Maps, Contrabands & Local Spies •       Cavalry & Special Warfare Units •       McClellan, Burnside, Hooker – Antietam & Fredericksburg •       BMI Early Days •       Intelligence & Chancellorsville Campaign •       Intelligence & Gettysburg Campaign •       Grant to Appomattox   The Frontiersmen Lecture Series  •       Introduction - The Frontier Thesis Revisited •       Robert Rogers – French & Indian War •       Daniel Morgan – Revolutionary War •       Swamp Fox Marion – Southern Revolutionary Frontier                        (2 lecture series) •       Daniel Boone – Kentucky Frontier •       Simon Kenton –  Northwest Territory Frontier •       Tecumseh – Native American Frontier •       Davy Crockett – Trans-Mississippi Frontier •       The Fur Trade & Commerce on the Frontier •       Kit Carson – Fur Trade & California Frontiers •       Popular Media Treatment of Boone, Crockett, Carson •       Native American Cultures in Transition •       Soldiering and Life on Frontier •       Campaign Against the Comanche on Central & Southern Plains •       Campaign Against the Sioux on Northern Plains (Custer) •       The Story of the Cowboy and Cattlemen •       Charlie Goodnight on the Texas Cattle Frontier •       Wild Bill Hickok – Gunfighter and Lawman •       Law & Order Judges – Roy Bean & Isaac Parker •       Buffalo Bill – Reimagining the Frontier •       Sioux-Zulu Campaigns – Comparative Frontiers