Good podcast? Give it some love!
Marc Kunis
The Chicago Civil War Round Table Monthly MeetingsEpisodes
Marc Kunis
The Chicago Civil War Round Table Monthly Meetings
A daily History podcast
Good podcast? Give it some love!
Rate Podcast
Episodes of The Chicago Civil War Round Table Monthly Meetings
Mark All
Search Episodes...
Wilson Greene on “Opening the Cracker Line and Keeping it Open: The Decisive Battles of the Chattanooga Campaign” For More Info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.OrgFollowing the battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, General William S. Rosecrans' Army
CWRT Feb 2024For more info : WWW.ChicagoCWRT.OrgOften small individual encounters in history, experienced by common people like us, caught in the maelstrom of events, hold larger truths. Sometimes these experiences have meaning—not only for
For more Info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.OrgThe Union XII Corps was formed in June 1862. The corps, which joined the Army of the Potomac only a week before Antietam was small, numbering just over 7,600 men. Easily overlooked, Army of the Potomac leade
For more info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.OrgPatrick Brennan, a long-time student of the Civil War and published author, has teamed up with his technology-astute daughter Dylan Brennan to bring the largest Civil War battle to life in the remarkable 2-vo
Scott Mingus on “Texans at Chickamauga” For More Info visit WWW.ChicagoCWRT.ORGAlthough the Civil War’s second-largest battle in terms of casualties, Chickamauga has had far fewer books written about it than the thousands of books penned
Ernest Dollar on “Hearts Torn Asunder: Trauma in theCivil War”For More Info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.ORGIn the popular memory of the Civil War, its end came withhandshakes between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S.Grant in Virginia. But the war was not
Mark Zimmerman on “The Brutal Retreat from Nashville 1864” For More Info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.orgMark Zimmerman, a member of the Nashville Civil War Round Table, will present an hour-long slideshow, The Brutal Retreat from Nashville 1864, base
Sean Michael Chick on “General P. G. T. Beauregard”For more information: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.OrgIn April, 1861, Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard shot into fame as the Confederate commander who commanded the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Often give
Dwight Hughes on “Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The USS Monitor and the Battle of Hampton Roads” For more info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.ORG The USS Monitor was an ingenious but hurried response to both the imminent threat of the Confederate iro
Charles Knight on “Robert E. Lee” For More info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.ORG Douglas S. Freeman's Pulitzer Prize-winning three-volume biography of Robert E. Lee is a masterful reconstruction of the man's life. So exhaustive was Freeman's research th
Robert Girardi on“Union Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas”For More info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.ORGDouglas, located on the south side of Chicago, was Illinois' largest Civil War training camp. More than 40,000 volunteers mustered here. In February
Chicago Civil War Round Table Meeting for December 2022: Garry Adelman on “Midwest Civil War Photo Extravaganza”For more info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.ORGJoin American Battlefield Trust Chief Historian Garry Adelman for a lively photography presentat
Civil War Round table of Chicago November 2022 Meeting. The Nevins-Freeman Address: Mary Abroe on “Historic Preservation and Civil War Battlefields: An American Story” For More info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.ORG Founded by Congress in August 1890, C
Bruce Allardice on "Myths and Mysteries of the CSS Hunley"For more info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.ORGThe Confederate submarine Hunley, the first submarine to ever sink an enemy warship, has fascinated us ever since its mysterious disappearance in 1864
CWRT June 2022 Meeting: Lauren Szady on "Politicians in Petticoats: The Women of the Abolitionist Movement"For More Info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.ORGWhile not originally admitted to the earliest abolitionist societies, women were always an important
James Pula on "The Eleventh Corps at Gettysburg: a Reappraisal"For More Info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.OrgThe twin disasters that befell the XI Corps at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg have cast a long shadow over the memory of the brave men who serve
CWRT April 2022 Meeting: Jeffrey Hunt on Meade and Lee at Rappahannock Station and Mine Run" For more info visit: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.ORG The Civil War in the Eastern Theater during the late summer and fall of 1863 was anything but inconsequent
Mark Laubacher on "The U.S.S. Red Rover: Hospital of Firsts" For More information visit WWW.ChicagoCWRT.orgTo adequately treat illness and trauma afflicted upon military personnel during the US Civil War, a true military hospital ship for us
CWRT Feb 2022 Meeting: Ann Durkin Keating on Juliette Kinzie, the Civil War, & the Making of Chicago
Ann Durkin Keating talked to the Chicago Civil War Round Table on February 11th on Juliette Kinzie, the Civil War, and the Making of Chicago For more information: WWW. ChicagoCWRT.Org After spending the 1832 Black Hawk War at Portage, Wiscon
CWRT Meeting Jan 2022: Rob Girardi on "General John E. Smith, Galena’s Forgotten General" For more info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.org Galena Illinois boasts that it sent nine generals to the Civil War, the most famous of whom is Ulysses S. Grant. Man
Dennis Doyle on "Illinois Regiments at Gettysburg"December 12th, 2021During the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), there were three Illinois Regiments that served in the Army of Potomac. Those regiments were the 8th and 12th Illinois Cava
Nevins-Freeman Address: Tom Clemens on General Joseph K. F. Mansfield For More Info: www.ChicagoCWRT.org The Chicago Civil War Round Table's Nevins-Freeman Award is intended to honor those who advance Civil War scholarship and the Round Tabl
David Dixon on "The American Civil War: A Radical, International Revolution"For more info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.orgOn October 8th historian David Dixon will talk about an aspect of the Civil War not often discussed--”the role of foreign, German tr
Eric Wittenberg on "Seceding from Secession: The Creation of West Virginia"for more info: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.org“West Virginia was the child of the storm," concluded early Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran, Maj. Theodore F. Lang. The n
A Wilson Green on"We Have Done all that is Possible and Must be Resigned: The First Petersburg Offensive"For more information: WWW.ChicagoCWRT.orgThe epic contest between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee wound its way from the Rapidan River
Join Podchaser to...
- Rate podcasts and episodes
- Follow podcasts and creators
- Create podcast and episode lists
- & much more
Unlock more with Podchaser Pro
- Audience Insights
- Contact Information
- Demographics
- Charts
- Sponsor History
- and More!
- Account
- Register
- Log In
- Find Friends
- Resources
- Help Center
- Blog
- API
Podchaser is the ultimate destination for podcast data, search, and discovery. Learn More
- © 2024 Podchaser, Inc.
- Privacy Policy
- Terms of Service
- Contact Us