| 2025 - 2026 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept. 18, 2025 |
Dr. Jeremi Suri |
How Slaves Became Union Soldiers (and Veterans) |
| Oct. 16, 2025 |
Dr. Shae Smith Cox |
The Fabric of Civil War Society |
| Nov. 20, 2025 |
Dr. Leah Tarwater |
Kentucky Soldiers in the Civil War |
| Dec. 11, 2025 |
TBD |
Reserved for Gary L. Chandler Graduate Student Award Recipient |
| Jan. 15, 2026 |
Dr. Don Frazier |
Tom Green: Soldier of Three Republics |
| Feb. 19, 2026 |
Danny Sessums |
Granbury’s Texas Brigade |
| Mar. 19, 2026 |
John Michael Priest |
Reynolds, Iverson, and Buford at Gettysburg: New Interpretations |
| Apr. 16, 2026 |
D. Scott Hartwig |
“I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Antietam Campaign |
| May 21, 2026 |
TBD |
Reserved for 2026 Vandiver Award Recipient |
|
| 2024 - 2025 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept. 19, 2024 |
Lorien Foote |
The Yankee Plague |
| Oct. 17, 2024 |
Neil Chatelain |
Treasures and Empire in the Civil War: The Panama Route, the West, and the Campaigns to Control America’s Mineral Wealth |
| Nov. 21, 2024 |
Brian Matthew Jordan |
Battle of South Mountain, Maryland |
| Dec. 12, 2024 |
Noah Crawford |
"Alien Enemies": Refugee Raids, Republican Mexicans, and the Collapse of Confederate Texas |
| Jan. 16, 2025 |
Sean Michael Chick |
Creole General: P. G. T. Beauregard |
| Feb. 20, 2025 |
Jeff Hunt |
Battle of Palmito Ranch, Texas |
| Mar. 20, 2025 |
Catherine Clinton |
Lincoln: The Immortal President |
| Apr. 17, 2025 |
Andrew Bledsoe |
Decision at Franklin: The Nineteen Critical Decisions that Defined the Battle |
| May 15, 2025 |
Dr. Bruce Winders |
The Mississippi Rifles in Two Wars (1846-1848 & 1861-1865) |
|
| 2023 - 2024 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept. 21, 2023 |
Brian Steel Wills |
Parker’s Crossroads: Charging ‘em Both Ways - A Civil War Preservation Success Story |
| Oct. 19, 2023 |
Jennifer Murray |
The Victor of Gettysburg: George Gordon Meade and the Civil War |
| Nov. 16, 2023 |
Barbara Gannon |
The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship of the Grand Army |
| Dec. 14, 2023 |
Dru Sanders |
Civil War Texas In Matamoros |
| Jan. 18, 2024 |
Richard McCaslin |
Lee in the Shadow of Washington |
| Feb. 15, 2024 |
Chris Mackowski |
Grant’s Next Chapter: Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and the Rise of U. S. Grant |
| Mar. 21, 2024 |
Fay Yarbrough |
Choctaw Confederates: The American Civil War in Indian Country |
| Apr. 18, 2024 |
Stephen Kinnaman |
The Abandonment and Destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard |
| May 16, 2024 |
Ted Savas |
Handshakes, Gambling, and Gunpowder: How Jefferson Davis and George W. Rains Changed the Course of the American Civil War |
|
| 2022 - 2023 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept. 15, 2022 |
Chris Mackowski |
The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson |
| Oct. 20, 2022 |
Catherine Clinton |
Mary Lincoln and Mourning In Civil War America |
| Nov. 17, 2022 |
Ed Cotham |
Sabine Pass: Thermopylae of the Confederacy |
| Dec. 15, 2022 |
Brian Matthew Jordan |
A Thousand May Fall: An Immigrant Regiment’s Civil War |
| Jan. 19, 2023 |
Donald S. Frazier |
The Texas Hill Country during the Civil War |
| Feb. 16, 2023 |
Shane Makowicki |
Master of Combined Operations: General Ambrose Burnside in North Carolina, 1862 |
| Mar. 16, 2023 |
Jeffrey Hunt |
Rappahannock Station |
| Apr. 20, 2023 |
Jonathan M. Steplyk |
Fighting Means Killing: Civil War Soldiers and the Nature of Combat |
| May 18, 2023 |
TBD |
Reserved for the 2023 Vandiver Award Recipient |
|
| 2021 - 2022 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept. 16, 2021 |
Andrew Lang |
In the Wake of War |
| Oct. 21, 2021 |
Caleb McDaniel |
Sweet Taste of Liberty |
| Nov. 18, 2021 |
Ed Cotham |
A Busy Week in Texas: Ulysses S. Grant’s 1880 Visit to the Lone Star State |
| Dec. 16, 2021 |
Jeffrey Hunt |
Meade and Lee at Bristoe Station |
| Jan. 20, 2022 |
Stephen M. (Sam) Hood |
Patriots Twice |
| Feb. 17, 2022 |
James Ogden |
Opening the Cracker Line and the Battle of Wauhatchie |
| Mar. 17, 2022 |
Timothy B. Smith |
(2022 Vandiver Award Recipient)
The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson’s Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi |
| Apr. 21, 2022 |
Lorien Foote |
Affairs of Honor in the Armies |
| May 19, 2022 |
Mike Movius |
Civil War Round Tables: A Story of Adjustment and Change |
|
| 2020 - 2021 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept. 17, 2020 |
Thomas E. Parson |
Work for Giants: The Campaign and Battle of Tupelo/Harrisburg |
| Oct. 15, 2020 |
Eric J. Wittenberg |
Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga |
| Nov. 19, 2020 |
Brian Steel Wills |
(2020 Vandiver Award Recipient)
Inglorious Passages: Noncombat Deaths in the American Civil War |
| Dec. 10, 2020 |
Stephen Davis |
Hood’s Great Attack East of Atlanta, July 22, 1864
(Or, Why Jackson’s Flank Attack at Chancellorsville Succeeded and Hood’s Did Not) |
| Jan. 21, 2021 |
Danny Sessums |
Arkansas Post |
| Feb. 18, 2021 |
RESCHEDULED |
DUE TO WINTER STORM URI |
| Mar. 18, 2021 |
Eugene D. Schmiel |
Jacob Dolson Cox, Citizen-General and Unsung Hero of the Battle of Franklin |
| Apr. 15, 2021 |
Stephen Kinnaman |
Merrimack: Biography of a Steam Frigate |
| May 20, 2021 |
Don Frazier |
(2021 Vandiver Award Recipient)
Tempest Over Texas |
| June 17, 2021 |
Lorien Foote |
The Dogs of War |
|
| 2019 - 2020 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept. 19, 2019 |
CANCELED |
DUE TO TROPICAL STORM IMELDA FLOODING |
| Oct. 17, 2019 |
Thomas A. Pressly |
Held in the Highest Esteem by All:
The Civil War Letters of William B. Chilvers, 95th Illinois Infantry |
| Nov. 21, 2019 |
Stephen Davis |
George Barnard: Photographer of Civil War Atlanta |
| Dec. 12, 2019 |
Michael Parrish |
The Vital Importance of Texas in the Civil War |
| Jan. 16, 2020 |
Don Frazier |
The Houston Campaign, 1863 |
| Feb. 20, 2020 |
Craig Morin |
General Rodes Leads the Way to Pennsylvania |
| Mar. 19, 2020 |
CANCELED |
FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY |
| Apr. 16, 2020 |
CANCELED |
FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY |
| May 21, 2020 |
CANCELED |
FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY |
|
| 2018 - 2019 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept. 20, 2018 |
Danny Sessums |
Hiram Granbury's Texas Brigade at the Battle of Franklin |
| Oct. 18, 2018 |
Peter Carmichael |
War for the Common Soldier |
| Nov. 15, 2018 |
Stephen Davis |
General John B. Hood's Efforts to Defend Atlanta, July 18 – Sept. 2, 1864 |
| Dec. 13, 2018 |
Kevin Weddle |
Samuel Francis Dupont – Lincoln's Tragic Admiral |
| Jan. 17, 2019 |
Edwin C. Bearss |
Brice's Crossroads and Tupelo – Summer 1864 |
| Feb. 21, 2019 |
Catherine Clinton |
Stepdaughters of History: Southern Women and the Civil War |
| Mar. 21, 2019 |
Lorien Foote |
The Sternest Feature of War: Retaliation in the Trans-Mississippi |
| Apr. 18, 2019 |
John Fazio |
Intrepid Mariners |
| May 16, 2019 |
A. Wilson Greene |
(2019 Vandiver Award Recipient)
Our Work Here Progresses Slowly: Grant’s Second Offensive at Petersburg |
|
| 2017 - 2018 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept 21, 2017 |
Brian Matthew Jordan |
Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War |
| Oct 19, 2017 |
Gary W. Gallagher |
(2017 Vandiver Award Recipient)
Another Look at the Generalship of Robert E. Lee |
| Nov 16, 2017 |
Eric J. Wittenberg |
John Buford at Gettysburg |
| Dec 14, 2017 |
Dennis Trainor |
VMI Cadets at New Market |
| Jan 18, 2018 |
Ed Cotham |
The Story Behind Juneteenth |
| Feb 15, 2018 |
Mark Christ |
‘All Cut to Pieces and Gone to Hell’: Atrocities During the Camden Expedition |
| Mar 15, 2018 |
Gordon Rhea |
On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4 – 15, 1864 |
| Apr 19, 2018 |
Lesley J. Gordon |
The 2nd Texas at Shiloh |
| May 17, 2018 |
David E. Roth |
(2018 Vandiver Award Recipient)
Behind the Scenes at Blue & Gray Magazine |
|
| 2016 - 2017 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept 15, 2016 |
Wayne Motts |
Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg: A Fresh Perspective |
| Oct 18, 2016 |
A. Wilson Greene |
Civil War Petersburg |
| Nov 17, 2016 |
Susannah J. Ural |
Hood’s Boys |
| Dec 8, 2016 |
Donald S. Frazier |
Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi |
| Jan 19, 2017 |
Edwin C. Bearss |
The Camden Expedition and Battle of Jenkin’s Ferry, AR |
| Feb 16, 2017 |
Edward Bonekemper |
The Myth of the Lost Cause |
| Mar 16, 2017 |
Brian Steel Wills |
George Thomas at Nashville |
| Apr 20, 2017 |
Elizabeth R. Varon |
Legacies of Appomattox: Lee’s Surrender in History and Memory |
| May 18, 2017 |
John F. Schmutz |
The Bloody Fifth (The 5th Texas Infantry) |
|
| 2015 - 2016 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept 17, 2015 |
Richard Sommers |
Decision at Darbytown: The Final Full Fight of Lee’s Texans |
| Oct 15, 2015 |
Richard McCaslin |
Lost Cause Legacy: Rip Ford and the Rio Grande Expeditionary Force |
| Nov 19, 2015 |
Rick Eiserman |
Will the Real Private Joe Joskins Please Step Forward? |
| Dec 10, 2015 |
Andrew Hall |
Civil War Blockade Running on the Texas Coast |
| Jan 21, 2016 |
Edwin C. Bearss |
The Kentucky Campaign and the Battle of Perryville |
| Feb 18, 2016 |
Charles Grear |
In Defense of My Native State—Why Texans Fought |
| Mar 17, 2016 |
Gary Joiner |
Union Naval Operations in the Red River Campaign |
| Apr 21, 2016 |
Caroline Janney |
Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation |
| May 19, 2016 |
Stephen M. Sam Hood |
The Lost Papers of General John Bell Hood |
|
| 2014 - 2015 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept 18, 2014 |
Brian S. Wills |
Sherman Aims for Atlanta: 1864 |
| Oct 16, 2014 |
Michael Parrish |
Col. William P. Rogers of Texas (2nd Tex. Inf.), and the Battle of Corinth |
| Nov 20, 2014 |
John Michael Priest |
Battle of South Mountain |
| Dec 11, 2014 |
John C. Waugh |
The Compromise of 1850 |
| Jan 15, 2015 |
Edwin C. Bearss |
Battle of Five Forks |
| Feb 19, 2015 |
Keith Bohannon |
Battle of Chickamauga |
| Mar 19, 2015 |
Dr. Sally Anne Schmidt |
The Nau Civil War Collection |
| Apr 16, 2015 |
Gordon Rhea |
Grant's Overland Campaign - 1864 |
| May 21, 2015 |
Eric Jacobson |
(2016 Vandiver Award Recipient)
Baptism of Fire - in the Federal Lines at Franklin |
|
| 2013 - 2014 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept 19, 2013 |
Jeffery Prushankin |
Kirby Smith / Richard Taylor |
| Oct 17, 2013 |
John Lundberg |
Battle of Franklin |
| Nov 21, 2013 |
Michael Bailey |
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay |
| Dec 12, 2013 |
John C. Waugh |
Grant & Lincoln -- City Point to Appomattox |
| Jan 16, 2014 |
Edwin C. Bearss |
Did the Confederate States Really Have Any Hope of Winning the War? |
| Feb 20, 2014 |
Stephen Kinnaman |
Capt. Bulloch |
| Mar 20, 2014 |
Gordon Rhea |
(2014 Vandiver Award Recipient)
The Overland Campaign |
| Apr 17, 2014 |
Pat Falci |
Up Came A.P. Hill - Cedar Mountain to Antietam |
| May 15, 2014 |
Edward Bonekemper |
Lincoln & Grant |
|
| 2012 - 2013 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept 20, 2012 |
Brian Steel Wills |
"Charge Them Both Ways!" Nathan Bedford Forrest at Parker's Crossroads |
| Oct 18, 2012 |
Craig Symonds |
Lincoln and His Admirals |
| Nov 15, 2012 |
Sally Anne Schmidt |
(John L. Nau III - 2012 Vandiver Award Recipient)
Collecting the Civil War: Highlights from the Nau Civil War Collection. |
| Dec 13, 2012 |
John C. Waugh |
Re-electing Lincoln |
| Jan 17, 2013 |
Ed Bearss |
To Be Announced |
| Feb 21, 2013 |
Carol Berkin |
Civil War Wives |
| Mar 21, 2013 |
James Morgan |
"The Battle of Ball’s Bluff" |
| Apr 18, 2013 |
Peter Mullen |
Civil War Medicine |
| May 16, 2013 |
Scott Bowden |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 2011 - 2012 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept 16, 2011 |
Wayne Motts |
The Seminary Tower at Gettysburg |
| Oct 20, 2011 |
Jim Robbins |
Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point |
| Nov 17, 2011 |
Amanda Foreman |
Britain and the Civil War |
| Dec 15, 2011 |
Tom Carhart |
West Point Civil War Rivalries |
| Jan 19, 2012 |
Ed Bearss |
To Be Announced |
| Feb 16, 2012 |
Stephen Kinnaman |
The Building of the Alabama |
| Mar 15, 2012 |
William McWhorter |
Texas Battlefield Preservation |
| Apr 19, 2012 |
Pat Falci |
A.P. Hill: Lee’s Forgotten General |
| May 17, 2012 |
Jerry D. Thompson |
Sibley and the Southwest |
|
| 2010 - 2011 Campaign |
|
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Sept 16, 2010 |
William W. Bergen |
Grant’s Army 1864-1865 |
| Oct 21, 2010 |
Brian McGinty |
John Brown’s Trial |
| Nov 18, 2010 |
Troy Banzhaf |
Pea Ridge Battle |
| Dec 16, 2010 |
Donald Jones |
Irish Brigade |
| Jan 20, 2011 |
Ed Bearss |
Receding Tide: Vicksburg & Gettysburg |
| Feb 17, 2011 |
Ed Bonekemper |
Six Turning Points of War |
| Mar 17, 2011 |
James Bevill |
Confederate Money |
| Apr 21, 2011 |
Don Frazier |
Fire in the Cane Field:
The Invasion of Louisiana and Texas January 1861 to January 1863 |
| May 19, 2011 |
Jack Waugh |
Maxey and the Indians |
