ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="Description" content="The Civil War Round Table of Chicago presents noted Civil War era historians and authors from September through June. 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See list of meeting dates and speakers below for our 2011-2012 program year.</p> <table> <tr> <td width="300px" valign="top"> <p> Our meetings take place at the<br /> Mart Plaza Holiday Inn<br /> 350 N. Orleans Street, <br /> Chicago, IL 60654<br /> Validated hotel parking is $12<br /> <a href="http://www.martplaza.com/maps.cfm" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a map and directions</p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p> 5:30 pm Cash Bar<br /> 6:30 pm Dinner<br /> 7:30 pm Presentation</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> Dinner is $45 per person &#8211; There is always a choice of entrée.<br /> (Entrée options are listed below.)<br /> Presentation only is $10 per person. <br /> Payable at the door, cash or check.</p> <p> Please make your reservation in advance by contacting us at (630)460-1865 or <a href="mailto:DinnerReservations@ChicagoCWRT.org"> DinnerReservations@ChicagoCWRT.org</a>.</p> <p> When you make your dinner reservation, please be sure to indicate your entrée choice.</p> <h3> <!-- CHANGE DATE TO CURRENT MEETING DATE --> Feb. 10, 2012</h3> <p style="text-align: justify"> <!-- ADD SMALL IMAGE (25K-ish)TO "IMAGES" FOLDER THEN CHANGE IMAGE NAME BELOW --> <img border="1" src="./images/Bulkeley.jpg" alt="Harry Bulkeley" title="Harry Bulkeley" width="180" height="180" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="10" style="margin-left: 15px" /></img> <strong> <!-- CHANGE TO UPCOMMING SPEAKERS NAME --> <span class="style1">Harry Bulkeley </span></strong>on:<br /> <!-- CHANGE PRESENTATION TITLE --> <strong> &#8220;U.S. Grant:  I Propose to Fight it Out &#8220;</strong> <br /><br /> <!-- INSERT MEETING SYNOPIS HERE - ITS BEST TO SAVE THE COPY TO NOTEPAD FIRST SINCE WORDPAD AND WORD, ETC HAVE ADDITIONAL HIDDEN CHARACTERS WHICH TEND TO SCREW UP THE PAGE DISPLAY--> Ulysses S. Grant demonstrated what might be called the Peter Principle in reverse: he couldn t handle small jobs, but give him a huge task like saving the Union, and he performed marvelously well.<br /><br /> Grant s story is one of great abilities, hidden and undiscovered until a vast war brought them out. And not merely abilities as a general. His memoirs, completed just prior to his death, are rightly regarded as one of the best memoirs ever written by a historical figure.<br /><br />  I Intend to Fight It Out is a oneman show presented by Harry Bulkeley as General Ulysses S. Grant. It opens with Grant working on his memoirs shortly before his death. He narrates episodes in his life, changing uniforms as the story unfolds. Bulkeley says he tries to provide an insight into Grant as a man.  For too many people, General Grant has become a caricature. My presentation tries to explain more about the man himself. He was during his life perhaps the most admired living American of the 19th century. I want the audience to know why. <br /><br /> Harry Bulkeley and his wife Barbara live in an old Victorian house a block and a half from where he was born in Galesburg, IL. Five years ago he retired after serving as a Circuit Court judge for 24 years. Since retirement, they have spent time traveling, including visiting their three daughters who live in New York City, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.<br /><br /> Judge Bulkeley has always been interested in the Civil War. About fifteen years ago he developed an interest in Grant.  I grew a beard for the first reenactment I ever attended as a Confederate! When I got home, I was reading a biography of the general when I noticed the physical resemblance. After portraying Grant at several national events, Bulkeley appeared as the title character in  Ulysses Grant: Warrior- President for the PBS series American Experience. A few years later he was in  Sherman s March on The History Channel. This spring, he will be Grant in the new film for the visitors center at the Shiloh National Battlefield Park. <br /><br /> <!-- END SYNOPIS INSERT --> </p> <p> <b>Entrée choices are:</b><br /> Chicken Picatta<br /> Baked Orange Roughy<br /> Vegetarian or Fruit Plate <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="index.html">Back to Top</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="home.html">Home</a> <p> <b>For our 2011-2012 program year, we proudly welcome these outstanding speakers:</b></p> <p> <b><span class="style4">September 9, 2011</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/BAllardice092011.pdf" target="_blank">Synopsis</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Bruce Allardice</b><br /> <i>"Baseball and the Civil War"</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">October 14, 2011</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../Meetings/NTitone102011.pdf" target="_blank">Synopsis</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Nora Titone<br /> </b><i>"My Thoughts be Bloody". The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">November 11, 2011</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> Gail Stephens<br /> </b><i>Jubal's in the Valley, Summer, 1864</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">December 9, 2011</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> James Robertson Jr.<br /> </b><i>The Untold Civil War</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">January 13, 2012</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> Parker Hills<br /> </b><i>Chickamauga</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">February 10, 2012</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> Harry Bulkeley<br /> </b><i>U. S. Grant: "I Propose to Fight it Out"</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">March 9, 2012</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> A. Wilson Greene<br /> </b><i>Nevins-Freeman Address</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">April 13, 2012</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> Marshall Krolick<br /> </b><i>Riding for the Union: 8th Illinois Cavalry Troopers</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">May 18, 2012</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> Bruce Holden Reid<br /> </b><i>TBA</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">June 8, 2012</span><br /> Dennis Frye<br /> </b><i>Antietam</i><br /> </p> <p align="center" > <a href="../meetings.html">Back to Top</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../index.html">Home</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Copyright 2009, The Civil War Round Table of Chicago.</div> </body> </html>