Announcements

2027 Battlefield Tour - Chickamauga/Chattanooga. April 28-May 1, 2027. More info to come. 2026 Battlefield Tour - Charleston. April 29-May 2, 2026. See our Battlefield Tour page for more information.

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People should check whether the event will be broadcast on Zoom.

July 14th, McHenry County CWRT: Bruce Allardice on "Aloha Oe! Hawaii and the American Civil War"
July 21st, Lincoln-Davis CWRT: John Horn on "Lee Besieged"
July 25th, Chicago CWRT Board Meeting at Camp Girardi
Aug. 3rd, Rock Valley CWRT: Rachael Mellen on "The 55th Illinois"
Aug. 11th, McHenry County CWRT: TBA
Aug. 16th, Lincoln-Davis CWRT: Serena Ald on "The Underground Railroad in Illinois"
Aug. 27th, South Suburban CWRT: John Horn on "The Battle of Petersburg"
Sept. 8th, McHenry County CWRT: TBA
Sept. 11th, Chicago CWRT: James Marten on "The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long War"
Sept. 14th, Rock Valley CWRT: Raymond McKoski on "David Davis: Lincoln Loyalist and Impartial Jurist"
Sept. 15th, Lincoln-Davis CWRT: Rob Girardi on "General John Logan"
Sept. 24th, South Suburban CWRT: Rachel Mellen on "55th Illinois Regiment"
Oct. 5th, Rock Valley CWRT: Steve Leonard on "John Bell Hood and the Battle of Nashville"
Oct. 9th, Chicago CWRT: Joshua Lindamood on "Black Thursday: the Battle of Sailor's Creek"
Oct. 13th, McHenry County CWRT: TBA
Oct. 20th, Lincoln-Davis CWRT: Ed Urban on "The Queen of the West"
Oct. 22nd, South Suburban CWRT: Ron Kirkwood on "Soldier's Stories from Gettsyburg"
Nov. 2nd, Rock Valley CWRT: Doug Dammann on "Elmer Ellsworth and the U.S. Zouave Cadets"
Nov. 13th, Chicago CWRT: Bob Miller on "Angels of the Battlefield: Catholic Nuns in the Civil War"
Nov. 10th, McHenry County CWRT: TBA
Nov. 17th, Lincoln-Davis CWRT: Andrea Nolen on "Lincoln's Counterfeiters"
Nov. 19th, South Suburban CWRT: Eric Benjaminson on "The 82nd Illinois at Gettysburg"
Dec. 7th, Rock Valley CWRT: Jared Peatman on "Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine"
Dec. 8th, McHenry County CWRT: TBA
Dec. 11th, Chicago CWRT: Stuart Dempsey, topic TBA
Dec. 15th, Lincoln-Davis CWRT: John Beatty on "Shiloh"
Jan. 8th, 2027, Chicago CWRT: Dan Masters on "Hell By the Half Acre: The Stones River Campaign"
Jan. 28th, South Suburban CWRT: Brian Seiter on "The Battle of Wilson's Creek"
Feb. 12th, Chicago CWRT: Rob Girardi on "Gouverneur K. Warren in the Gettysburg Campaign"
Feb. 25th, South Suburban CWRT: Debate Meeting: Election of 1864; Grant vs. Lee
March 12th, Chicago CWRT: Doug Dammann, Nevins-Freeman Address: Tar-Heel and The Yankee: Civil War Veterans Who Played in the First Intercollegiate Football Game on November 6, 1869
March 25th, South Suburban CWRT: Ed Urban on "The Battle of Pea Ridge"
April 9th, Chicago CWRT: Dave Powell on "Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?"
April 22nd, South Suburban CWRT: Mark Laubacher, "Dr. George B. Todd: Medical Officer on Land, River, Sea"
May 14th, Chicago CWRT: Caroline Janney on "John S. Mosby"
May 27th, South Suburban CWRT: Jon Sebastian, Topic TBA
June 11th, Chicago CWRT: Kevin Donovan, topic TBA

Speakers Bureau
Looking for a good presentation on the Civil War for your library, school, historical society, or civic group? The Coalition of CWRTs of Northern Illinois has put together a Speakers Bureau to help you find one.

Best of all, most presentations are FREE!! Click here for a Speaker Registry printable list, with details and contact information.

House Divided Series
Bjorn Skaptason at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop reminds us of their series of Civil War talks. For more information on these and upcoming events, visit Abraham Lincoln Bookshop.

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