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Dr. Patrick Lewis – “My Countrymen, You Are Substantially Free”: Finding Juneteenth in Kentucky
Dr. Patrick Lewis is the Director of Collections & Research at the Filson Historical Society and co-editor of Ohio Valley History journal. A Trigg County native, he graduated from Transylvania University and holds a Ph.D. […]
Peter Cozzens – “Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South.”
Peter Cozzens is a former Army captain and Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State. The members of the Kentucky Civil War Roundtable will be the first to hear from Peter about his […]
James Hessler – Speaker for March 2023 Meeting
James Hessler has worked as a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park for two decades. Jim has authored or co-authored three full-length books on the Gettysburg campaign: Sickles at Gettysburg (2009), Pickett’s Charge […]
Dr. Paul Quigley – Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South
Dr. Paul Quigley is the Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and the James I. Robertson, Jr. Associate Professor of Civil War History in the Department of History at Virginia Tech. He […]
Cameron Sauers – F. Scott Fitzgerald & the American Civil War
Cameron Sauers is a summa cum laude graduate in History from Gettysburg College under our friend and frequent speaker Dr. Peter Carmichael and is studying for his master’s degree and doctorate in History at the […]
Dr. Gary Gallagher
Gary W. Gallagher is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He taught at Penn State University for twelve years before joining […]