by cvanornum | Jan 15, 2018 | Meeting Topics
September 21, 2021 “Milliken’s Bend: Fighting for Freedom on the Mississippi” – Linda Barnickel September 21, 2021 Early on the morning of June 7, 1863 a brigade of Texans under Gen. Henry McCulloch assaulted a Union outpost at Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana,...
by cvanornum | Jan 14, 2018 | Meeting Topics
October 19, 2021 “Bleeding Kansas” – Nicole Etcheson October 19, 2021 Americans began killing each other in Kansas Territory five years before the Civil War began. “Bleeding Kansas” explores the origins of the violence in the sectional dispute over...
by cvanornum | Jan 13, 2018 | Meeting Topics
November 16, 2021 “Black Confederates” – Larry Babits November 16, 2021 Today Black Confederates are seen as a VERY controversial topic in politically correct circles. As a veteran who entered the US Army on the 100th anniversary of the Union capture of...
by cvanornum | Nov 26, 2017 | Meeting Topics
December 21, 2021 “How Christmas Won the War” – George Romano December 21, 2021 The Civil War had a profound effect on American culture and one of those effects was how the Civil War changed the Christmas holiday in America. Christmas was part of...
by cvanornum | Nov 26, 2017 | Meeting Topics
May 18, 2021 “The Infamous Dakota War Trials of 1862: Revenge, Military Law, and the Judgment of History” – John Haymond January 19, 2021 The military commission trials that took place in the immediate aftermath of the US-Dakota War of 1862 remain an...
by cvanornum | Nov 26, 2017 | Meeting Topics
February 15, 2022 “U.S. Grant in Missouri: The Re-education of a Civil War Legend” – Dave Page February 15, 2022 Ulysses Grant began his military career in 1843 at Jefferson Barracks just south of St. Louis, Missouri. After service in the Mexican-American...
