2024 Battlefield tour Stones River and Franklin Date: Oct. 18-19, 2024 For details contact: Jerry Allen jallen5393@aol.com | The Northern Illinois Civil War Round Table Everyone is welcome at our monthly meetings. We meet September through June, generally on the first Friday of each month, at 7:00 p.m. See list of meeting dates and speakers below for our 2023-2024 program year. Discussion Meetings are also held the third Saturday of the month, where a topic is selected for open discussion, at 10 a.m. at the Barrington Area Library, 505 N. Northwest Highway, Barrington, IL. Regular meetings will be zoom/in-person (hybrid) starting in May 2022. Arlington Heights Memorial Library 500 N Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL For more information, contact Bruce Allardice bsa1861@att.net | For our 2023-2024 program year, we proudly welcome these outstanding speakers: |
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September 1, 2023 | Jerry Allen | Old Abe the War Eagle |
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October 6, 2023 | Bruce Allardice | "Loose Lips"--Military Secrecy During the Civil War |
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November 3, 2023 | Dave Powell | Battle of Chattanooga |
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December 1, 2023 | Rob Girardi | Stonewall Jackson (at Arl. Hts. Historical Society) |
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January 5, 2024 | Bruce Allardice | Charles Gunther: Yankee Confederate (at Arl. Hts. Library) |
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February 2, 2024 | Dennis Doyle | Illinois Regiments at Gettysburg (at Arl. Hts. Library) |
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March 1, 2024 | Steve Alban | The Election of 1860 (at Arl. Hts. Library) |
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April 5, 2024 | Larry Hewitt | Photographs of Port Hudson (at Arl. Hts. Library) |
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May 3, 2024 | Jon Sebastian | When Draftees Did Their Duty: Four Months in the 51st Illinois Infantry |
| | | June 7, 2024 | Diana Dretske | The Bonds of War: the 96th Illinois |
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Sept. 6, 2024 | Leslie Goddard | TBA |
Oct 4, 2024 | TBA | TBA |
Nov. 1, 2024 | Doug Stiles | Lincoln's Watch |
Dec. 6, 2024 | Dave Oberg | The First Illinois Light Artillery |
| | | January 3, 2025 | Gordon Ramsey | Music of the Civil War |
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