The Northern Illinois Civil War Round Table

Everyone is welcome at our monthly meetings.

Lincoln We meet September through June, generally on the first Friday of each month, at 7:30 p.m. See list of meeting dates and speakers below for our 2022-2023 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. Discussion Meetings will be zoom only for the remainder of 2022-23.

Arlington Heights Memorial Library
500 N Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL
For more information, contact Bruce Allardice bsa1861@att.net

For our 2022-2023 program year, we proudly welcome these outstanding speakers:


September 9, 2022	*Laurie Schiller*	The 29th USCT at the Crater

October 7, 2022	*Jerry Allen*	The 8th Wisconsin

November 4, 2022	*Phil Angelo*	Morgan's Raid

December 2, 2022	*David Powell*	The Tullahoma Campaign

January 6, 2023	*Pat McCormick*	The North Anna

February 3, 2023	*Mary Abroe*	Civil war Centennial: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Bounds of Selective Memory

March 3, 2023	*Rob Girardi*	TBA

April 7, 2023	*Michael Wynne*	The real Story of the Rock Island POW Camp (zoom only)

May 5, 2023	*Wayne Rhine*	The Kearsage

June 2, 2023	*David Zarefsky*	The Strategy of Lincoln's First Inaugural Address