Paul Finkelman spoke on "Lincoln and Emancipation"

Dr. Craig L. Symonds who spoke on the "Blockade!" and is also the recipient of the 2009 Chicago Civil War Round Table's Nevins-Freeman award for excellence in Civil War scholarship.

Dr. Harold E. Leichenko remembered

Images captured during the annual Civil War Institute (CWI) conference held at the Gettysburg College, June 2009.

Thomas Cartwright on "Cleburne and Sherman at Missionary Ridge"

The Civil War Round Table of Chicago

Robert A. Carlson 1938 - 2009 Remembered

David Herbert Donald 1920 - 2009 Remembered

James Ogden on, "Chickamauga - Rescue of Horseshoe Ridge"

Battle of Richmond...2nd largest battle in KY, an overwhelming Confederate victory & a final stop at the home of Cassius Marcellus Clay, the Lion of White Hall

Visited the Richmond, KY battlefield and the home of Cassius Marcellus Clay, the Lion of Whitehall

Fun Night!!!

Visits to Lincoln's birthplace, Tebb's Bend, and Knobb Creek, Lincoln's boyhood home

Lexington Cemetery - Henry Clay's Home

Battle of Mill Springs, the site where Confederate Gen'l Felix Zollicoffer was killed, & a visit to Camp Wildcat

Mill Springs Battlefield...this January 1862 battle ensured Union control of Eastern KY - Wildcat Mountain...October 1861 battle was the first Union victory in the Western theater. Dinner followed that evening with A. Wilson Greene as our guest speaker.

Perryville, KY Battlefield - largest, bloodiest battle fought in KY...nearly 8,000 killed and wounded on both sides in one day. It secured KY for the Union for the rest of the war. Dinner followed that evening with Ed Bearss as our guest speaker.

Our Accommodations & the Perryville Battlefield

Wednesday Arrival, Crowne Plaza, The Campbell House, Lexington, KY

Stephen R. Wise on "Gate of Hell: The 1863 Campaign for Battery Wagner and Charleston"

Dr. John Latschar spoke on, "Reinterpreting Gettysburg: The Lessons from Gettysburg?"

Bruce Allardice, our 2009-'10 Nevins-Freeman Award Recipient, on "Lincoln as a War Leader"

Frank O'Reilly on "Hidden Fredericksburg - the Battle We Thought We Knew"