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Scheduled Events (all times Eastern except where noted)
February 20, 7:30 p.m.
Hershey Civil War Round Table, Harrisburg, PA (virtual)
Burnside’s Sand March: The Forgotten North Carolina Expedition
March 11, 6:30 p.m.
Loudoun County Civil War Roundtable, Leesburg, VA
Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The USS Monitor and the Battle of Hampton Roads
June 18, 7:00 p.m.
Phil Kearny Civil War Round Table, Hasbrouck Height, NJ (virtual)
The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far
August 1-2
Emerging Civil War Annual Symposium, Spotsylvania, VA
Memphis, Tennessee: River City in the Middle
September 18-19
U. S. Naval Academy Biannual McMullen Naval History Symposium, Annapolis, MD (tentative)
The Naval Campaign for Memphis, April 12-June 6, 1862
October 17, 12:00 p.m.
Cosmos Club, Washington DC
The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far
Previous Events
Presentations at History Conferences
- North American Society for Oceanic History Annual Conference
May 2018, 2019, Jul. 2021, Jun. 2022, Jun. 2024 - U. S. Naval Academy Biannual McMullen Naval History Symposium
Sept. 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023 - Gettysburg Heritage Center, Gettysburg, PA, Jul. 2017, Aug. 2021, Jul. 2022, Jul. 2023
- Emerging Civil War Annual Symposium, Spotsylvania, VA, Aug. 2019
- National Maritime Historical Society, Maritime Heritage Conference
Sept. 2010, 2014
Presentations at Civil War Roundtables
- Miami Civil War Round Table Book Club, Miami, FL (Virtual), Dec. 2024
- Rock Valley Civil War Roundtable, Rockford, IL (virtual), Sept. 2024
- Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table, Cullowhee, NC, Mar. 2018, Jul. 2019, Jun. 2024
- Montgomery County Civil War Round Table, Gaithersburg, MD, Sept. 2021 (Virtual), Apr. 2024
- Civil War Round table of Atlanta, Griffin, GA, Feb 2024
- Civil War Round Table Congress (virtual), Jan. 2024
- Rappahannock Valley Civil War Round Table, Fredericksburg, VA, Feb. 2022, Jan. 2024
- Miami Civil War Round Table Book Club, Miami, FL (Virtual), Dec. 2023
- Brunswick Civil War Roundtable, Southport, NC, Nov. 2022, Nov. 2023
- Civil War Round Table of Wilmington, DE, May 2023
- Milwaukee Civil War Round Table, Milwaukee, WI, Mar. 2023
- Chicago Civil War Round Table, Chicago, IL, Mar. 2023
- Miami Civil War Round Table Book Club, Miami, FL, Nov. 2022 (Virtual)
- First Defenders Civil War Round Table, Reading, PA, Mar. 2022
- Chickamauga & Chattanooga Civil War Round Table, Chattanooga, TN, Jan. 2022 (Virtual)
- Dan Sickles Civil War Round Table, New York, Dec. 2021 (Virtual)
- Central Louisiana, Nov. 2021 (Virtual)
- Hampton Roads, Hampton Roads, VA, May 2020, May 2021 (Virtual)
- District of Columbia, Dec. 2016, Jan. 2021 (Virtual)
- Central New Jersey, Avenel, NJ, Nov. 2020 (Virtual)
- Cape Fear, Wilmington, NC, Sep. 2020 (Virtual)
- North Florida, May 2020 (Virtual)
- Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA, Jan. 2016, Sep. 2019
- California University of Pennsylvania, Apr. 2019
- Powhatan, Powhatan, VA, Oct. 2018
- Richmond, VA, Jul. 2017
- Fredericksburg, VA, Jan. 2017
- Bull Run, Centreville, VA, Dec. 2016
- Shenandoah Valley, Harrisonburg, VA, Sep. 2016
- Harpers Ferry, Harpers Ferry, WV, Sep. 2016
- Loudoun County, Leesburg, VA, Aug. 2016
- Rockbridge, Lexington, VA, Feb. 2016
Presentations at Other Events
- Falls Church Military History Forum, Falls Church, VA, Mar. 2016, Feb. 2021 (Virtual), Jan. 2022, Jan. 2023, Apr. 2023, Mar. 2024
- Civil War Talk (virtual), Nov. 2023
- Naval Order of the United States Monthly History Presentation (Virtual), Sep. 2023
- Fairfax City Military History Group, Fairfax, VA, Nov. 2019 (Virtual), May 2023
- Military History Club, Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, MO, Sep. 2022 (Virtual)
- Princess Anne SCV Camp, Virginia Beach, VA, Sep. 2022
- James City Cavalry SCV Camp, Williamsburg, VA, Jul. 2022
- Brass Cannon Brewing Monthly Lecture Series, Williamsburg, VA, Jul. 2022
- National Museum of the United States Navy, Feb. 2016, Apr. 2021 (Virtual)
- Civil War Talk Online Forum, Mar. 2021
- Historic Blenheim and the Civil War Interpretive Center, Fairfax, VA, Mar. 2021 (Virtual)
- American Civil War Museum, Richmond, VA, Mar. 2021(Virtual)
- Sons of Confederate Veterans, Keysville, VA, Apr. 2018.
- Athenaeum Civil War Authors Series, Alexandria, VA, Jan. 2018.
- Thomas Balch Library Lecture Series, Leesburg, VA, Oct. 2016
- U.S. Navy Memorial, Authors on Deck Series, Jun. 2016
- Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Lab Colloquia, May 2016
- University Club of Washington DC, Military History Speakers, Apr. 2016
- Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society, Apr. 2016
- Military Monday on BlogTalk Radio, Interview, Feb. 2016
- Naval War College Museum, Eight Bells Lecture Series, Jan. 2016
- Winchester Book Gallery, Winchester, VA, Book signing, Jan. 2016, June 2021