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Scheduled Events (all times Eastern except where noted)
2023
January 20
Falls Church Military History Forum, Falls Church, VA,
“Burnside’s Sand March: The Forgotten North Carolina Expedition”
March 9, 7:30 p.m. central time
Milwaukee Civil War Round Table, Milwaukee, WI
“Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The USS Monitor and the Battle of Hampton Roads”
March 10, 7:30 p.m. central time
Chicago Civil War Round Table, Chicago, IL
“Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The USS Monitor and the Battle of Hampton Roads”
April 14
Falls Church Military History Forum, Falls Church, VA,
“From Shenandoah to Seeadler: The Legacy of Civil War Commerce Raiders in WWI”
May 3, 7:30 p.m.
Civil War Round Table of Wilmington, DE
“Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The USS Monitor and the Battle of Hampton Roads”
May 17, 1:00 p.m.
Fairfax City Military History Group, Fairfax, VA
“Burnside’s Sand March: The Forgotten North Carolina Expedition”
June 23-24
CSS Neuse Museum, Kingston, NC
Naval History in the Age of Sail and Steam Symposium
Book signing
July 1, 4:00 p.m.
Gettysburg Heritage Center, Gettysburg, PA
Battle Anniversary Weekend
Civil War Naval History Q&A and book signing
August 5-6
Emerging Civil War Symposium, Spotsylvania, VA
Book signing
September 13, 8:00 p.m.
Naval Order of the United States Monthly History Presentation (Virtual)
“The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far”
September 21, 1:00 p.m.
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
McMullen Naval History Symposium
“The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far”
November 7, 7:00 p.m.
Brunswick Civil War Roundtable, Southport, NC
“The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far”
November 8, 8:30 p.m.
Civil War Talk (virtual)
“The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far”
2024
January 19, 7:00 p.m.
Civil War Round Table Congress (virtual)
“The Naval Civil War in Theaters Near and Far”
February 13, 6:45 p.m.
Civil War Round table of Atlanta, Griffin, GA
“Rebel Odyssey: The Cruise of the CSS Shenandoah”
March 15, 10:00 a.m.
Falls Church Military History Forum, Falls Church, VA
“Rebels Down Under: A Surprise Confederate Visitor Makes Mayhem in Melbourne” and
“Rebels and Aliens: Confederates on the Far Side of the World”
August 2-4
Emerging Civil War Symposium, Spotsylvania, VA
“The CSS Alabama and USS Kearsarge: Fight to the Finish” (tentative subject)
September 9
Rock Valley Civil War Roundtable, Rockford, IL
“Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The USS Monitor and the Battle of Hampton Roads”
December 15, 6:30 p.m.
Miami Civil War Round Table Book Club, Miami, FL (Virtual)
“The Sailor and the Soldier at Vicksburg: Unprecedented Joint Operations”
Previous Events
Presentations at History Conferences
- North American Society for Oceanic History Annual Conference
May 2018, 2019, Jul. 2021, Jun. 2022 - U. S. Naval Academy Biannual McMullen Naval History Symposium
Sept. 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023 - Emerging Civil War Annual Symposium, Spotsylvania, VA, Aug. 2019
- National Maritime Historical Society, Maritime Heritage Conference
Sept. 2010, 2014 - Gettysburg Heritage Center, Gettysburg, PA, Jul. 2017, Aug. 2021, Jul. 2022
Presentations at Civil War Roundtables
- Miami Civil War Round Table Book Club, Miami, FL, Nov. 2022 (Virtual)
- Brunswick Civil War Roundtable, Southport, NC, Nov. 2022
- First Defenders Civil War Round Table, Reading, PA, Mar. 2022
- Rappahannock Valley Civil War Round Table, Fredericksburg, VA, Feb. 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)
- Montgomery County, Gaithersburg, MD, Sept. 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
- Western North Carolina, Cullowhee, NC, Mar. 2018, Jul. 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
- 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
- Falls Church Military History Forum, Falls Church, VA, Mar. 2016, Feb. 2021(Virtual), Jan. 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)
- Fairfax City Military History Group, Fairfax, VA, Nov. 2019 (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