Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Annual Ft. Snelling Civil War Symposium

1860: America on the Eve of War
When: Saturday, April 24th, 2010 - 9:30 am
Where: Historic Ft. Snelling
Speakers include SCSU Professors Betsy Glade and Tara Harl

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

2009-10 Meeting Schedule

All meetings are held at 7 pm at the Whitney Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009:
Erik Klitzke: “The Battles of Wilson’s Creek and Pea Ridge”

Tuesday, October 6, 2009:
No Meeting

Tuesday, November 3, 2009:
Newell Chester: “The Lincoln-Douglas Debates”

Tuesday, December 8, 2009:
Professor William Huntzicker: "The Portrayal of Minorities in the 19th Century Press"

Tuesday, January 5, 2010:
Ken Martens: "Civil War Medicine"

Tuesday, February 2, 2010:
Allan T. Kohl: "John Tenniel & the American Civil War: Political Cartoons from Punch, 1860-65"

Tuesday, March 2, 2010:
Charlie Pautlier: "Comparing and Contrasting the Civil War and World War One"

Tuesday, April 6, 2010:
Mike Hansen: “Grenville Dodge: The Favorite Volunteer General of Lincoln, Grant & Sherman”

Tuesday, May 4, 2010:
Professor Tom Dockendorff: “Gettysburg: Day 2”

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

New!

Field Trip: #1

When: Tuesday, February 10th at 6:30 pm
Where: The Military Museum at Camp Ripley
What: To see 29 Civil War flags - Stephen Osman, former director of Ft. Snelling, will lead our tour.

Field Trip #2

When: TBA, likely Saturday, April 18th or Saturday, May 9th
Where: Litchfield, MN area
What: To see Fort Pipe Lake, an 1863 sod army fort used during the Dakota War, and the Litchfield GAR, one of the few existing GAR halls remaining

Fort Snelling Civil War Symposium: Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Monday, September 1, 2008

2008-09 Roundtable Meeting Schedule

Tuesday, September 9, 2008:
Lt. Col. James Fischer: “War in the First Person: Analyzing the Human Experience in Combat”

Tuesday, October 7, 2008:
Ken Flies: “The Battle of Nashville”

Monday, November 10, 2008:
Professor Tom Dockendorff: “Gettysburg: Day 1”

Tuesday, December 2, 2008:
Stephen Osman: “Fort Snelling and the Civil War”

Tuesday, January 6, 2009:
Bill Barington: “Minnesota’s Fort Pipe”

Tuesday, February 3, 2009:
Professor Tom Hosier: “Minnesota’s Wood Lake Battlefield”

Tuesday, March 3, 2009:
Show-and-Tell

Tuesday, April 7, 2009:
Professor Tara Harl: "The Franklin Aftermath: The Civilian's Perspective"

Tuesday, May 5, 2009:
Rebecca Rubinstein: "Minnesota's Civil War Graves"

The Roundtable meets monthly during the school year. Meetings are held at the Whitney Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud at 7 pm. For more information, please contact Win Anderson at 230-1317 or at winandbrian@charter.net