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James W Erwin

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For the Missouri Speakers Bureau, I will be available to give two presentations:

"A Missouri Love Story: Ulysses and Julia Dent Grant at White Haven" and "Movies Made in Missouri." Some presentation may be underwritten by the Missouri Humanities Council. For details about the programs, contact me or go to the Missouri Humanities Council website. 


If you are looking for other topics--no problem. I also give  presentations on the following topics:


Guerrillas in Civil War Missouri


Guerrilla Hunters in Civil War Missouri


Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri (a combination of the first two)


Homefront in Civil War Missouri


Women Soldiers in the Civil War


Jesse James: The Man, The Myth, The Movie


Spies, Couriers, Saboteurs and Secret Societies in the Civil War


History of St. Charles


Missouri's First African American Regiment: The 56th United States Colored Infantry


Rebel Women in Civil War Missouri


The Medal of Honor in the Missouri-Kansas Guerrilla War


Notable Crimes of St. Charles County


The Battle of Pilot Knob


The Civil War History of the Medal of Honor


A Military Force for the Suppression of the Rebellion: The Missouri State Militia and the Enrolled Missouri Militia


Steamboat Disasters on the Lower Missouri River


Notorious Missouri: Two Hundred Years of Historic Crimes


A Missouri Love Story: Ulysses and Julia Grant at White Haven


Movies Made In Missouri


Each presentation is accompanied by a PowerPoint slide show. The presentations are normally about 50 minutes, but I can tailor them to any length you need.

Upcoming Presentations

“A Missouri Love Story: Ulysses and Julia Grant at White Haven.”  

Scenic Regional Library Warrenton Branch

912 State Highway 47

Warrenton, Missouri 63383

636-456-3321

February 4, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.


“A Missouri Love Story: Ulysses and Julia Grant at White Haven.”  

Lake St Louis Historical Society

Community Clubhouse

100 Cognac Court

Lake St. Louis, Missouri 63367

March 19, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.


"Steamboat Disasters on the Lower Missouri River"

Gage County Historical Society & Museum

101 North 2d Street

Beatrice, Nebraska 68310

402-228-1678

March 29, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.


Conversation with John Bicknell re John Fremont

Left Bank Books

399 North Euclid

St. Louis, Missouri 63108

April 16 at 6:00 p.m.


"A Military Force for Suppressing the Rebellion: The Missouri State Militia and the Enrolled Missouri Militia"

Civil War Roundtable of St. Louis

Affton Elks Lodge

6330 Heege Road

St. Louis, Missouri 63123

April 23, 2025 7:30 p.m. (virtual)


"Movies Made in Missouri"

Ozark Natural & Cultural Resource Center

202 South Main Street

Salem Missouri 

May 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.


"A Military Force for Suppressing the Rebellion: The Missouri State Militia and the Enrolled Missouri Militia"

Civil War Roundtable of St. Charles

Kathryn Linnemann Library

2323 Elm Street

St. Charles, Missouri 63301

July 1, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.


"Movies Made in Missouri"

Mid-Continent Public Library

13700E 35th Street South

Independence, Missouri 64055

July 21, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.


"Movies Made in Missouri"

Scenic Regional Library--Sullivan Branch

525 Cumberland Way

Sullivan, Missouri 63080


"Steamboat Disasters on the Lower Missouri River" (with Vicki Berger Erwin)

Wildwood Historical Society

18750 Rte. 100

Wildwood, Missouri 63069

November 9, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. 






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