Events and Presentations

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

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.

"The Homefront in Civil War Missouri"

St Charles Civil War Roundtable

March 5, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Kathryn Linneman Library

St. Charles, Missouri

"Steamboat Disasters of the Lower Missouri River"

7:00 p.m.

June 6, 2024

Bella Vista Civil War Roundtable

Bella Vista, AR 72715

"Jesse James: The Man, The Myth, The Movie"

August 22, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.

Monroe County Historical Society

Waterloo, Illinois