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(CWFMNY)
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The war balloon at General McDowell's headquarters preparing for
a reconnaissance. Library of Congress |
Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of April
April 18, 2012
The Infernal
Balloon:
Union Aeronautics
during the American Civil War
Major Joseph Scott
US Military Academy
at West Point
5:30 pm: Cash bar |
6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Note new location
O'Casey's, 22 East 41st
Street,
off Fifth Avenue |
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The speaker's book. See also the
speaker's bio
here. |
Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of March
March 21, 2012
The Devil’s Own Work:
The Civil War Draft Riots
and the Fight to Reconstruct America
Barnet Schecter
Author
5:30 pm: Cash
bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th
Street |
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The speaker's new book. See
also the speaker's website at
http://jamiemalanowski.com/ |
Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of February
February 15, 2012
Please note topic and speaker
changeAnd the War Came....
Jamie Malanowski
The New York Times
5:30 pm: Cash
bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th
Street |
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of January
January 18, 2012
Gettysburg’s
Bloody Wheatfield Jay Jorgensen
Author 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
March past of the 'Garibaldi Guard' before President Lincoln, 1861-1865 (c1880). See also.
| Dinner & talk
on the second Wednesday of December
December 14, 2011
The Garibaldi Guard
39th NY Volunteer Infantry Mark Luongo
Civil War re-enactor
5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
The speaker has an extensive website at http://ronsoodalter.com
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of November
November 16, 2011
The Quality of Mercy:
President Lincoln’s
Power to Pardon Ron Soodalter
Author 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
The speaker has an extensive website at ericwittenberg.com.
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of October
October 19, 2011
Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly:
The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren Eric Wittenberg
Author 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
One of the speaker's recent books.
See others here.
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of September
September 21, 2011
Note change of topic and speaker The Antietam Peace William B. Styple
Author 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
Cover of the speaker's book
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of July
July 20, 2011
The 2nd Annual William Henry Seward Award to:
Shadow of Shiloh:
Major General Lew Wallace
in the Civil War
Gail Stephens
Author 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
 | Dinner & talk
on the fourth Wednesday of May
May 25, 2011
Flames Beyond Gettysburg:
The Gordon Expedition Scott Mingus, Sr.
Author 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
Robert E. Lee as a West Point cadet. | Dinner & talk
on the second Wednesday of April
April 13, 2011
Gentlemen
or Traitors?
West Point's Memory
of Robert E. Lee
and the Confederate Generals Col. Ty Seidule
United States Military Academy at West Point 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
Secession vs. Union illustration, Harper’s Weekly, 1863. Image Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. See http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661658/
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of March
March 16, 2011
Was the Civil War
Inevitable? Jamie Malanowski
The New York Times 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braxton_Bragg
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of February
February 16, 2011
Braxton Bragg, Jefferson Davis and
The Confederate Failure of Command in the West Lou McElwee
CWFMNY 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
1864 McClellan campaign poster
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of January
January 19, 2011
What if...? Paul Windels will moderate
a Member Panel.
Nathan Burkan: What if Lincoln lost the 1864 election?
Lou McElwee: What if Jefferson Davis had not relieved Joseph E Johnston before Atlanta in 1864?
Paul Windels: What if John Reynolds had not been killed on the 1st day of the Battle of Gettysburg? 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of November
Wednesday
December 15, 2010
Henry Halleck:
His Genius and His Dark Side
Jim Santagata
CWFMNY 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of November
The Fiery Trial:
Abraham Lincoln
and American Slavery
Dr. Eric Foner
Prof., Columbia University, author Wednesday
November 17, 2010 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
John Brown
(May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859)
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of October
John Brown:
The Abolitionist and his Legacy
Prof. James Basker
Barnard College/ Gilder Lehrman Institute Wednesday
October 20, 2010 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
Ely Samuel Parker (1828 – August 31, 1895), (born Hasanoanda, later known as Donehogawa) was a Native American of the Seneca nation who was an attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War..... See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely_S._Parker
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of August
Grant’s Indian
Peter Johnson
Author Wednesday
September 15, 2010 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
The speaker's first book, Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions at Amazon. See also his interesting website Rantings of a Civil War Historian
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of August Plenty of Blame to Go Around:
Jeb Stuart’s Controversial Ride
to Gettysburg Eric Wittenberg
Historian, author Wednesday
August 18, 2010 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
Cover of Prof. Waugh's award-winning book
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of July U.S. Grant:
American Hero, American Myth Joan Waugh
UCLA Winner of the first annual
William Henry Seward Award for Excellence
in Civil War Biography
Click here to see the CWFMNY press release
about this new award Wednesday,
July 21 2010 5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner
Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
See many more railroad photos with details at the Owens Archive
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of June The Importance of the
United States Military Railroad
Then and Now Dan Jacobs
Amateur historian Wednesday, June 16, 2010
5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of May The Lincoln DNA Debate Gary Grove
GAR Museum & Library Wednesday, May 19, 2010
5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
Confederate half dollar.
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of April Civil War Economics Matthew Borowick
Civil War Round Table of Central New Jersey Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
Illustration from Harper's Weekly, October 18, 1862
| Dinner & talk
on the fourth Wednesday of March The Murder
of Major General Nelson Tom Fleming
Author Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
Logo of The Civil War Preservation Trust < click to see their website | Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of February Wednesday, February 17, 2010
5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800 – March 2, 1878) From 1861 to 1862 he was chairman of the important Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. See also the Wikipedia article.
| Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of January The Joint Committee
on the
Conduct of the War Jim Santagata
The Civil War Forum of Metro NY Wednesday, January 20, 2010
5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
Cover of the speaker's book
on U.S. Grant | Dinner & talk
on the third Wednesday of December Unheroic Heroes
Ulysses Grant and George Marshall
Supreme Command in America's Two Greatest Wars Josiah Bunting
Military officer and author,
an educator and college President December 16, 2009
5:30 pm: Cash bar | 6:00 pm Buffet Dinner Roger Smith Hotel Lexington Ave and 47th Street |
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Our organization's newsletter:
NEW !
The December, 2009
Sharpshooter
The October, 2009
Sharpshooter
A few photos from our inaugural trip to Philadelphia
click here
"Lincoln and New York" at the New-York Historical Society to celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth. The exhibition runs through March 25, 2010.
170 Central Park West near 77th street 212.873.3400.
(The NYHS website is sometimes down so see also this release.)
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