Coming June 6, 2013

Walter E. Wilson will discuss his book James Bulloch: Secret Agent and Mastermind of the Confederate Navy. Walt Wilson is a retired Navy Captain with over 28 years of active duty service as an Intelligence Officer. After leaving the Navy in 2002, he and his wife of over 40 years returned to their roots in Texas. He is the co-author of the first biography of James D. Bulloch, Secret Agent and Mastermind of the Confederate Navy. As the former head of the Navy's intelligence operations in Europe, Walt felt a special connection with Bulloch, the ingenious secret agent who conjured up a fleet of cruisers and blockade runners from his base in Liverpool against incredible odds during the American Civil War. Bulloch was also the favorite Uncle and mentor of a future U.S. President, Theodore Roosevelt.

Michael Russert will present a lecture, “The Fenians: The Irish and the Civil War”.  Michael Russert is a frequent speaker at our Roundtable.  He has written several articles about the Civil War and has served as a tour guide to the Gettysburg Battlefield. He is a native of Buffalo, NY and currently resides in Cambridge, NY.  He is on the book review staff of The Civil War News and Multicultural Journal.  Mike is a member of the North Shore Civil War Roundtable and the Company of Military Historians.  He was the former Director of the New York State Veterans Oral History Program.

Coming April 4, 2013

The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln in New York City, A multi media Presentation by author / historian Richard Sloan. Lincoln Group of New York founding member and past President, Richard Sloan, Mr. Sloan, an authority on the funeral will detail in words, pictures (both then and now), and music, each and every step of the funeral procession. This funeral was unequalled in American history, certainly to that point in time. The ceremonies were so elaborate that they required two days to complete. Sloan, a resident of Massapequa, long-time student of the Lincoln assassination and a founding member of the Lincoln Group of New York, has given this presentation throughout the region, as well as at locations along the Eastern Seaboard, from Washington to Boston. For many years the editor of a popular newsletter about Lincoln, Sloan has had articles about the assassination and Lincoln in the Cinema published in books and magazines, including, "Lincoln Legends," in which he is credited with having helped debunk two controversial Lincoln discoveries. Sloan has also appeared on an episode of the PBS series, "History Detectives," which dealt with John Wilkes Booth. Most recently, his contribution to the book “The Lincoln Assassination: Crime and Punishment, Myth and Memory” has drawn attention. One of 10 contributors to turn their attention to the great Civil War president's assassination in the book, Sloan’s is a unique and convincingly first-person, present tense account of the procession and pageantry which accompanied the funeral tour of Lincoln’s body through Manhattan a few days after he was assassinated.

Coming March 7, 2013

Thursday March 7, Scott Mingus will discuss his book, The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863.  Scott L. Mingus, Sr. is a scientist and executive in the paper and printing industry, and holds patents in self-adhesive postage stamp products and in bar code labels. He has written nine books on the American Civil War. The most recent is a new biography of General/Governor William Smith of Virginia, whose actions at Gettysburg created controversy, and then as the wartime governor advocated arming slaves and enrolling them in the army. He has written articles for several magazines, including The Gettysburg Magazine. He maintains a blog on York County, Pennsylvania, in the Civil War for the York Daily Record.

Mingus also has written several booklets on wargaming the Civil War, including the two-volume Enduring Valor: Gettysburg in Miniature, the popularly acclaimed Undying Courage: The Antietam Campaign in Miniature, Touched With Fire, and Crossed Sabers: Gettysburg in Miniature. His latest work, Brothers Divided, features a dozen new scenarios from the Gettysburg campaign. He and his wife Debi publish Charge!, the leading international fanzine for ACW miniature wargaming.

A native of southeastern Ohio, he graduated from Miami University after majoring in Paper Science and Engineering. Mingus spent 23 years working for office products giant Avery Dennison in the Cleveland area before joining Glatfelter, a global manufacturer of specialty papers, in 2001. He and his family live near York, Pennsylvania.

In his book The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863, Mingus begins by providing a sweeping history of the Louisiana Tigers; their predecessors, Wheat's Tigers; the organizational structure and leadership of the brigade in 1863; and the personnel that made up its ranks. Covering the Tigers' movements and battle actions in depth, he then turns to the brigade's march into the Shenandoah Valley and the Tigers' key role in defeating the Federal army at the Second Battle of Winchester. (Amazon)

Coming January 3, 2013

Thursday January 3, Dick Simpson will present a slide show on the  Battle of Franklin Tennessee.  Dick Simpson, and his wife Deborah, spend their summers on Willoughby Lake in Westmore Vermont.   Dick’s family has lived in the area for six generations. He is the Historian for the Town of Westmore where he lectures on local history. From November to April they live in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Dick is a native Long Islander and former president of the Northport Historical Society. 

Dick has been touring Civil War battlefields since Junior High School, mostly following the 3rd and 15th Vermont Regiments in which his relatives fought and died. He now has six Civil War slide programs that he has given the last eight years to over 30 Civil War Round Tables.  With 20 lectures scheduled for 2012, he will have given over 140 lectures in nine years. With these lectures he has raised over $10,000 dollars for battlefield preservation through lecture donations and his Civil War book raffles.  This year Dick is receiving special awards for his outstanding fund raising efforts by the Delaware Valley and Hershey Civil War Round Tables.

Dick is a civilian Civil War reenactor portraying Frederick Holbrook, the Civil War governor of Vermont and he was featured in the January 2010 issue of Gettysburg Magazine. He is an active member of dozens of Civil War organizations in Vermont, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Coming December 6, 2012

The North Shore Civil War Roundtable will hold its annual Collectors’ Showcase on Thursday, December 6^th at the South Huntington Public Library. The Collectors’ Showcase features the private collections of many of our members and includes hundreds of items from the Civil War including firearms, items for daily living, newspapers, magazines, flags, and other ephemera – all Civil War related.  Additionally, there will be a display of Civil War related books that will be free for the taking. The showcase will begin at 7:00 p.m. and is open to all.  Everyone with an interest In the Civil War is cordially invited to attend one of our most exciting meetings of the year.                                               

Coming November 1, 2012

Lincoln Group of New York founding member and past President, Richard Sloan, will deliver a multimedia presentation, The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln in New York City.  Mr. Sloan, an authority on the funeral will detail in words, pictures (both then and now), and music, each and every step of the funeral procession. This funeral was unequalled in American history, certainly to that point in time. The ceremonies were so elaborate that they required two days to complete. Sloan, a resident of Massapequa, long-time student of the Lincoln assassination and a founding member of the Lincoln Group of New York, has given this presentation throughout the region, as well as at locations along the Eastern Seaboard, from Washington to Boston. For many years the editor of a popular newsletter about Lincoln, Sloan has had articles about the assassination and Lincoln in the Cinema published in books and magazines, including, "Lincoln Legends," in which he is credited with having helped debunk two controversial Lincoln discoveries. Sloan has also appeared on an episode of the PBS series, "History Detectives," which dealt with John Wilkes Booth. Most recently, his contribution to the book “The Lincoln Assassination: Crime and Punishment, Myth and Memory” has drawn attention. One of 10 contributors to turn their attention to the great Civil War president's assassination in the book, Sloan’s is a unique and convincingly first-person, present tense account of the procession and pageantry which accompanied the funeral tour of Lincoln’s body through Manhattan a few days after he was assassinated.