Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Thursday, September 20, 2018
"Our Little Monitor"
Hampton Roads Civil War Round Table
Time: 7pm

Thursday, September 27, 2018
"Our Little Monitor"
American Civil War Museum
Appomattox, Va.
More info TBA.

Monday, October 1, 2018
"Civil War Dreams"
Hampton History Museum
Time: 7pm

Saturday, January 12, 2019
Webinar on Secession
Ashland University
Time: 11am

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
"Our Little Monitor"
Baltimore Bar Library
More info TBA.

Thursday, February 7, 2019
"The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Life of Abraham Lincoln"
Lincoln Club of Delaware
Wilmington, Del.

Monday, February 18, 2019
"Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War"
CNU Life Long Learning Society
Yoder Barn, Newport News, Va.
Time: 1:30pm

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Williamsburg CWRT
More info TBA

Friday, March 15, 2019
Civil War Reading Group
The Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.
More info TBA.

Saturday, March 16, 2019
Abraham Lincoln Institute annual symposium
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.
Time 9am to 5pm

Monday, March 25, 2019
Tour of Civil War Sites in Hampton Roads
Virginia Tech

Saturday, May 5, 2019
Grand Opening, American Civil War Museum
Richmond, Va.
More info TBA.

Recent Events

Saturday, August 25, 2018
"Our Little Monitor"
The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va.

Saturday, August 18, 2018
"Lincoln and Grant" on C-SPAN (Book TV)
Mississippi Book Festival
Jackson, Miss.

Friday, July 27, 2018
"Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation"
CNU Summer Teacher's Institute

Friday, July 20, 2018
"Abraham Lincoln and the American Revolution"
CNU Summer Teacher's Institute

Thursday, July 12, 2018
"Civil War Dreams"
Summer Teacher's Institute
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

Monday, July 2, 2018
"Our Little Monitor"
Hampton History Museum

Saturday, June 23, 2018
"Civil War Dreams"
Historic Blenheim, Fairfax, Va.

Monday, June 4, 2018
"Our Little Monitor"
Historical and Archeological Society of Fort Monroe
Hampton, Va.

Saturday, June 2, 2018
Society of Civil War Historians biennial meeting

Tuesday, May 15, 2018
"Civil War Dreams"
Lincoln-Davis CWRT, Chicago, Ill.

Monday, April 9, 2018
"The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Life of Abraham Lincoln"
ODU Institute for Learning in Retirement

Friday, March 30, 2018
Keynote Address: "Civil War Monuments"
Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Graduate Conference
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Saturday, March 17, 2018
Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.
See a highlight here.

Thursday, March 15, 2018
"When Presidents Ignore the Law"
Foundry Series, a conversation with Lillian Cunningham, Washington Post
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

Saturday, March 10, 2018
Conversation with Lincoln
"The Monitor in the Movies"
Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend
The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va.

Friday, March 2, 2018
"Our Little Monitor"
Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News, Va.

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 (afternoon)
"The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Life of Abraham Lincoln"
Maggie Walker Governor's School, Richmond, Va.

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 (morning)
"The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Life of Abraham Lincoln"
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
ODU Institute for Learning in Retirement

Monday, February 5, 2018
"The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Early Life of Abraham Lincoln"
CNU's Life Long Learning Society

Thursday, January 25, 2018
Banner Lecture on the USS Monitor
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
"Civil War Dreams"
James City Cavalry

Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Webinar on the Gettysburg Address
Ashland University

Saturday, November 18
Breakout Session: The “old” and the “new" with Harold Holzer & Jonathan W. White
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.

Saturday, November 18
"Lincoln’s Enemies" with Catherine Clinton, Stephen D. Engle, Walter Stahr, Jonathan W. White, and Frank J. Williams, moderator
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.

Saturday, November 18
"It All Seems Like a Dream"
28th Pennsylvania Monument Ceremony, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Gettysburg, Pa.

Friday, November 17
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.

Thursday, October 26, 2017
"Civil War Dreams"
American Civil War Museum, Appomattox, Va.

Sunday, October 22, 2017
Teach-In on White Supremacy in Lincoln's America
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newport News, Va.

Saturday, October 7, 2017
"Civil War Dreams"
Pamplin Historical Park

Thursday, August 17, 2017
"Pirates of the Civil War"
Hampton Roads CWRT

Friday, July 28, 2017
"Abraham Lincoln and the American Revolution"
Summer Teachers' Institute, Christopher Newport University

Tuesday, July 11, 2017
"Why It's Important to Remember the Civil War"
Summer Teacher's Institute
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

Monday, July 10, 2017
"Civil War Dreams"
Historical and Archeological Society of Fort Monroe

Friday, June 16, 2017
"The Imprisonment of Jefferson Davis at Fort Monroe"
Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News

Saturday, June 10, 2017
"Civil War Dreams"
Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College

Friday, May 12, 2017
"Freedom for the Opinions We Loathe"
Keynote Address, Honors Convocation
Christopher Newport University

Saturday, May 6, 2017
"Conducting Historical Research"
Workshop, CNU Writer's Workshop

Friday, May 5, 2017
"Is There Anything New to Say about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War?"
Keynote Address, CNU Writer's Workshop

Thursday, April 27, 2017
"Civil War Dreams"
Banner Lecture, Virginia Historical Society

Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Civil War Talk Radio Interview

Thursday, April 20, 2017
Cottage Conversation at the Lincoln Cottage, Washington, D.C.
With Michael Bishop.

Saturday, March 25, 2017
“A House Divided” at the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, Chicago, Ill.
With Judith Giesberg of Villanova University

Friday, March 24, 2017
Virginia Festival of the Book
"Civil War: Southern Women, Black Regiments, and Night Vision"
With Gary W. Gallagher, Catherine Clinton, and Douglas Egerton

Wednesday, March 22, 2017
"Civil War Dreams"
Major Charles Izard Maceuen Civil War Round Table of the Union League of Philadelphia

Wednesday, March 8, 2017
"Abraham Lincoln and the American Revolution"
Newport News-Warwick Daughters of the American Revolution

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
"Lincoln and Civil Liberties"
Williamsburg Civil War Round Table

Saturday, October 15, 2016
Webinar on the Dred Scott case
Ashland University

September 22-24, 2016
"The Legacy of Ex Parte Milligan"
Ex Parte Milligan at 150 Conference
Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Friday, June 10, 2016
"The Electoral College"
Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News

Friday, June 3, 2016
"Bad War Dreams"
Society of Civil War Historians
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Saturday, May 7, 2016
CNU Life Long Learning Society 35th Writer's Conference
"Telling the Truth in Nonfiction Writing"

Thursday, April 28, 2016
Conference on Abraham Lincoln
Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, UK

Thursday, March 10, 2016
Film screening of "Rebel"
Discussion with director María Agui Carter
CNU Music & Theatre Hall

Saturday, March 5, 2016
The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va.
"Pirates of the Civil War"

Thursday, February 25, 2016
Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy, Marshall University
"Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties during the Civil War"

Wednesday, January 13, 2016
The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va.
Panel Discussion of new PBS drama "Mercy Street"
Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Saturday, December 12, 2015
Ashland University
Webinar on "Lincoln and Emancipation"
With Dr. Lucas Morel of Washington and Lee University.

Friday, October 23, 2015
Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News
"The Arrest of Clement L. Vallandigham"

Monday, October 19, 2015
CNU Life Long Learning Society
"Lincoln's Dreams of Death"

Monday, October 12, 2015
Misericordia University, Dallas, Pa.
"Lincoln's Dreams of Death"

Wednesday, September 7, 2015
Civil War Talk Radio Interview

Saturday, June 20, 2015
The Fund for American Studies, Gettysburg, Pa.
"Lincoln and the Value of the Union"

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Pearl Bailey Library, Newport News
"The Battle for the Soldiers' Vote in 1864"

Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Hanna More Academy 55th Reunion
"John Merryman of Hayfields"

Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Baltimore Bar Library
"Lincoln's Advice for Lawyers"

Friday, May 29, 2015
Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center, Newport News
"Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties during the Civil War"

Friday, May 1, 2015
Lincoln Society of Virginia, Bridgewater College
"Lincoln and the Value of the Union"

Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.
"The Legacies of Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela"

Monday, April 6, 2015 (evening)
Hampton History Museum
"Lincoln's Dreams of Death"

Monday, April 6, 2015 (morning)
Historical and Archeological Society of Fort Monroe
"Lincoln's Dreams of Death"

Monday, March 23, 2015
The Civil War Forum of Metropolitan New York
"Lincoln's Dreams of Death"

Saturday, March 21, 2015
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.
"Lincoln's Dreams of Death"
On C-SPAN.

Sunday, March 8, 2015
The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia
Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Lincoln Group of New York
"Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln"

Saturday, January 31, 2015
Hampton Roads Peace Conference 150th Anniversary
Fort Monroe National Historic Monument, Hampton, Va.

Saturday, December 13, 2014
Ashland University, Ashland Ohio
Webinar on "Did Lincoln Violate the Constitution?"
With Dr. Lucas Morel of Washington and Lee University.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014
James Buchanan's Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Presidential Lecture Series

Sunday - Tuesday, November 16-18, 2014
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg
Nov. 17: "The Battle for the Soldiers' Vote"
Nov. 18: "The Campaign of '64 in Politics and Print" on C-SPAN.
Nov. 18: Q&A with Harold Holzer

Saturday, November 8, 2014
Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse
Symposium on the Election of 1864
See lecture on C-SPAN.
See panel discussion on C-SPAN.

Monday, October 20, 2014
Oregon Judicial Department, Annual Judicial Conference
"Abraham Lincoln, Civil Liberties, and the Judicial Branch during the Civil War"

Monday, October 13, 2014
Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture in Public Affairs
East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma

Saturday, September 27, 2014
Lincoln Colloquium, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln"

Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Bryant Park Reading Room, New York City
"Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln"
See on C-SPAN.

Friday, June 13, 2014
Society of Civil War Historians
Baltimore, Md.
"State Asunder: Maryland in the Civil War Era"

Saturday, April 5, 2014
Keynote Address: "Lincoln's Dreams of Death"
Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
Elizabeth City State University

Friday, October 18, 2013
Pennsylvania Historical Association
Gettysburg, Pa.
"'A New Word in Politics': The Meaning of 'Loyalty' in the Pennsylvania Indemnity Debate of 1863"

Thursday, October 17, 2013
Baltimore Bar Library
"Did Lincoln Dream He Died?"

Tuesday to Friday, August 6-9, 2013
Snow College, Ephraim, Utah
Four lectures on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

Friday, February 1, 2013
Society for History in the Federal Government
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
"Conducting Research in Judicial Records"

Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
"Lincoln and the Supreme Court"

Thursday, September 27, 2012
Michigan State University's "Constitution Day" event
"Military Tribunals and the Expansion of Citizens' Rights"

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Williamsburg Regional Library
"Abraham Lincoln and Citizens' Rights during the Civil War"

Saturday, May 12, 2012
Society for Military History
Arlington, Va.
"'You Must Have Learned Of My Official Decapitation': Emancipation and Intimidation in the Union Ranks"

Thursday, May 10, 2012
Baltimore Bar Library
"The Peculiarly Insignificant Role of the Supreme Court in the Civil War"

Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Baltimore Bar Library
150th anniversary commemoration of Ex Parte Merryman
"The Trials of John Merryman"

Saturday, February 12, 2011
Abraham Lincoln Association
Old State Capitol at Springfield, Illinois
"Lincoln's Other Habeas Corpus Problem"

Saturday, March 26, 2011
Abraham Lincoln Institute
National Archives at College Park
"Lincoln's Other Habeas Corpus Problem"
See on YouTube.

Friday, October 9, 2009
Abraham Lincoln Symposium at Eastern University
St. Davids, Pa.
"The Election that Saved America: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Election of 1864"

June 2008
Society of Civil War Historians
Philadelphia, Pa.
"Copperheads in the Union Army"

January 2008
American Historical Association
Washington, D.C.
"Identity, Ideals, and Politics in the Civil War Era"

July 2007
Society for Women and the Civil War
West Chester, Pa.
"Copperhead Women"

April 2007
Society for Military History
Frederick, Md.
"Politics and the Union Army"

October 2006
Works-in-Progress Series, The McNeil Center for Early American Studies
University of Pennsylvania
“Constructive Treason and the States: The Revolutionary Origins of State Treason Law in the Civil War North"

March 2006
Organization of History and Computer Knowledge, George Mason University
“Historical Research and Nontraditional Databases"

June 2005
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pa.
Staff seminar
“Loyalty, Law and Politics: The Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1863"

April 2002
Phi Alpha Theta Mid-Atlantic Region Conference
University of Maryland, University College
“Citizens and Soldiers: The Pennsylvania Soldier Voting Controversy, 1861-1864, and Its Transformative Consequences"