Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Thursday, January 2, 2025
"A Tale of Two Slave Traders: Lincoln and the Destruction of the Transatlantic Slave Trade"
Petersburg Civil War Round Table
Pamplin Historical Park.
Time: TBA

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Watchorn Lincoln Dinner Keynote
Lincoln Shrine, Redding, Calif.
More info TBA

Saturday, February 15, 2025
Finding Lincoln in the Archives with William J. Griffing
Abraham Lincoln Association
Springfield, Ill.
Time: TBA

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
"A Tale of Two Slave Traders: Lincoln and the Destruction of the Transatlantic Slave Trade"
Richmond CWRT Annual Banquet
Time: TBA

Recent Events

Monday, November 18, 2024
Breakout session on the slave trade with Robert K.D. Colby
The Lincoln Forum
Gettysburg, Pa.

Sunday, November 17, 2024
Panel discussion on Lincoln and children's books, with Jan Jacobi, Karen B. Winnick, and Michelle Krowl
The Lincoln Forum
Gettysburg, Pa.

Thursday, November 15, 2024
"Leadership in Perilous Times: Abraham Lincoln and the Pardon Power"
Langston Lincoln Lecture Series
York College of Pennsylvania

October 24-25, 2024
"Leadership in Perilous Times: Abraham Lincoln and the Pardon Power"
Indian Hill Historical Society, Indian Hill High School and Cincinnati Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
"Leadership in Perilous Times: Abraham Lincoln and the Pardon Power"
Constitution Day Lecture
Houghton University

Monday, September 30, 2024
"A Tale of Two Slave Traders: Lincoln and the Destruction of the Transatlantic Slave Trade"
Richard W. Smith Lecture Series on the Civil War
Ohio Wesleyan University

Saturday, August 10, 2024
My Day with Abe Lincoln book signing
Persnickety Crane Cafe
Yorktown, Va.

Thursday, July 25, 2024
"Lincoln's Dreams of Death"
Terra Ferment, Springfield, Ill.

July 21-26, 2024
"Reframing Abraham Lincoln"
Gilder Lehrman Institute Summer Teacher Workshop
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Springfield, Ill.

Sunday, July 21, 2024
Kids event featuring My Day with Abe Lincoln
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Springfield, Ill.

Tuesday, June 25, 2024
"Abraham Lincoln and the Power of the Emancipation Proclamation"
CNU Center for American Studies Summer Teacher Workshop
American Civil War Museum

Wednesday, June 19, 2024
"Abraham Lincoln, Juneteenth, and the Power of the Emancipation Proclamation"
Rolland Lecture for Juneteenth
Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Kids event featuring My Day with Abe Lincoln
Rolland Center for Lincoln Research
Allen County Public Library, Grabill Branch

Sunday, June 9, 2024
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College

Saturday, June 8, 2024
Panel discussion on Lincoln and African Americans
Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College

Monday, May 6, 2024
"My Day with Abe Lincoln: America's Greatest President in Children's Literature"
Fort Monroe Historical Society
Hampton, Va.

Friday, April 12, 2024
"Leadership in Perilous Times: Abraham Lincoln and the Presidential Pardon Power"
Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tenn.

Friday, April 12, 2024
"My Day with Abe Lincoln" event for school children
Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tenn.

Monday, April 8, 2024
"My Day with Abe Lincoln: America's Greatest President in Children's Literature"
CNU Life Long Learning Society, Newport News, Va.

Saturday, April 6, 2024
Kids event featuring My Day with Abe Lincoln
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

Saturday, March 30, 2024
Kids event featuring My Day with Abe Lincoln
Marco Island Historical Society, Marco Island, Fla.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
My Day with Abe Lincoln book signing
Torggler Center, Christopher Newport University

Thursday, March 21, 2024
"My Day with Abe Lincoln"
Literary High Tea
Carrot Tree, Williamsburg, Va.

Monday, March 18, 2024
Panel discussion on children's literature
Virginia State Literacy Association's 57th annual conference
Norfolk, Va.

Saturday, March 16, 2024
Kids event featuring My Day with Abe Lincoln
Paperbacks, Inc., Bookstore, Newport News, Va.

Friday, March 15, 2024
Discussion of "My Day with Abe Lincoln"
"Take a Break with History" with Bjorn Skaptason
Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, Chicago, Ill. (on Facebook Live)

Thursday, March 14, 2024
Discussion of "Shipwrecked" and "My Day with Abe Lincoln"
"House Divided" with Daniel Weinberg
Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, Chicago, Ill. (on Facebook Live)

Saturday, March 9, 2024
Two Kids events featuring My Day with Abe Lincoln
Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration
The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va.

Friday, March 8, 2024
"My Day with Abe Lincoln: America's Greatest President in Children's Literature"
Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News, Va.

Monday, February 26, 2024
Discussion of "Shipwrecked"
CNU Life Long Learning Society book club

Sunday, February 25, 2024
"My Day with Abe Lincoln: America's Greatest President in Children's Literature"
Turn the Page Bookshop, Williamsburg, Va.

Thursday, February 22, 2024
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va.

Sunday, February 18, 2024
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
York County Historical Commission, Yorktown, Va.

Monday, February 12, 2024
Interview about My Day with Abe Lincoln with Erin Carlson Mast
Lincoln Presidential Foundation

Saturday, February 10, 2024
"Leadership in Perilous Times: Abraham Lincoln and the Presidential Pardon Power"
Lehigh County Historical Society, Allentown, Pa.

Saturday, February 10, 2024
Kids event featuring My Day with Abe Lincoln
Lehigh County Historical Society, Allentown, Pa.

Saturday, February 3, 2024
Kids event featuring My Day with Abe Lincoln
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office, Washington, D.C.

Friday, February 2, 2024
"Written Then, Spoken Now: African American Letters to Lincoln"
With Edna Greene Medford, Denise J. Hart, John Floyd, Kaiyla Gross, and Nia Savoy-Dock
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

Thursday, February 1, 2024
"Inside the Vault: Lincoln's Refusal to Pardon Nathaniel Gordon"
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Sunday, December 31, 2023
"Book Breaks" discussion of "Shipwrecked"
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Thursday, December 21, 2023
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Miami CWRT (on Zoom)

Wednesday, November 29, 2023
"Teaching with Primary Sources"
Higher Education Summit on Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Saturday, November 18, 2023
Panel discussion on "Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves," with Allen C. Guelzo, Michelle A. Krowl, Dana Shoaf, and Melissa Winn
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.

Friday, November 17, 2023
"A Tale of Two Slave Traders: Lincoln and the Destruction of the Transatlantic Slave Trade"
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.

Thursday, November 9, 2023
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
National Civil War Museum
Harrisburg, Pa. (on Zoom)

Monday, November 6, 2023
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
Institute for Learning in Retirement, Virginia Beach

Thursday, October 26, 2023
Lincoln Prize Lecture Series with Edward L. Ayers
American Civil War Museum

Tuesday, October 24, 2023
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
Williamsburg CWRT

Monday, October 23, 2023
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
PD in your PJs program with ALPLM (on Zoom)

Friday, October 13, 2023
"More than an Eagle on Their Buttons: Black Lives Beyond the Battlefield in the U.S. Civil War"
Sam Houston Memorial Museum and Republic of Texas Presidential Library

Sunday, October 8, 2023
"My Work Among the Freedmen: The Civil War and Reconstruction Experiences of Harriet M. Buss"
James Madison's Montpelier/Bill of Rights Institute

Saturday, October 7, 2023
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
James Madison's Montpelier/Bill of Rights Institute

Friday, September 29, 2023
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
Carthage College
Kenosha, Wisc.

Monday, September 18, 2023
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
CNU LifeLong Learning Society

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Discussion of "Shipwrecked"
"Four Score Speakers Series" with Erin Carlson Mast

Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Discussion of "Shipwrecked"
Civil War Talk Radio

Wednesday, September 6, 2023
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
National Archives and Records Administration (on Zoom)

Wednesday, August 30, 2023
"Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation"
Chesapeake County Public Schools/Jack Miller Center

Friday, August 26, 2023
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News, Va.

Saturday, August 19, 2023
Discussion of "A House Built By Slaves"
Lincoln Group of DC Book Club

Thursday, July 27, 2023
"Lincoln's Dreams of Death"
Terra Ferment, Springfield, Ill.

July 23-28, 2023
"Reframing Abraham Lincoln"
Gilder Lehrman Institute Summer Teacher Workshop
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Springfield, Ill.

Friday, July 21, 2023
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Summer Teacher Workshop
Center for American Studies, Christopher Newport University

Thursday, July 20, 2023
"Lincoln Destroys the Slave Trade: The Extraordinary, Unknown Story of Appleton Oaksmith"
Summer Teacher Workshop
Center for American Studies, Christopher Newport University

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
"The USS Monitor in Popular Culture"
Summer Teacher Workshop
Center for American Studies, Christopher Newport University

Tuesday, July 18, 2023
"Abraham Lincoln and the Dred Scott Decision"
Summer Teacher Workshop
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

Thursday, July 13, 2023
"Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation"
Summer Teacher Workshop
Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Richmond, Va.

Wednesday, July 12, 2023
"Abraham Lincoln and the Dred Scott Case"
Summer Teacher Workshop
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

Thursday, June 15, 2023
"Being an American" Teacher Workshop
Bill of Rights Institute
Anderson House, Society of the Cincinnati
Washington, D.C.

Friday, May 26, 2023
"The Beginning of the End: Elizabeth Oakes Smith's Private Civil War"
American Literature Association
Boston, Mass.

Thursday, May 25, 2023
"My Work Among the Freedmen: The Civil War and Reconstruction Experiences of Harriet M. Buss"
Sterling, Mass., Historical Commission

Monday, March 13. 2023
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
CNU Life Long Learning Society
Yoder Barn, Newport News, VA

Friday, February 24, 2023
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration
Natchez, Miss.

Sunday, February 19, 2023
"Abraham Lincoln and the Transatlantic Slave Trade"
Abraham Lincoln Association symposium
Springfield, Ill.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
"Leadership in Perilous Times: Abraham Lincoln and the Presidential Pardon Power"
President's Leadership Program
Christopher Newport University

Monday, February 6, 2023
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
Fort Monroe Historical Society
Hampton, Va.

Wednesday, November 30, 2022
"Stewart L. Woodford and Appleton Oaksmith"
Board of Governors, Civil War Museum of Philadelphia

November 16-18, 2022
The Lincoln Forum
"In a House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Panel discussion on "Lincoln and the Democrats" with J. Matthew Gallman, Elizabeth D. Leonard, Harold Holzer, and Reg Ankrom
Gettysburg, Pa.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022
"Warning Signs": Conversation with Erin Carlson Mast
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Foundation

Saturday, October 22, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Series
University of Illinois Springfield

Saturday, October 22, 2022
Lincoln Legacy Lecture Educator Workshop (morning)
University of Illinois Springfield

Monday, September 26, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce
Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Va.

Thursday, September 22, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisc.

Friday, September 16, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Fort Monroe NPS "Campfire Series"

Sunday, September 11, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
York County Historical Committee

Wednesday, August 3, 2022
"Secession and Civil War"
Seminar for Teachers
Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Thursday, July 27, 2022
"Lincoln's Dreams of Death"
Terra Ferment, Springfield, Ill.

July 23-28, 2022
"Reframing Abraham Lincoln"
Gilder Lehrman Institute Summer Teacher Workshop
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Springfield, Ill.

Tuesday, July 12, 2022
"Attending to Multiple Perspectives"
Council of Great City Schools conference (on Zoom)

Monday, July 11, 2022
Summer Teacher Workshop
American Battlefield Trust (on Zoom)

Monday, July 11, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Rock River Valley CWRT (on Zoom)

Thursday, June 30, 2022
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
Peninsula Foundation
Peninsula, Ohio (on Zoom)

Saturday, June 4, 2022
"The American Mind: Frederick Douglass"
Seminar for Teachers
Freedom's Foundation, Valley Forge, Pa.

Tuesday, May 17, 2022
"A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Harvard Club of DC (on Zoom)

Sunday, May 1, 2022
"A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln
The Baton Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia (on Zoom)

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Virtual program on African Americans in the Lincoln White House
White House Historical Association

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Abraham Lincoln Institute Annual Symposium
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. (on Zoom)

Saturday, April 2, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
McCormick Civil War Institute conference, Shenandoah University

Saturday, March 26, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Merrimac Investment Club annual dinner
James River Country Club

Thursday, March 24, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Baltimore Bar Library (on Zoom)

Friday, March 18, 2022
"My Work Among the Freedmen: The Civil War and Reconstruction Experiences of Harriet M. Buss"
Civil War Reading Group
Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. (on Zoom)

Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Virginia Festival of the Book
University of Virginia Bookstore

Sunday, February 27, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Black History Month Lecture
Citizens for the Restoration of Historic La Mott

Wednesday, February 23, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (on Zoom)

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Williamsburg CWRT

Sunday, February 20, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Book Breaks with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Thursday, February 17, 2022
"Emphatically the Black Man's President: Abraham Lincoln and African Americans"
The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022
"House Divided" with Daniel Weinberg
Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, Chicago, Ill.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Lincoln's Cottage, Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Interview on Civil War Talk Radio

Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Interview with Erin Carlson Mast
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Foundation

Monday, February 7, 2022
"In A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Hampton History Museum

Monday, February 7, 2022
"My Work Among the Freedmen: The Civil War and Reconstruction Experiences of Harriet M. Buss"
Fort Monroe Historical Society

Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Discussion with Jonathan Noyalas about "To Address You As My Friend"
Shenandoah University

Thursday, December 2, 2021
"My Work Among the Freedmen: The Civil War and Reconstruction Experiences of Harriet M. Buss"
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

Monday, November 22, 2021
"House Divided" with Daniel Weinberg
Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, Chicago, Ill.

Friday, November 19, 2021
Luncheon Speaker, "Abraham Lincoln and the Principles of Gettysburg"
The Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania
The Gettysburg Hotel

November 17, 2021
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.
Moderator, Morning Session with Lucas Morel, Caroline Janney, and James Oakes

November 17, 2021
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.
Moderator, "Abraham Lincoln and African Americans," a panel discussion with Michelle Krowl, Edna Greene Medford, and Lucas Morel

November 16, 2021
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.
Moderator, "Here I Have Lived: Lincoln's Springfield," with Kathryn Harris, Christian McWhirter, Erin Carlson Mast, and Samuel Wheeler

November 14, 2021
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.
Moderator, "Does Lincoln Still Matter? Legacy, Statues, Memorials, and Memory--An 'Open Mic' Group Discussion"

Tuesday, November 9, 2021
"The Election that Saved America: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Election of 1864"
Central Pennsylvania CWRT (on Zoom)

Monday, November 8, 2021
"My Work Among the Freedmen: The Civil War and Reconstruction Experiences of Harriet M. Buss"
CNU Life Long Learning Society

Monday, November 1, 2021
African American Correspondence with Abraham Lincoln
Fort Monroe Historical Society
At Oozlefinch Craft Brewery

Thursday, October 29, 2021
"Crossroads of Memory: A Conference on Civil War Memory Honoring the Life and Work of Dr. John Neff"
University of Mississippi (on Zoom)
Panel on Buying & Selling the Civil War
With Caroline Janney, James Marten, and Anna Gibson Holloway

Thursday, October 28, 2021
"A House Built By Slaves: African American Encounters with Abraham Lincoln"
Frank and Virginia Williams Lecture Series
Mississippi State University

Wednesday, October 20, 2021
African American Correspondence with Abraham Lincoln
University of Illinois Springfield - Lincoln Studies Center

Tuesday, October 19, 2021
African American Correspondence with Abraham Lincoln
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

Monday, October 18, 2021
"Burning the Flag: A Brief History of a Controversial Issue"
One Day University

Tuesday, October 12, 2021
National Association of Scholars panel on the Emancipation Proclamation
With Edna Green Medford and William Allen

Wednesday, October 6, 2021
African American Correspondence with Abraham Lincoln
National Archives and Records Administration

Monday, July 12, 2021
Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation
Summer Teacher Workshop
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

Friday, June 25, 2021
"The Election That Saved America: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Election of 1864"
One Day University

Tuesday, May 12, 2021
Interview with Erin Carlson Mast
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Foundation

Friday, May 28, 2021
"The Arrest of John Merryman of Hayfields"
Hayfields Country Club, Cockeysville, Md.

Saturday, May 15, 2021
Lincoln Forum Zoom event with Ronald White and Richard Striner

Monday, May 3, 2021
Discussion with Tamika Nunley and C. R. Gibbs
Ford's Theatre and the Abraham Lincoln Institute

Monday, April 19, 2021
Discussion with Lucas Morel and Mark Steiner
Ford's Theatre and the Abraham Lincoln Institute

Thursday, April 8, 2021
Cabinet Conversation on Lincoln and Emancipation
With Edna Greene Medford

Wednesday, April 7, 2021
"Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War"
McCormick Civil War Institute Conference
Shenandoah University

Monday, April 5, 2021
Discussion with Ted Widmer and R. J. M. Blackett
Ford's Theatre and the Abraham Lincoln Institute

Monday, March 22, 2021
Discussion with David S. Reynolds and H. W. Brands
Ford's Theatre and the Abraham Lincoln Institute

Sunday, February 21, 2021
"The Election that Saved America: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Election of 1864"
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

Thursday, February 11, 2021
"The Election that Saved America: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Election of 1864"
Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
"The Election that Saved America: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Election of 1864"
CWRT Congress

Thursday, December 3, 2020
"Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War"
Petersburg Civil War Round Table
Pamplin Historical Park.

Thursday, November 19, 2020
Cabinet Conversation on the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

Saturday, November 14, 2020
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.
Special Presentation on Zoom:

Moderated Q&A sessions with Ted Widner, Ed Achorn, H. W. Brands, and Catherine Clinton, Kathryn Harris & Manisha Sinha.

Moderated a panel discussion on "How Should We Now Teach Lincoln and the Civil War?" with William C. Davis, Caroline E. Janney, Tamika Nunley, and Craig L. Symonds

Thursday, November 12, 2020
"Finding the Source" conversation on the presidential election of 1864 with Peter Carmichael and Ashley Whitehead Luskey of Gettysburg College.

Thursday, October 29, 2020
"The Controversial Presidential Election of 1864"
NYC chapters of the Sons of Union Veterans and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion

Monday, September 28, 2020
"The Controversial Presidential Election of 1864"
Christopher Newport University Virtual Family Weekend

Friday, September 25, 2020
"The Controversial Presidential Election of 1864"
Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News, Va.

September 14, 2020
"Digging in the Archives: Fascinating Discoveries from my Twenty Years as a Historian"
CNU Life Long Learning Society

Thursday, August 27, 2020
Cabinet Conversation on The March on Washington
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

July 23, 2020
"Women and the Civil War"
Civil War Summer Teacher Workshop
Christopher Newport University

July 20, 2020
"Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation"
Summer Teacher Workshop
Gettysburg National Military Park

Tuesday, July 14, 2020
"Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation"
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.
NEH Summer Teacher Workshop
Canceled/postponed because of COVID-19.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
Williamsburg CWRT
Canceled/postponed because of COVID-19.

Monday, May 18, 2020
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Amazing Night Life of Civil War Americans"
Civil War Round Table of Augusta, Georgia
Canceled/postponed because of COVID-19.

Thursday, May 7, 2020
"Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War"
Petersburg Civil War Round Table
Canceled/postponed because of COVID-19.

Monday, May 4, 2020
"Emphatically the Black Man's President: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House"
Fort Monroe Historical Society
Canceled/postponed because of COVID-19.

Saturday, February 22, 2020
"Emphatically the Black Man's President: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House"
American Civil War Museum and the Library of Virginia

Saturday, February 1, 2020
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
Appomattox-Longwood University Civil War Seminar

Friday, January 17, 2020
"College Life During the Civil War"
Oyster Point Rotary Club

November 19, 2019
"College Life During the Civil War"
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.

November 15-19, 2019
The Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, Pa.
" 'It Strikes Me There's Something In It': Abraham Lincoln and the Monitor"
Discussion with Brian Dirck on Lincoln and the Constitution

Wednesday, November 6, 2019
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
Richard Frockt Family Civil War Lecture
Western Kentucky University

Thursday, October 3, 2019
"Our Little Monitor" with Anna Gibson Holloway
Richard Sokup Lecture, Lincoln Douglas Society
Freeport, Ill.

Monday, September 16, 2019
"Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties during the Civil War"
Constitution Day Lecture
Sam Houston State University

Tuesday, August 20, 2019
"Our Little Monitor"
Major Charles Izard Maceuen Civil War Round Table of the Union League of Philadelphia

Saturday, August 17, 2019
Private Event in Newport News
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"

July 24-27, 2019
Civil War Summer Teachers Institute
Center for American Studies
Christopher Newport University
"Our Little Monitor"
Tour of Battle of Dam No. 1

Saturday, July 20, 2019
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
McCormick Civil War Institute, Shenandoah University

Friday, July 19, 2019
"Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation"
Summer Teachers Institute
Christopher Newport University

Friday, June 28, 2019
"Abraham Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel"
Oyster Point Rotary Club, Newport News, Va.

Saturday, June 22, 2019
Association for Documentary Editing Annual Meeting
Princeton, N.J.
"Seeking the Papers of the Earliest Years of our National Government: The Presidency, Judiciary, Congress, War and Navy Departments"
With Kenneth Bowling, Dennis Conrad, Theodore Crackel, and Mary-Jo Kline

Saturday, May 5, 2019
Grand Opening, American Civil War Museum
"Lessons (Un)Learned from the Civil War"
With Caroline Janney, Lesley J. Gordon, and Kidada E. Williams
Richmond, Va.

Monday, April 1, 2019
"The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Early Life of Abraham Lincoln"
Fort Monroe Historical Society
Hampton, Va.

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

Saturday, March 16, 2019
Abraham Lincoln Institute annual symposium
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

Friday, March 15, 2019
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
Civil War Reading Group
The Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
"The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Life of Abraham Lincoln"
Williamsburg CWRT

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

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

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
"Our Little Monitor"
Baltimore Bar Library

Wednesday, January 23, 2019
"Our Little Monitor"
Tea at the Carrot Tree, Williamsburg, Va.

Saturday, January 12, 2019
Webinar on Secessionism vs. Unionism
Ashland University

Monday, October 1, 2018
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
Hampton History Museum

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

Thursday, September 20, 2018
"Our Little Monitor"
Hampton Roads Civil War Round Table

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
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
Summer Teacher's Institute
American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va.

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

Saturday, June 23, 2018
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
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
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
Lincoln-Davis CWRT, Chicago, Ill.

Monday, April 9, 2018
"The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Early 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) Early Life of Abraham Lincoln"
Maggie Walker Governor's School, Richmond, Va.

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 (morning)
"The Amazing, Awe-Inspiring (and Possibly Salacious) Early 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
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
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
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
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
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
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
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
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
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
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
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
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
"Dreams of War and Peace: The Remarkable Night Life of Civil War Americans"
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"