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| 2025 - 2026 Campaign |
| September 8 | Stephen Goldman, M.D. | Lincoln’s Thinking Bayonets: Union Re-enlistment & The Election of 1864 |
| October 13 | James Pula, Ph. D | Dan Butterfield |
| November 10 | Ron Gifford, Ph. D. | George Thompson and Emancipation: Britain, Trans-Atlantic Slavery, and Civil War |
| December 8 | Gerald Jones | Northern Civil War Prison Camps |
| January 12 | You! | Civil War Show & Tell |
| February 9 | Michael Eisenhut | The Stonewall Brigade |
| 2024 - 2025 Campaign |
| September 9 | John Summerlot | Indiana University Contributions in the Civil War | |
| October 14 | Wayne Motts | Hoosiers at Gettysburg: The Story of Indiana & Her Sons in the Civil War's Greatest Battle | |
| November 11 | John Chalfin | Admiral David G. Farragut | |
| December 9 | Don Heitman | August Willich | |
| January 13 | You! | Civil War Show & Tell | |
| February 10 | Gerald Jones | Northern Civil War Prison Camps | |
| March 10 | Dr. Carl E. Kramer | Indiana Generals in the Civil War | |
| April 14 | Steve & Lisa Ball | The Indianapolis Civil War Roundtable 70th Anniversary Event | |
| May 12 | Scott Diezman | Wilder's Lightning Brigade | |
| June 9 | Gene Eric Salecker | The Sultana Disaster |
| 2023 - 2024 Campaign |
| September 11 | Professor Dennis R. Doyle | Irish Brigade at Gettysburg | |
| October 9 | Dr. James S. Pula | The 11th Corps at Gettysburg | |
| November 13 | Dan Bauer | Harriet Beecher Stowe | |
| December 11 | Steve Buxser | Infectious Diseases of the Civil War | |
| January 8 | You! | Show and Tell | |
| February 12 | Dr. Brian Dirck | Lincoln’s Views on Death | |
| March 11 | Chris Burns | The Life & Legacy of Ulyesses Grant and the Women Who Molded the Man | |
| April 8 | Kent Masterson Brown | General George G. Meade | |
| May 13 | Scott Britton | But Not for My Children | |
| June 10 | Phil Spaugy | The 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Color Guard at the Battle of Gettysburg |
| 2022 - 2023 Campaign |
| September 12 | Professor Dennis R. Doyle | Irish Brigade at Gettysburg | |
| October 10 | Dr. James S. Pula | The 11th Corps at Gettysburg | |
| November 14 | Steve T. Phan | Civil War Defenses of Washington City | |
| December 12 | Bill Ghormley & Andy O’Donnell | Gettysburg Institute | |
| January 9 | You | Civil War Show and Tell | |
| February 13 | Ray Boomhower | Benjamin Harrison | |
| March 13 | Dave Finney | Custer Meets the Wolverines | |
| April 10 | Gerald G. Jones | Grierson’s Raid | |
| May 8 | Jonathan Tracey | The 27th Indiana | |
| Jun 12 | Steve Jackson | Gettysburg After 50 Years – The Great Reunion |
| 2021 - 2022 Campaign |
| September 13 | Bill Ghormley | 30 Days in the New South | |
| October 11 | Dave Mowery | Morgan’s Great Raid: Taking the War to the North | |
| November 8 | Danny Russel | Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address | |
| December 13 | Tony Trimble | Death Struggle in Missouri | |
| January 10 | YOU! | Civil War Show & Tell | |
| February 14 | Michael Eisenhut | The Iron Brigade at Gettysburg | |
| March 14 | Preston Breunig, Dave Finney, Tony Trimble and Chris Smith | Could the South Have Won? | |
| April 11 | Steven R. Stotelmyer | Too Useful to Sacrifice | |
| May 9 | Gerald G. Jones | Berdan’s Sharpshooters | |
| June 20 | Karel Lea Biggs | The Importance of Quinine in the Antebellum South and the Confederate Search for a Substitute |
| 2020 - 2021 Campaign |
| September 14 | Gerald Jones | The Battle of Fort Pillow | |
| October 12 | Michael K. Shaffer | In Memory of Self and Comrades | |
| November 9 | Danny Russel | Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address | |
| March 8 | John C. Fazio | The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | |
| April 12 | Peter S. Carmichael | The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies | |
| May 10 | Matt Penrod | The Memorialization of Robert E. Lee | |
| June 14 | Mike Beck and Bruce Kolb | The G. A. R. |
| 2019 - 2020 Campaign |
| September 9 | Paul Brueske | The Last Siege: The Mobile Campaign, Alabama 1865 | |
| October 14 | Steve Williams | Lambdin P. Milligan and the Fire in the Rear | |
| November 11 | Mark Laubacher | Weapons of Mass Destruction Considered during the Civil War | |
| December 9 | Steve Magnusen | To My Best Girl: Courage, Honor and Love in the Civil War, The Inspiring Life Stories of Rufus Dawes and Mary Gates | |
| January 13 | Gregg Biggs | The Question was One of Supplies: The Logistics for William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign | |
| February 10 | David Fraley | Colors and Color Bearers (U.S. & C.S.) on the 1864 Tennessee Campaign | |
| March 9 | Kurt Vetters | Freedom Spring and Confederate Winter |
| 2018 - 2019 Campaign |
| September 10 | James S. Pula | Chancellorsville and the Eleventh Corps | |
| October 8 | Joseph Skvarenina | Civil War in Hancock County | |
| November 12 | John Summerlot | We were there, on both sides: Indiana University in the Civil War | |
| December 10 | Nikki Schofield | Clara Barton | |
| January 14 | James Fuller | Oliver P. Morton and the Civil War in Indiana | |
| February 11 | Steve Williams | Lambdin P. Milligan & the Fire in the Rear | |
| March 11 | Kraig McNutt | Valor, Gallantry and Remembrance: The Medal of Honor, Taps, and Memorial Day | |
| April 8 | Dave Finney | The Battle of Franklin | |
| May 13 | Gary Johnson | Countering Mallory's Infernal Machines | |
| June 10 | David Koehler | Census in the Civil War |
| 2017 - 2018 Campaign |
| September 11 | David Dixon | The Lost Gettysburg Address: Charles Anderson's Civil War Odyssey | |
| October 9 | Anthony J. Ziebol | The Angel of Marye's Heights: The True Story of Richard Kirkland | |
| November 13 | David Garshaw | The American Civil War and Religion | |
| December 11 | Michael B. Murphy | The Kimberlins Go to War: A Union Family in Copperhead Country | |
| January 8 | Stephen E. Towne | Surveillance and Spies in the Civil War | |
| February 12 | Fred Schaefer | Indianapolis & the War of the Rebellion | |
| March 12 | Jenny Thompson | Above Us or Around Us: The Story & Men of the Bloody Eighth | |
| April 9 | Mark Laubacher | Cold Blooded Envenomations of 1861-65 | |
| May 14 | Meredith Wilson | James Davy's Civil War Diary | |
| June 11 | Jennifer M. Murray | On A Great Battlefield: The History of Gettysburg National Military Park, 1863-2016 |
| 2016 - 2017 Campaign |
| September 12 | Peter Mullen | Fire in the Water | |
| October 10 | Charlie Aiken | Who Was Private John Rooks? : Counties Named for Civil War Combat Deaths | |
| November 14 | Robert Houghtalen | The War Not Forgotten - Civil War Soldiers, Central State Hospital, and PTSD | |
| December 12 | Lou Malcomb | Maps, Mapping & Mapmakers of the Civil War: A Novice Explorer's Perspective | |
| January 9 | Ray Boomhower | Lew Wallace's Civil War Career | |
| February 13 | Jim Floyd | Paying for the Civil War: Taxes, Internal Revenue, and Enrolled Agents | |
| March 13 | Gary Joiner | Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: The Mississippi Squadron | |
| April 10 | Connie Hansen | A Visit with Jennie Wade's Mother | |
| May 8 | Robert I. Girardi | The Murder of Major General William "Bull" Nelson | |
| June 12 | Thomas A. Bogar | Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination: The Untold Story of the Actors and Stagehands at Ford's Theatre |
| 2015 - 2016 Campaign |
| September 14 | Peter Mullen | Civil War Feuds: A Family Tradition | |
| October 12 | Steve Rolfe | Alexander Gardner: Civil War Photographer & More | |
| November 9 | David Moore | William S. Rosecrans and the Union Victory | |
| December 14 | Tony Roscetti | Acoustic Shadows during the Civil War | |
| January 11 | Dr. Tony Trimble | The Irish Brigade at Antietam | |
| February 8 | Alan Teller | Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Years | |
| March 14 | Dave Sutherland | The Battle of New Market | |
| April 11 | Bruce Kolb | The U.S.S. Constitution in the Civil War | |
| May 9 | Brian Jordan | Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War | |
| June 13 | Shelby Harriel | Forbidden, Hidden, and Forgotten: Women in the Ranks during the Civil War |
| 2014 - 2015 Campaign |
| September 11 | Gerald G. Jones | Northern Civil War Prison Camps | |
| October 9 | Phillip Seyfrit | Battle of Richmond, Kentucky | |
| November 10 | Scott Schroeder | The Dawn of the Political Cartoon: The Civil War Era | |
| December 8 | Danny Russel | Honest Abe | |
| January 12 | Michael Weeks | The Civil War Road Trip Series | |
| February 9 | Brian Dirck | Lincoln and the Constitution | |
| March 9 | Fred Schaefer | Civil War Medicine | |
| April 13 | Ross Hudgins | Maggie: The Civil War Journals of Margaret Nichol Vaulx | |
| May 14 | Khabir Shareef | Maj. Martin Delaney: Highest ranking black Civil War officer | June 8 | Edward H. Bonekemper, III | Six Turning Points of the American Civil War |
| 2013 - 2014 Campaign |
| September 9 | Jon Austin | Embalming in the Civil War | |
| October 14 | James & Patience Barnes | 500 Strong: Wabash College Students in the Civil War | |
| November 11 | Kevin & Cindy Rushton | The U.S. Christian Commission | |
| December 9 | Dan Moll | Edmund Ruffin: Father of Modern Agriculture, Southern Secessionist and "Fire-eater" | |
| January 13 | Dennis Haskett | Sutler Tokens | |
| February 10 | Dave Sutherland | VMI's Civil War Legacy | |
| March 10 | Justin Ellison | Sundered by Memory: The Confederate Flag, Black Confederates, and the Racialization of Civil War Memory | |
| April 14 | Gail Stephens | The Shadow of Shiloh: Major General Lew Wallace in the Civil War | |
| May 12 | Dr. Fred Leickly | The Battle of Cedar Creek, by Col. W. H. Polhamus | |
| June 9 | Anita Morgan | Liberal Provisions...Nothing...Action Which Comes Far Short: State and Local Government Attempts to Aid Soldiers' Families in Indiana |
| 2012 - 2013 Campaign |
| September 10 | Donna Schmink | Indiana Civil War Battle Flags | |
| October 8 | Shannon Smith Bennett | "An Irrepressible Conflict": Civil War Rioting in Cincinnati, 1862 | Play Audio |
| November 12 | Brent Abercrombie | Camp Morton | |
| December 10 | Kathi Coon Badertscher | Civil War and Philanthropy | |
| January 14 | Meredith Clark-Wiltz | Unexpected Soldiers: Gender, Duty, and Women's Experiences in the Civil War | |
| February 11 | Thomas Mason | The Papers of Lew and Susan Wallace | Play Audio |
| March 11 | Bob Bain | The Armies Gather: the recruitment, training, and first combat of an Indiana regiment | Play Audio |
| April 8 | Harry Bulkeley | I Propose to Fight It Out: The Story of Ulysses S. Grant, a One Man Show | Play Audio |
| May 13 | Lee A. Peters | The Battlefield Growth of Lew Wallace - a study in decision making - from Romney to Monocacy | |
| June 10 | Larry Stuart | Sacred Scars, Shadowed Ground: Images of the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania County Civil War Battlefields |
| 2011 - 2012 Campaign |
| September 12 | Jack Kaufman-McKivigan | Frederick Douglass and the African American Participation in the Civil War | |
| October 10 | Larry Paarlberg | Lew Wallace | |
| November 14 | Greg Biggs | The Confederate Flags of 1861: From Secession to War | |
| December 12 | Robert Bain | The Regular Army on the Eve of the Civil War | |
| January 9 | Jim Kaiser | Steamships and the Civil War: The Role of Cornelius Vanderbilt, America's First Tycoon | |
| February 13 | Mike beck | The Merrill Rifle | |
| March 12 | Phil DeHaven | Four Civil War Personalities of Note from Randolph County, Indiana | |
| April 9 | Kevin Stickels | USS Cairo | |
| May 14 | Jim Turley | Confederates in Indiana - Indiana and the Union Respond | |
| June 11 | John David Hoptak | Battle of South Mountain | Play Audio |
| 2010 - 2011 Campaign |
| September 13 | Nikki Schofield | Writing Historical Fiction: Bondage and Freedom |
| October 11 | David Fraley | Battle of Franklin, Tennessee |
| November 8 | Alisa Clapp-Itnyre | Children's Books about the Civil War |
| December 13 | Rev. Robert Miller | Both Prayed to the Same God |
| January 10 | Michael Willever | The Battle of Perryville |
| February 14 | Sam Mitrani | Stumbling into Power: How the Confederacy Accidentally Created the World's First Centrally Planned Industrial Economy |
| March 14 | Dan Mitchell | The History of the GAR Badge |
| April 11 | Gib Young | Theodore Roosevelt and the Civil War |
| May 9 | Mike F. Marsh | History of the Gun:From the Hand Cannon to the Cartridge Gun of the Civil War |
| June 13 | Howard Stouse | The Trent Affair: Lincoln Dodged a Bullet |
| 2009 - 2010 Campaign |
| September 14 | Phil Eskew, M.D | The Life and Career of Dr. Ephraim McDowell |
| October 12 | Morris Penny | Hood's Disobedience at Gettysburg |
| November 9 | Dr. Tony Trimble | Cades Cove: A Community at War |
| December 14 | LTC Harold Knudsen | Lt. Gen. James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Modern General |
| January 11 | Dr. John J. Wernert | The Affective Challenges of Abraham Lincoln |
| February 8 | Caroline E. Janney | If Not for the Ladies: Ladies' Memorial Associations and the Lost Cause |
| March 8 | David S. Klinestiver | Who Lost the "Lost Order"? |
| April 12 | Nikki Schofield | Mary Surratt - Guilty or Innocent? |
| May 10 | Robert E. May | Lincoln, Terrorism Abroad, and the Coming of the Civil War |
| June 14 | Michael Willever | A Dark and Bloody Ground: Sowing the Wind |
| 2008 - 2009 Campaign |
| September 8 | Gregg Clemmer | Old Allegheny: The Life and Wars of General Ed Johnson |
| October 13 | Craig L. Symonds | Lincoln and his Admirals |
| November 10 | Dr. Sharon MacDonald | Andy Smith's Medal of Honor |
| December 15 | Dr. Brian Dirck | Lincoln's Career as a Lawyer |
| January 12 | Bill J. Crane | First Flag On The Summit - History Of The 15th Indiana Civil War Regiment |
| February 9 | Gerald Jones | The Fort Pillow Massacre |
| March 9 | Dale Phillips | First day of Chickamauga |
| April 13 | Steve Towne | 48th Indiana |
| May 11 | Gary Q. Johnson | CSS Hunley |
| June 8 | Troy Harmon | Thinking Bigger:Gettysburg in Space and Time |
| 2007 - 2008 Campaign |
| September 10 | Phil DeHaven | The Battle of Glorieta Pass, New Mexico |
| October 8 | Mrs. Adrian Willett | Civil War Women of Kentucky |
| November 12 | Mrs. Mary Mackey | The Notorius Mrs. Winston |
| December 10 | Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard | How can the Constitution be Unconstitutional? |
| January 14 | Tom Davis | Civil War Burial at Crown Hill Cemetery |
| February 11 | Jim Goecker | Galvanized Yankees, The US Volunteers |
| March 10 | Greg Biggs | The Union Cavalry at the Battle of Shelbyville |
| April 14 | Eric Jacobson | For Cause and Country, The Affair at Springfield and the Battle of Franklin |
| May 12 | Greg LaFantasie | William C. Oates in War and Peace |
| June 9 | Dr. Peter S. Carmichael | Rising Above the slaughter of Fredicksburg |
| 2006 - 2007 Campaign |
| September 11 | Jane Schultz | On Gender and Military Relief Work |
| October 9 | Chris Amer | The H.L. Hunley Project |
| November 13 | Nikki Scofield | Mrs. Frederick Douglass Remembers Her Famous Husband |
| December 11 | Robert Vane | Grant & Lincoln |
| January 8 | Tony Trimble | Cross Keys and Port Republic |
| February 12 | Dr. Peter S. Carmichael | Hoosier Soldiers at Fredericksburg |
| March 12 | Ray Mulesky | Thunder from a Clear Sky |
| April 9 | Craig Symonds | USS Monitor Center |
| May 14 | Dave Klinestiver | A New Look at Civil War Photography |
| June 11 | Terry Winschel | Joseph Johnston and the Fall of Vicksburg |
| 2005 - 2006 Campaign |
| September 12 | Gregg Biggs | The Crack of Doom |
| October 10 | Steve Hill | Indiana's Naval Contribution |
| November 14 | Jim Goecker | Military Intelligence |
| December 6 | Chandra Manning | What the Cruel War Was over |
| January 9 | Fred Shaefer | Medical Treatment |
| February 13 | Sadie Ritchie | Following Stonewall |
| March 13 | Mark Jaeger | TBA |
| April 6 | James Orr | The Last 5 Years of R. E. Lee's Life |
| May 8 | Gary Joiner | Red River Campaign |
| June 12 | Dick Listenberger | Annual Dinner/Collector's Showcase |
| 2004 - 2005 Campaign |
| September | J. Lewis | Battle of Stones River |
| October | Pam Newhouse | The Sultana Disaster |
| November | Wesley Hanson | Civil War Era Music |
| December Word | Gordon D. Whitney | Indiana's Jeff Davis (General) |
| December Pdf | Gordon D. Whitney | Indiana's Jeff Davis (General) |
| January Word | Gerald Jones | Berdan's Sharpshooters |
| February Word | Richard Skidmore | Black CW Soldiers |
| March Word | Craig Dunn | Indiana Regimental Photographs |
| March Html | Craig Dunn | Indiana Regimental Photographs |
| April Word | Iver Bernstein | Gangs of New York |
| May Word | Mark Neely | Lincoln and American Nationalism |
| June Word | David Duncan | Battlefield Preservation Update |
| 2003 - 2004 Campaign |
| September 8 | G. Biggs | N. B. Forrest and Napoleonic Cavalry Tactics |
| October 13 | S. Jackson | Memories of Blue and Gray |
| November 10 | P. Falci | Life of General A. P. Hill |
| December 8 | G. Jones | Munfordville, the Forgotten Battle |
| January 12 | N. Schofield | Perils of Spying -- Belle Boyd |
| February 9 | K. Knouf | N. Collins and the Capture of the CSS Florida |
| March 8 | M. Brinkman | Civil War Telegraphy |
| April 12 | R. McMurry | A New Framework for Civil War History |
| May 10 | J. Johnston | Recovery & Restoration of the USS Monitor |
| June 14 | L. Hunter | On the Road Again with the 18th Indiana Infantry |
| 2002 - 2003 Campaign |
| September 9 | H. Hattaway | Presidency of Jefferson Davis |
| October 14 | S. Hill | Federal Colors of the Civil War |
| November 11 | N. Baxter | The Fitz John Porter Court Martial |
| December 9 | J. Jaeger | Letters of Corporal Recorder, 72nd Indiana |
| January 13 | S. Jackson | My Boys in Blue |
| February 10 | H. Madaus | Unit Colors as Reflection of War Aims |
| March 10 | . Eckerman | Doctors, Hospitals, and Medical Care |
| April 14 | J. Hall | The Stand of the U. S. Army at Gettysburg |
| May 12 | W. Selm | Indiana State Soldiers & Sailors Monument |
| 2001 - 2002 Campaign |
| September 10 | N. Schofield | The Confederate Secret Service in Canada |
| October 8 | W. A. Anderson | The 19th Michigan |
| November 12 | D. Fraley | The Battle for Franklin, TN |
| December 10 | D. K. Phillips | Benjamin Butler and the Occupation of New Orleans |
| January 14 | D. Mitchell | The Mississippi Marine Brigade |
| February 11 | S. Jackson | My Boys in Blue |
| March 11 | R. Skidmore | John Hunt Morgan: Then and Now |
| April 8 | P. S. Carmichael | Lee's Search for the Battle of Annihilation |
| May | R. E. Beringer | Varina Howell Davis |