Come and Join us for a relaxing and Educational Day of Civil War History as our speakers
Present in-depth Discussions on Unique Civil War topics
Speakers books & a variety of other Civil War Titles will be available for sale by
Bob Murphy-Bookseller

     David Hinzeis a retired school teacher from Rolla, Missouri. He is the co-author of  The Battle of Carthage: Border War in the Southwest, July 5, 1861. Dave has also penned articles and presentations. He is the owner of Stars and Stripes Events, a tour company focusing chiefly on the early American period. Dave travels nation-wide to lead tours for private groups, round tables and his own company from the French-Indian War through the Truman era. He was the keynote speaker at the 2008 Civil War Preservation Trust Meeting in Springfield, Missouri. In a 10 month period the Black brothers would distinguish themselves on the battlefield and place their names in the history books. Two Battles, two brothers and the story of the hellish heroic outcome for the 37th Illinois and the Blacks is the focus of this presentation.

   Bruce H. Stewart Jr. graduated fromDuke University and has served onthe Executive Committeeof the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta for the last 4 years. He has been elected president of the round table for the 2009-2010 year. He is also a member of the Patrick Cleburne Society.
Mr. Stewart is a trustee of the Historic Oalkand Foundation, which is dedicated to the preservation of Oalkand cemetery, the oldest in Atlanta, opened in 1850. He is also a tour guide and leads a twilight event entitled "The Civil war at Oakland". It was from his position inside the cemetery that General Hood watched the battle of Atlanta unfold on July 22, 1864. Bruce has appeared before various camps of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and has been a quest lecturere at Emory University, speaking on the Atlanta Campaign, as well as on General Cleburne. His book, titled "Invisible Hero-Patrick R. Cleburne" is a military analysis of General Cleburne's war career and was published in 2009 by Mercer University Press.

   Dr. Mark L. Bradley received his B.A. (summa cum laude) in History from North Carolina State University and his M.A. and Ph.. in History from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He is currently an historian with the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C. Mark is currently writing the Army's official history of logistical support in Vietnam from 1965-1973. Dr. Bradley has served as a tour leader and speaker for the Civil war Education Association and the Blue and Gray Education Society and has spoken to Civil war Round Tables across the country. He has contributed numerous articles to both scholarly journals and popular Civil war publications and is the author of "Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville"; "This Astounding Close: the Road to Bennett Place" (UNC Press and a finalist for the 2001 Lincoln Prize) and most recently "Bluecoats and Tar Heels: Soldiers and Civilians in Reconstruction North Carolina 1865-1877" (University of Kentucky Press).
 Mark lives in Alexandria, Virginia

Colonel (Ret.) Charles "Larry" Gordon is the author of the "Last Confederate General: John C. Vaughn and His East Tennessee Cavalry". He has been a student of the American Civil War all his life and for the past 14 years, he was worked as a volunteer interpretive guide at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Norhtern Virginia. Since his retirement from the U.S. Army, he has been a senior analysis at the Institute for Defense Analyses, a not-for-profit organization that works for the Department of Defense. Larry Gordon is originally from Texas, where he graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in science. He is also a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia and the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He served on active duty for 26 years in the fields of tactical and strategic communications and foreign intelligence, with tours of duty in Italy, Korea, Panama, Hawaii and all over the mainland of the United States. Colonel Gordon is a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he commanded a Signal Battalion. Along the way, he studied several Slavic languages and earned a master's degree in Soviet Area Studies from the University of Kansas. He and his wife Julia reside in Fairfax station, Virginia.

Directions to Yoder's Kitchen Banquet Facility:
Located at the East edge of Arthur on Route 133

Mail to: The Decatur Civil War Round Table, P.O. Box 560, Atwood, Illinois  61913
Registration form must be received by September 7. Fee includes admission to all speakers and
noon Lunch. Tickets sold at door ($60.00) if seats available.
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