Robert I. Girardi
Historian
Civil War Historian, Author, Speaker and Consultant
Welcome to my world.
I believe the Civil War era to be the most critical in our history. ​I have been studying all aspects of the Civil War for my entire life, from reading books, conducting research, writing, and visiting battlefields, to working with artifacts and documents.
I speak to groups of all ages and can craft a discussion appropriate to your venue. My programs are informative. entertaining and affordable. Contact me, I'm the Civil War Guy.
email: cvlwarguy@aol.com
Phone: 773-319-3508
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Schedule
​2025
March 7 Del Webb Huntley, IL/The Great Awakening: The Civil War in 1862
May 6 McHenry Public Library/Abraham Lincoln and the Common Soldier
May 17 Salt Creek CWRT/The Very Spirit of War: General John A. Logan
June 5 Boy Scouts, St. Paul Lutheran Church/Civil War Orientation
June 18 Lake Forest Library/The Union Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas
September 9 McHenry County CWRT/Lincoln and His Generals: LaSalle County at War
November 11 Hinsdale Community Center/TBD
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2026
March 4 Kankakee CWRT/TBD
March 10 Waukesha CWRT/Civil War Engineers
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2024
February 20 Clarinda Cady Questers/Abraham Lincoln and the Common Soldier
March 5 Patty Turner Center/The Changing Memory of the Civil War
March 26 Woodstock Public Library/The Civil War Generals
April 7 Galena Historical Society/John Eugene Smith, Galena's Forgotten General
June 10 CWRT of Northeast Indiana/The Civil War Generals
June 11 CWRT of Southwest Michigan/The Midwest Fights the Civil War
June 22 Abraham Lincoln Association Cantigny/General John E. Smith
July 30 Patty Turner Center/The Union Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas
August 5 Rock River CWRT/Civil War Engineers
August 13 Kenosha Civil War Museum/Illinois at Vicksburg part 1
August 20 Kenosha Civil War Museum/Illinois at Vicksburg part 2
September 10 McHenry County CWRT/Rank Discord
September 14 Salt Creek CWRT/Stonewall Jackson, the Man, the Myth and the Legend
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Accepting the Nevins-Freeman Award
Chicago CWRT, Nov. 12, 2010
The Iron Brigade Association Award
Milwaukee CWRT, 2014