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.
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Phone: 773-319-3508
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2019
October 9 Deerfield Questors/Chicago's Memory of the Civil War
October 15 Prairieville Irregulars/Waukesha/General John E. Smith, Galena's Forgotten General
November 4 Questers/Shadow Over Chicago: Al Capone and the Windy City
November 9 Veterans Day/Union Ridge Cemetery/Old Glory SUV
November 12 Lake County Genealogical Society/The Changing Memory of the Civil War
November 21 Austin TX CWRT/Gouverneur K. Warren's Last Battle; The General and the Historians
December 6 Northern Illinois CWRT/Leonidas Polk and the Fate of Kentucky in 1861
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2020
January 7 Barrington Questers/Shadow over Chicago: Al Capone and the Windy City
February 1 Abraham Lincoln and the Common Soldier/Milwaukee Sons of Union Veterans
February 14 Railroad Defense in the Atlanta Campaign/Kenosha Civil War Museum
March 17 Lincoln Davis CWRT/TBD
April 11 Lincoln Tomb Ceremony/SUV
June 27 Tri-State CWRT Symposium/TBD
October 8 Joshua L. Chamberlain CWRT/TBD
October 9 Capitol City (Albany) CWRT/TBD
October 13 Green Mountain CWRT/TBD
October 14 CWRT of the Merrimack/TBD
October 16 CWRT of New Hampshire
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2021
Accepting the Nevins-Freeman Award
Chicago CWRT, Nov. 12, 2010
The Iron Brigade Association Award
Milwaukee CWRT, 2014