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
Schedule
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/TBD
June 11 CWRT of Southwest Michigan/The Midwest Fights the Civil War
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
2023
January 12 Milwaukee CWRT/The Union Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas
January 13 Chicago CWRT/The Union Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas
March 3 Northern Illinois CWRT/Abraham Lincoln and the Common Soldier
March 7 Patty Turner Center, Deerfield Park/The Midwest Fights the Civil War
March 13 CWRT of Northeast Indiana/The Murder of Major General William Nelson
March 14 CWRT of Southwest Michigan/Abraham Lincoln and the Common Soldier
March 16 McHenry County College/The Murder of Major General William Nelson
April 3 McHenry County College/John Eugene Smith, Galena's Forgotten General
April 4 Niles Senior Center/Chicago's Memory of the Civil War
May 16 Old Glory Camp 61-65 SUV/John Eugene Smith, Galena's Forgotten General
June 3 Jacksonville Civil War Conference/Gouverneur Kemble's Warren's Last Battle, the General vs the Historians
June 17 Cantigny Symposium/The Detective as Historian, Using Primary Sources as Evidence
June 28 Bernard Horwich JCC/Chicago's Memory of the Civil War
July 21 Madison County CWRT (KY)/The Union Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas
August 11 Kenosha Civil War Museum/The Union Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas
September 6 Kankakee Valley CWRT/Abraham Lincoln and the Common Soldier
September 19 Patty Turner Center/The Civil War Generals
September 19 Lincoln/Davis CWRT/John Eugene Smith, Galena's Forgotten General
September 26 Woodstock Public Library/The Murder of Major General William Nelson
December 1 Northern Illinois CWRT/Stonewall Jackson, the Man, the Myth and the Legend
December 4 Rock River CWRT/Stonewall Jackson, the Man, the Myth and the Legend
December 16 Salt Creek CWRT/Memorabilia Event, Civil War Corps Badges
Accepting the Nevins-Freeman Award
Chicago CWRT, Nov. 12, 2010
The Iron Brigade Association Award
Milwaukee CWRT, 2014