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Robert is available as a guest speaker in Georgia, southern Tennessee and eastern Alabama.  A $25-$50 honorarium is requested to help defray fuel costs.  The typical length of a presentation by Robert is in the 40-60 minute range.  He will bring any or all of the books listed on this site for sale.

Robert is available as a speaker outside of the geographies listed above if travel, lodging and food expenses are provided. 

To see a video of Robert giving a lecture, click here.

New lectures available:

"Ghost Towns and Mills of the Atlanta Area"

"Georgia and the End of the War: 1865"

Topics

Civil War/War Between the States

1864 Topics in bold

1865 Topics in bold blue

• 1863: Turning Point of the Civil War?
• 1864: Year of Decision in the West
• 1865:  End of the War
• 1865:  End of the War in Georgia
• Abraham Lincoln: Sinner or Saint?
• Battle of Allatoona Pass
• Battles for Chattanooga: Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
• Battle of Chickamauga
• Battle of Fort Henry
• Battle of Griswoldville
• Battle of Mobile Bay
• Battle for New Orleans
• Battle of Port Royal
• Biography lectures:
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Jefferson Davis
  • William Tecumseh Sherman
  • Ulysses Grant
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Assassination conspirators: John Wilkes Booth/Mary Surratt
  • Southern philosophers: Calhoun, Fitzhugh, Yancey
  • Radical Republicans: Stevens, Sumner
  • Northern cabinet members: Stanton, Seward
  • Georgia Confederate politicians: Stephens, Cobb, Toombs
  • Northern nurses: Barton, Dix, Bickerdyke
  • Confederate Raiders: William Quantrill, "Bloody Bill" Anderson
  • Union Raiders: James Lane, Charles Jennison, John Brown
  • Lee's Corps Commanders:  Jackson, Longstreet
  • Union Admirals:  Dixon, Farragut, Dahlgren
  • Confederate Navy: Semmes, Buchanan, Mallory
  • Kit Carson: Scout, Indian Fighter, Brigadier General
• Bleeding Kansas: The Real Start of the Civil War
• Charleston Harbor
• Christianity and the Civil War
• Civil War in Georgia
• Civil War Prison Camps
• Civil War Ruins in the Atlanta Area
• Civil War Timeline (an overview of Civil War events)
• Confederate Invasion of New Mexico
  • Battle of Glorieta Pass (The Gettysburg of the West)
  • Battle of Valverde

• CSS Alabama
• CSS Arkansas

• Fort Fisher
• Hatteras Inlet
• Kenner Garrard’s Raid on Conyers and Covington
• Lincoln Assassination
  • Overview
  • The Conspirators
  • The Assassination
  • The Search for John Wilkes Booth
  • Trial and Sentencing
  • Conspiracy Theories
• Lost Gold of the Confederacy
• McCook's Cavalry Raid South of Atlanta (includes the Battle of Brown's Mill)
• North Georgia Guerilla:  Tom Polk Edmondson and the Battle of Bucktown
• Retracing the Route of Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
• Retracing the Route of the General - Following in the Footsteps of the Andrews Raid
• Retracing the Route of Sherman's March to the Sea

• Rise of the Ironclads, and the Monitor and the Merrimack

• Sherman's Carolinas Campaign
• Sherman's Destruction of Georgia's Railroads
• Songs of the Confederacy (the author performs several Civil War songs, and describes their origins)
• Songs of the Union (the author performs several Civil War songs, and describes their origins
• Top 10 Reasons the Civil War was Won in the West
• Top 10 Civil War Spies and Irregulars (Confederacy)
• Top 10 Civil War Spies and Irregulars (Union)
• Top Ten Most Critical Moments of the Civil War
• Top Ten Best Generals of the Civil War
• Top Ten Worst Generals of the Civil War
• Top 10 Impacts of the Civil War on Modern Warfare
• Top 10 Most Influential Nurses in the Civil War
• Top 10 Most Influential People in the Confederacy
• Top 10 Most Influential People in the Union
• Top Ten Most Influential Women of the Civil War (Confederacy)
• Top Ten Most Influential Women of the Civil War (Union)
• William Tecumseh Sherman: Saint or Sinner?
• Wilson's Raid

Railroad

• 19th Century Railroad Timeline (an overview of American railroad events in the 19th century)
• A Brief History of the Locomotive General
• A Brief History of the Western & Atlantic Railroad
• Sherman's Destruction of Georgia's Railroads
• History of the Pennsylvania Railroad
• History of the Reading Railroad
• Top 20 Railroad Songs (the author performs several railroad songs, and describes their origins

Revolutionary War

• Valley Forge: The Long Encampment
• Battles for Philadelphia (1777)
• Christianity and the Revolutionary War
• Battles for New Jersey (Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth).  Includes "Washington Crosses the Delaware".
• Revolutionary War Timeline
• Heroines of the Ameican Revolution (overview)
• Biographies:
  • George Washington
  • Continental Generals: Wayne and Greene
  • Continental Generals: Lafayette and von Steuben
  • British Generals: Howe and Cornwallis
  • Philadelphia Freedom:  Betsy Ross and Esther de Berdt Reed
  • First ladies:  Martha Washington
    Abigail Adams
  • Southern belles: Kate Barry and Nancy Hart
  • Authors:  Tom Paine and Mercy Otis Warren
  • Women on the battlefield: Molly Pitcher and Margaret Cochran Corbin
  • Midnight Riders: Paul Revere and Sybil Ludington
  • South Carolina heroes: Daniel Morgan and Francis Marion (The Swamp Fox)
  • Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys
  • John Paul Jones and Battle of Flamborough Head (Bonhomme Richard)
  • Inspriring the Revolution: Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • Boys from Boston:  John Adams and Samuel Adams
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • John Hancock
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • James Madison: "Father of the Constitution"
  • Spies for the cause: Nathan Hale and Lydia Barrington Darragh

Atlanta Area

• Ghost Towns and Mills of the Atlanta Area
• History of Kennesaw, GA
• History of Cooper's Furnace
• Pre-Civil War mills in the Atlanta area
• Post-Civil War mills in the Atlanta area
• Civil War Ruins in the Atlanta Area
• Ghost Towns and mills of Bartow County

World War I Centennial 

• Battle of Jutland
• Dogfights and airpower
• Russian Revolution
• Tank Warfare
• Top 10 Innovations of World War I
• Trench Warfare
• U-Boats and Convoys
• Biography:  John "Black Jack" Pershing

The Old West and Ghost Towns

• Allan Pinkerton
• Ancient Indian Pueblos of New Mexico
• Billy the Kid
• Comstock Lode
• Doc Holliday
• Guarding the Frontier:  U.S. Army Forts in New Mexico in the 19th Century
• Ghost Towns and Mills of the Atlanta Area
• Ghost Towns of Death Valley - As They Appear Today
• Ghost Towns of Mojave National Preserve
• Jesse James
• Mysteries and Wonders of Death Valley
• Mysteries and Wonders of Mojave National Preserve
• Search for a Lost Death Valley Ghost Town
• The Last Invasion: Pancho Villa Invades Columbus, NM
• The Superstitions and the Lost Dutchman's Mine
• The Top 10 Gunslingers of the Old West
• Top 10 Lawmen of the Old West
• Wild Bill Hickok
• Wyatt Earp

Christian History

• A Brief History of the Crusades
• A Brief History of the Inquisition
• Christianity and the Civil War
• The Historical King Arthur
• The Knights Templar
• Oliver Cromwell and the English Civil War
• Protestant Revivals and Social Movements in the United States
• Richard the Lionheart
• "Sinners in the hands of an angry God" (the author delivers the famous 18th century sermon by Jonathan Edwards)

See http://www.sundayschoolcourses.com/speaker.htm for more topics

Sermons

From time to time I am asked to fill in for a pastor and deliver a sermon.  Here are several videos that show sermons I've done in the last year or so:

"Does Hell Exist"

"The Historical Jesus"

"Protestantism: How Did We Get Where We Are Today?"

"Revival"  

Schedule 2015

2010/2014 lectures

SCV/SUV/UDC/DUV

• Auburn AL
• Anniston, AL
• Ashville, AL
• Athens, GA
• Atlanta, GA
• Augusta, GA
• Birmingham, AL
• Cartersville, GA
• Chattanooga, TN
• Conyers, GA
• Cumming GA
• Dallas, GA (New Hope Church)
• Eatonton, GA
• Fayetteville, GA
• Fayetteville, TN
• John's Creek, GA
• Kennesaw, GA
• Knoxville, TN
• Lawrence, KS
• Lenexa, KS
• Mableton, GA
• McDonough, Ga
• Palmetto, GA
• Rome, GA
• Roswell, GA
• Smyrna, GA
• Stone Mountain, GA
• Tallassee, AL
• Thomaston, Ga
• Topeka, KS
• Valdosta
• Warner Robins, GA
• Watkinsville, GA
• Wichita, KS
• Zebulon, GA

DAR/SAR

• Birmingham DAR
• Marietta, GA DAR
  
• John Collins Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
  
• Rockdale County DAR
  

Historical Societies and Associations

• Alpharetta Historical Society
• Catoosa County Historical Society
• Chattooga County Historical Society
• Cherokee County Historical Society
• The Cobb County Genealogical Society
• Dixie Relic Club
• Genealogical Society of Gilmer County
• Georgia Society of Ferroequinologists
• Griffin-Spalding Historical Society
• Gwinnett Historical Society
• Gordon County Historical Society
• Historical Society of Forsyth County
• Kansas City Posse of Westerners
• Kingston, GA
• Newton County Historical Society
• Old Campbell County Historical Society, Fairburn, GA
• Pickens County Historical Society, Jasper, GA
• Rockdale County Historical Society
• Roswell Historical Society
• Walker County Historical Society 

Museums/Battlefields

• Bartow History Museum
• Constitution Hall, Lecompton, KS
• Holiday, Dorsey, Fife House, Fayetteville, GA
• Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield
• Southeastern Railway Museum
• Southern Museum
• Watkins Museum, Lawrence, KS

Civil War Rounds Tables

• Civil War Roundtable of Cobb County
• Civil War Round Table of Kansas City
• Dalton Civil War Roundtable
• Northeastern Georgia Civil War Roundtable
• Washington Georgia Civil War Round Table
• Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table

Civic Groups

• Arms Collectors of Georgia, Sandy Springs, GA
• East Cobb Civitan Club
• Friends And Neighbors, Cobb Senior Center
• Piedmont Division of the National Model Railroad Association
• Rotary Club of Vinings
• Smyrna Rotary Club

Schools

• Due West Elementary School
• Living Science Home Study Center, Woodstock, GA
• North Cobb High School
• TLE Academy

Libraries

• Chickamauga Public Library
• Northwest Georgia Regional Library

Churches

• Fairview (Knoxville) UMC Distant Learning Program
• First United Methodist Church of Marietta Men's group
• Mars Hill Presbyterian Church

Events and Tours

• Civil War Comes Alive event in Cartersville
• Civil War Comes to Kingston
• Civil War Christmas (Southern Museum)
• Cowan, TN Tullahoma Campaign Sesquicentennial Celebration
• Lecompton, Kansas Territorial Days
• NMRA Convention in Atlanta
• Railroad Rendezvous (Southern Museum)
• Southern Museum Descendents Party
• Tours of Atlanta/Grant Park
• Trains! Trains! Trains! (Southern Museum)