RCJ Books
POB 1775
Kennesaw, GA 30156
robert
Guest Speaker
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.
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
- 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 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
- Rise of the Ironclads, and the Monitor and the Merrimack
- 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
- 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?
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
- Biographies:
- George Washington
- Continental Generals: Wayne and Greene
- Continental Generals: Lafayette and von Steuben
- British Generals: Howe and Cornwallis
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
The Old West and Ghost Towns
- Allan Pinkerton
- Billy the Kid
- Comstock Lode
- Doc Holliday
- 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 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)
Christian History and Theology Topics
See http://www.sundayschoolcourses.com/speaker.htm for topics
Schedule 2014/2015
| January 18, 2014 | Kennesaw UDC/10:00 | Sherman's Destruction of Georgia's Railroads |
| January 20, 2014 | Arms Collectors of Georgia, Sandy Springs, GA | Top 10 Innovations of World War I |
| January 25, 2014 | Trains! Trains! Trains! event at the Southern Museum, Kennesaw, GA (10:30, 11:30, 1:30) | Railroad songs |
| February 7, 2014 | SCV Zebulon, GA | Battle of Griswoldville |
| February 8/9, 2014 | Chickamauga Civil War Show, NW Georgia Trade Center 2211 Dug Gap Battle Road Dalton, GA | Will have a table selling my books |
| March 13, 2014 | Genealogical Society of Gilmer County/Gilmer County Library, 2:00 pm | The Civil War in North Georgia |
| March 15, 2014 | Jefferson Guards District meeting, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Birmingham/11:00 | Top 10 Most Influential Women in the Civil War (Confederacy) |
| March 15, 2014 | Birmingham DAR/2:00 | Valley Forge: The Long Encampment |
| March 29, 2014 | Chattooga County Historical Society/11:30 | Point Lookout, MD prison camp |
| April 13, 2014 | Knoxville SCV/2:00 | TBD |
| April 24, 2014 | Leonidas Polk SCV Camp/7:00 | Civil War Timeline |
| April 26, 2014 | "Civil War Comes to Kingston", Georgia | 1:00: Historical Echoes Civil War Music Show 2:00 Sherman's March to the Sea |
| May 2/3, 2014 | Civil War Comes Alive/Cartersville | Civil War Music/table selling my books |
| May 9, 2014 | Tours of Atlanta (bus tour)/10:00-2:00 | Sherman's Atlanta Campaign |
| May 10, 2014 | Kennesaw Depot/2:00 | Sherman's Destruction of Georgia's Railroads |
| May 17/18, 2014 | Fayetteville Living History Days | Book signing at Holliday-Dorsey-Fife Museum |
| May 19. 2014 | Valdosta UDC/5:30 | Top 10 Most Influential Women in the Civil War (Confederacy) |
| May 20, 2014 | Gen. James Longstreet Camp 1289, Palmetto, GA/7:00p | Sherman's destruction of Georgia's Railroads |
| May 24, 2014 | Southern Museum Descendents Party | Great Locomotive Chase Bus Tour |
| May 25, 2014 | Southern Museum Descendents Party | Sherman's March to the Sea |
| June 5th, 2014 | Major Thomas J. Key Camp #1920 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans/Lenexa, KS | The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico |
| June 10, 2014 | Kansas City Posse of Westerners/6:30p | The Top 10 Gunslingers of the Old West |
| June 11, 2014 | Watkins Museum, Lawrence, KS/7:00 | The Leo Beuerman story |
| June 12, 2014 | SCV camp, South Kansas #2064/Wichita, KS. 5:30 | Confederate Raiders: William Quantrill, "Bloody Bill" Anderson |
| June 19, 2014 | Fayetteville, GA SCV/Hopeful Community Center/7:00 | Atlanta Campaign from the start, to the outskirts of Atlanta |
| June 29, 2014 | Kennesaw National Battlefield/12:00 | William Tecumseh Sherman: Sinner or Saint? |
| July 12, 2014 | Southern Museum | Civil War Music Show |
| July 16, 2014 | Bartow History Museum Lunch & Learn | Innovations of World War I |
| July 26, 2014 | Southern Museum Railroad Rendezvous/11:00 & 12:30 | Railroad Music |
| August 7, 2014 | TRR Cobb Camp #97 in Watkinsville/7:00 | CSS Arkansas and Captain Issac Brown |
| August 9, 2014 | Kennesaw Depot/2:00 | Moderating William Tecumseh Sherman: Sinner or Saint? panel discussion |
| August 19, 2014 | Bledsoe-Greene House, 105 W. Sumpter St.,Eatonton, GA/W.F.Jenkins SCV camp #690 | Sherman's March to the Sea |
| August 26, 2014 | Civil War Round Table of Kansas City/Alexander Majors House/6:30p | Battle of Mobile Bay |
| September 2, 2014 | F.A.N. Club - Friends And Neighbors, Cobb Senior Center on Dallas Hwy, near Mars Hill/morning | Top 10 Most Influential Women of the Union |
| September 8, 2014 | Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table | Sherman's March to the Sea |
| September 13, 2014 | Kennesaw Depot/2:00 | Battle of Griswoldville: An Infantry Battle of Sherman's March to the Sea |
| September 18, 2014 | St.Clair SCV Camp 308 Ashville, AL/6:30 | TBD |
| Sept. 20/Oct. 4, 2014 | Research | Not available for lectures |
| October 11, 2014 | Andrew Houser Chapter, DAR, Marietta, GA | Valley Forge: The Long Encampment (tentative) |
| October 21, 2014 | Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, John's Creek/11:00 | Northern nurses: Barton, Dix, Bickerdyke |
| October 22, 2014 | Rockdale County DAR/3:30 | Valley Forge or Christianity and the Revolutionary War |
| November 25, 2014 | Gen. John B. Gordon Memorial Camp #1449 in Thomaston, Ga/7:00 | TBD |
| December 11, 2014 | General Robert E. Lee SCV Camp # 16 Opelika/Auburn AL | TBD |
| February 9, 2015 | Martha Bulloch Chapter DAR/10:30 | Valley Forge: The Long Encampment |
| February 14, 2015 | Atlanta Chapter DAR/luncheon | Washington Crosses the Delaware |
| February 21, 2015 | DeKalb County, Fort Payne, Alabama UDC | Top 10 Most Influential Women in the Civil War (Confederacy) |
| March 21, 2015 | Admiral Semmes #57 Chapter, UDC, Roanoke, Alabama/2:00 | TBD |
| April 13, 2015 | DAR Peachtree City, GA | Sherman's March to the Sea |
| April 15, 2015 | Bartow History Museum Lunch & Learn | Lincoln Assassination |
| June 20, 2015 | Coweta County Genealogical Society/Grantville, GA/1:30 | The Civil War in Georgia |
2010/2013 lectures
SCV/SUV/UDC
- 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)
- Fayetteville, GA
- Fayetteville, TN
- Kennesaw, GA
- Knoxville, TN
- Lawrence, KS
- Mableton, GA
- McDonough, Ga
- Palmetto, GA
- Rome, GA
- Roswell, GA
- Smyrna, GA
- Stone Mountain, GA
- Tallassee, AL
- Thomaston, Ga
- Topeka, KS
- Warner Robins, GA
Historical Societies and Associations
- Alpharetta Historical Society
- Catoosa County Historical Society
- Cherokee County Historical Society
- The Cobb County Genealogical Society
- Dixie Relic Club
- Georgia Society of Ferroequinologists
- Griffin-Spalding Historical Society
- Gwinnett Historical Society
- Gordon County Historical Society
- Historical Society of Forsyth County
- 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
Civil War Rounds Tables
- Civil War Roundtable of Cobb County
- Dalton Civil War Roundtable
- Northeastern Georgia Civil War Roundtable
- Washington Georgia Civil War Round Table
Civic Groups
- East Cobb Civitan Club
- Friends And Neighbors, Cobb Senior Center
- John Collins Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
- 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 Christmas (Southern Museum)
- Cowan, TN Tullahoma Campaign Sesquicentennial Celebration
- Lecompton, Kansas Territorial Days
- NMRA Convention in Atlanta
- Railroad Rendezvous (Southern Museum)
- Tours of Atlanta/Grant Park
- Trains! Trains! Trains! (Southern Museum
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POB 1775
Kennesaw, GA 30156
robert
