Speakers
Locating captivating speakers for our Camp meetings can be a bit of a challenge, yet the success of these gatherings greatly influences whether visitors return to join our ranks. If you’ve recently had a speaker that you think other camps would benefit from, please encourage that speaker to enroll in our speakers list.
Your dedication to our Division is genuinely valued. If you’re interested in taking on this role or continuing your service, we kindly request you send your information to the following email address: [email protected]
Please be sure to include your contact information, topics, the regions you’re willing to speak in, and if you require any accommodations/fees.
North Texas Area
North Texas Speakers
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Available to speak on a variety of topics.
Travel expenses must be paid by inviting camp.
Paul Gramling, Jr.:
I can speak anywhere in the TX Division. All I ask is a little help with expenses.
I usually speak on the status of the SCV, on all levels, and the problems we have faced and those we are still dealing with.
W. Michael Hurley:
John Dickey:
Mark Vogl:
Tom C:
(1) The Charge; (2) Secession
Sanford R:
Lee’s Legacy of Faith and Chivalry
Buddy W:
(1 )Leaders and Leadership; (2) Strategy and Tactics; (3) Artillery; (4) Chaplains; (5) Battles of Gettysburg, Sharpsburg, Manassas (1 & 2) (6) My relative, Major Roberdeau Chatham Wheat, Commander of 1st Louisiana Special Battalion (“Wheat’s Tigers”)
Dr. Richard Lee M:
(1) The Black Confederate (2) The Confederate Chaplain (3) The Culture of the Confederate States (4) Another Look at Six Myths of the Lost Cause (5) The Enlisted Confederate Soldier (6) Martyrs For The Confederate Cause (7) The Confederate Military Cadet (8) Abraham Lincoln: His Religion & Views On Race (9) Flags Of The Confederacy (10) Union Soldiers & Their Yankee Atrocities (11) The Hard Hand Of War (12) Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Scott Bowden:
Robert E. Lee at War series
Author of 28 published works on Napoleonic and American military history and winner of 11 literary awards. All presentations are in PowerPoint, including the following:
(1) many Robert E. Lee topics during The War that are developed within the multi-volume “Robert E. Lee at War” book series, including various aspects encompassing Lee’s tenure as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia (his campaigns, battles and art of art). Among the topics within this genre include the specific presentations titled “Fearless Under Fire: How Robert E. Lee Commanded the Army of Northern Virginia,” as well as “Lee and Jackson: A Study in Command Relationship—April 1861 to May 1863,” “Lee and the Great Captains: How Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, Napoleon and Others Directly Influenced Lee’s Generalship,” and “Robert E. Lee’s Art of War” as presented in 2017 at Arlington House for the National Park Service; (2) many topics covering Lee before The War and the first year of the conflict encompassing the “Jefferson Davis-Winfield Scott-Robert E. Lee Feud” as well as the “Robert E. Lee In Texas” discussions; (3) specific topics related to the book, Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campaign (Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman American History Award and other literary awards), including talks on each day of the battle and command relationships at the battle; (4) topics covering Lee after The War, including the presentation “You Only Have to Blow the Bugle” given at the SD Lee Institute in Dallas in 2015 and for the National Park Service in 2017 at Arlington House; (5) non-battle-related talks, including “A Soldier’s Heart, You Know, Is Divided Between Love and Glory: Why Women Loved Robert E. Lee.” (6) Lone Star Flag to the Top: Robert E. Lee and the Texas Brigade
South Texas Areas
South Texas Speakers
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Paul Gramling, Jr.:
I can speak anywhere in the TX Division. All I ask is a little help with expenses.
I usually speak on the status of the SCV, on all levels, and the problems we have faced and those we are still dealing with.
W. Michael Hurley:
John Dickey:
William Bozic:
Mark Vogl:
George B:
(1) Sabine Pass; (2) Brigadier General Micah Jenkins; (3) Brigadier General Randall Lee Gibson (founder of Tulane University)
Sanford R:
Lee’s Legacy of Faith and Chivalry
Buddy W:
(1 )Leaders and Leadership; (2) Strategy and Tactics; (3) Artillery; (4) Chaplains; (5) Battles of Gettysburg, Sharpsburg, Manassas (1 & 2) (6) My relative, Major Roberdeau Chatham Wheat, Commander of 1st Louisiana Special Battalion (“Wheat’s Tigers”)
Dr. Richard Lee M:
(1) The Black Confederate (2) The Confederate Chaplain (3) The Culture of the Confederate States (4) Another Look at Six Myths of the Lost Cause (5) The Enlisted Confederate Soldier (6) Martyrs For The Confederate Cause (7) The Confederate Military Cadet (8) Abraham Lincoln: His Religion & Views On Race (9) Flags Of The Confederacy (10) Union Soldiers & Their Yankee Atrocities (11) The Hard Hand Of War (12) Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Scott Bowden:
Robert E. Lee at War series
Author of 28 published works on Napoleonic and American military history and winner of 11 literary awards. All presentations are in PowerPoint, including the following:
(1) many Robert E. Lee topics during The War that are developed within the multi-volume “Robert E. Lee at War” book series, including various aspects encompassing Lee’s tenure as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia (his campaigns, battles and art of art). Among the topics within this genre include the specific presentations titled “Fearless Under Fire: How Robert E. Lee Commanded the Army of Northern Virginia,” as well as “Lee and Jackson: A Study in Command Relationship—April 1861 to May 1863,” “Lee and the Great Captains: How Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, Napoleon and Others Directly Influenced Lee’s Generalship,” and “Robert E. Lee’s Art of War” as presented in 2017 at Arlington House for the National Park Service; (2) many topics covering Lee before The War and the first year of the conflict encompassing the “Jefferson Davis-Winfield Scott-Robert E. Lee Feud” as well as the “Robert E. Lee In Texas” discussions; (3) specific topics related to the book, Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campaign (Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman American History Award and other literary awards), including talks on each day of the battle and command relationships at the battle; (4) topics covering Lee after The War, including the presentation “You Only Have to Blow the Bugle” given at the SD Lee Institute in Dallas in 2015 and for the National Park Service in 2017 at Arlington House; (5) non-battle-related talks, including “A Soldier’s Heart, You Know, Is Divided Between Love and Glory: Why Women Loved Robert E. Lee.” (6) Lone Star Flag to the Top: Robert E. Lee and the Texas Brigade
Gulf Coast Areas
Gulf Area Texas Speakers
Click the name of the speaker you’d like to contact.
Paul Gramling, Jr.:
I can speak anywhere in the TX Division. All I ask is a little help with expenses.
I usually speak on the status of the SCV, on all levels, and the problems we have faced and those we are still dealing with.
W. Michael Hurley:
John Dickey:
Mark Vogl:
Rev. Dr. J. B. M:
Confederation States Acculturation Under Duress
George B:
(1) Sabine Pass; (2) Brigadier General Micah Jenkins; (3) Brigadier General Randall Lee Gibson (founder of Tulane University)
Walter C:
General Civil War history and discussion – www.waltercoffey.com
Brady Lee H:
(1) Various Jefferson Davis topics; (2) The Plot to Burn New York City
Ray J:
(1) A Confederate Infantryman’s Travels through the Western AND Eastern Theaters; (2) Introduction to Confederate Sharpshooters
Bill B:
Why African origin chattel slavery rather than another form of agricultural labor?
Sanford R:
Lee’s Legacy of Faith and Chivalry
Buddy W:
(1 )Leaders and Leadership; (2) Strategy and Tactics; (3) Artillery; (4) Chaplains; (5) Battles of Gettysburg, Sharpsburg, Manassas (1 & 2) (6) My relative, Major Roberdeau Chatham Wheat, Commander of 1st Louisiana Special Battalion (“Wheat’s Tigers”)
Dr. Richard Lee M:
(1) The Black Confederate (2) The Confederate Chaplain (3) The Culture of the Confederate States (4) Another Look at Six Myths of the Lost Cause (5) The Enlisted Confederate Soldier (6) Martyrs For The Confederate Cause (7) The Confederate Military Cadet (8) Abraham Lincoln: His Religion & Views On Race (9) Flags Of The Confederacy (10) Union Soldiers & Their Yankee Atrocities (11) The Hard Hand Of War (12) Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Scott Bowden:
Robert E. Lee at War series
Author of 28 published works on Napoleonic and American military history and winner of 11 literary awards. All presentations are in PowerPoint, including the following:
(1) many Robert E. Lee topics during The War that are developed within the multi-volume “Robert E. Lee at War” book series, including various aspects encompassing Lee’s tenure as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia (his campaigns, battles and art of art). Among the topics within this genre include the specific presentations titled “Fearless Under Fire: How Robert E. Lee Commanded the Army of Northern Virginia,” as well as “Lee and Jackson: A Study in Command Relationship—April 1861 to May 1863,” “Lee and the Great Captains: How Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, Napoleon and Others Directly Influenced Lee’s Generalship,” and “Robert E. Lee’s Art of War” as presented in 2017 at Arlington House for the National Park Service; (2) many topics covering Lee before The War and the first year of the conflict encompassing the “Jefferson Davis-Winfield Scott-Robert E. Lee Feud” as well as the “Robert E. Lee In Texas” discussions; (3) specific topics related to the book, Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campaign (Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman American History Award and other literary awards), including talks on each day of the battle and command relationships at the battle; (4) topics covering Lee after The War, including the presentation “You Only Have to Blow the Bugle” given at the SD Lee Institute in Dallas in 2015 and for the National Park Service in 2017 at Arlington House; (5) non-battle-related talks, including “A Soldier’s Heart, You Know, Is Divided Between Love and Glory: Why Women Loved Robert E. Lee.” (6) Lone Star Flag to the Top: Robert E. Lee and the Texas Brigade
Central Texas Areas
Central Texas Speakers
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Ross Cox Sr:
Available to speak on a variety of topics.
Travel expenses must be paid by inviting camp.
Paul Gramling, Jr.:
I can speak anywhere in the TX Division. All I ask is a little help with expenses.
I usually speak on the status of the SCV, on all levels, and the problems we have faced and those we are still dealing with.
W. Michael Hurley:
John Dickey:
Mark Vogl:
Rev. Dr. J. B. M:
Confederation States Acculturation Under Duress
Johnny S:
(1) All Were Named Courage; (2) Horse’s Role in WBTS
Bill B:
Why African origin chattel slavery rather than another form of agricultural labor?
Sanford R:
Lee’s Legacy of Faith and Chivalry
Buddy W:
(1 )Leaders and Leadership; (2) Strategy and Tactics; (3) Artillery; (4) Chaplains; (5) Battles of Gettysburg, Sharpsburg, Manassas (1 & 2) (6) My relative, Major Roberdeau Chatham Wheat, Commander of 1st Louisiana Special Battalion (“Wheat’s Tigers”)
Dr. Richard Lee M:
(1) The Black Confederate (2) The Confederate Chaplain (3) The Culture of the Confederate States (4) Another Look at Six Myths of the Lost Cause (5) The Enlisted Confederate Soldier (6) Martyrs For The Confederate Cause (7) The Confederate Military Cadet (8) Abraham Lincoln: His Religion & Views On Race (9) Flags Of The Confederacy (10) Union Soldiers & Their Yankee Atrocities (11) The Hard Hand Of War (12) Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Scott Bowden:
Robert E. Lee at War series
Author of 28 published works on Napoleonic and American military history and winner of 11 literary awards. All presentations are in PowerPoint, including the following:
(1) many Robert E. Lee topics during The War that are developed within the multi-volume “Robert E. Lee at War” book series, including various aspects encompassing Lee’s tenure as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia (his campaigns, battles and art of art). Among the topics within this genre include the specific presentations titled “Fearless Under Fire: How Robert E. Lee Commanded the Army of Northern Virginia,” as well as “Lee and Jackson: A Study in Command Relationship—April 1861 to May 1863,” “Lee and the Great Captains: How Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, Napoleon and Others Directly Influenced Lee’s Generalship,” and “Robert E. Lee’s Art of War” as presented in 2017 at Arlington House for the National Park Service; (2) many topics covering Lee before The War and the first year of the conflict encompassing the “Jefferson Davis-Winfield Scott-Robert E. Lee Feud” as well as the “Robert E. Lee In Texas” discussions; (3) specific topics related to the book, Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campaign (Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman American History Award and other literary awards), including talks on each day of the battle and command relationships at the battle; (4) topics covering Lee after The War, including the presentation “You Only Have to Blow the Bugle” given at the SD Lee Institute in Dallas in 2015 and for the National Park Service in 2017 at Arlington House; (5) non-battle-related talks, including “A Soldier’s Heart, You Know, Is Divided Between Love and Glory: Why Women Loved Robert E. Lee.” (6) Lone Star Flag to the Top: Robert E. Lee and the Texas Brigade
East Texas Areas
East Texas Speakers
Click the name of the speaker you’d like to contact.
Ross Cox Sr:
Available to speak on a variety of topics.
Travel expenses must be paid by inviting camp.
Paul Gramling, Jr.:
I can speak anywhere in the TX Division. All I ask is a little help with expenses.
I usually speak on the status of the SCV, on all levels, and the problems we have faced and those we are still dealing with.
W. Michael Hurley:
John Dickey:
Mark Vogl:
Rev. Dr. J. B. M:
Confederation States Acculturation Under Duress
J. Pat B:
(1) Scottish Migration to Texas; (2) Nathan Bedford Forrest 1; The first West Tennessee Raid (Escape Artist) (3) Nathan Bedford Forrest 2; The 2nd Raid to Surrender of Streight’s Raiders (4) Nathan Bedford Forrest 3; Chickamauga, Okolona & Brice’s Crossroads
George B:
(1) Sabine Pass; (2) Brigadier General Micah Jenkins; (3) Brigadier General Randall Lee Gibson (founder of Tulane University)
Jerry W:
Variety of topics
J. Dale W:
Civil War Photography
Sanford R:
Lee’s Legacy of Faith and Chivalry
Buddy W:
(1 )Leaders and Leadership; (2) Strategy and Tactics; (3) Artillery; (4) Chaplains; (5) Battles of Gettysburg, Sharpsburg, Manassas (1 & 2) (6) My relative, Major Roberdeau Chatham Wheat, Commander of 1st Louisiana Special Battalion (“Wheat’s Tigers”)
Dr. Richard Lee M:
(1) The Black Confederate (2) The Confederate Chaplain (3) The Culture of the Confederate States (4) Another Look at Six Myths of the Lost Cause (5) The Enlisted Confederate Soldier (6) Martyrs For The Confederate Cause (7) The Confederate Military Cadet (8) Abraham Lincoln: His Religion & Views On Race (9) Flags Of The Confederacy (10) Union Soldiers & Their Yankee Atrocities (11) The Hard Hand Of War (12) Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Scott Bowden:
Robert E. Lee at War series
Author of 28 published works on Napoleonic and American military history and winner of 11 literary awards. All presentations are in PowerPoint, including the following:
(1) many Robert E. Lee topics during The War that are developed within the multi-volume “Robert E. Lee at War” book series, including various aspects encompassing Lee’s tenure as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia (his campaigns, battles and art of art). Among the topics within this genre include the specific presentations titled “Fearless Under Fire: How Robert E. Lee Commanded the Army of Northern Virginia,” as well as “Lee and Jackson: A Study in Command Relationship—April 1861 to May 1863,” “Lee and the Great Captains: How Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, Napoleon and Others Directly Influenced Lee’s Generalship,” and “Robert E. Lee’s Art of War” as presented in 2017 at Arlington House for the National Park Service; (2) many topics covering Lee before The War and the first year of the conflict encompassing the “Jefferson Davis-Winfield Scott-Robert E. Lee Feud” as well as the “Robert E. Lee In Texas” discussions; (3) specific topics related to the book, Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campaign (Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman American History Award and other literary awards), including talks on each day of the battle and command relationships at the battle; (4) topics covering Lee after The War, including the presentation “You Only Have to Blow the Bugle” given at the SD Lee Institute in Dallas in 2015 and for the National Park Service in 2017 at Arlington House; (5) non-battle-related talks, including “A Soldier’s Heart, You Know, Is Divided Between Love and Glory: Why Women Loved Robert E. Lee.” (6) Lone Star Flag to the Top: Robert E. Lee and the Texas Brigade