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TEXAS DIVISION

SPEAKERS

Finding interesting speakers for Camp meetings can be a challenge, yet the quality of meetings can have a profound effect on visitors coming back to be members. in your Brigade.
Your willing service to our Division would be most gratefully appreciated. If you are willing to serve or continue serving in this capacity, please complete the form below and email to: Texas3rdltcommander@yahoo.com
Texas Division Speaker Registration Form

Central Texas Area Speakers
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.
Curt Locklear: I am a historian primarily of the Civil War west of the Mississippi. I have three award-winning novels of the war and I give presentations across Texas and the South, all the way to Maryland. In my presentations, I perform banjo and guitar songs. I am the banjo picker on the hit TV show, "The Daytripper." I generally build my presentation on what the camp requests. Let me know how I can be of service to the SCV's. My phone is 512-434-9829. curtlocklearauthor.com
W. Michael Hurley: Prepared Speeches
John Dickey:
Prepared Speeches
Mark Vogle:  Prepared Speeches
Dustin S Social Media: The New Digital Battlefield
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 Area Speakers
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.
Curt Locklear: I am a historian primarily of the Civil War west of the Mississippi. I have three award-winning novels of the war and I give presentations across Texas and the South, all the way to Maryland. In my presentations, I perform banjo and guitar songs. I am the banjo picker on the hit TV show, "The Daytripper." I generally build my presentation on what the camp requests. Let me know how I can be of service to the SCV's. My phone is 512-434-9829. curtlocklearauthor.com
W. Michael Hurley: Prepared Speeches
John Dickey: Prepared Speeches
Mark Vogle:  Prepared Speeches
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 seriesAuthor 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
W. Scott B Jacksonville, Texas. Program is a talk about my book- The Camel Regiment: A History of the Bloody 43rd Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, CSA 1862-65.
 


Gulf Coast Area Speakers
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.
Curt Locklear: I am a historian primarily of the Civil War west of the Mississippi. I have three award-winning novels of the war and I give presentations across Texas and the South, all the way to Maryland. In my presentations, I perform banjo and guitar songs. I am the banjo picker on the hit TV show, "The Daytripper." I generally build my presentation on what the camp requests. Let me know how I can be of service to the SCV's. My phone is 512-434-9829. curtlocklearauthor.com
W. Michael Hurley Prepared Speeches
John Dickey: Prepared Speeches
Mark Vogle:  Prepared Speeches
Dustin W. S Social Media: The New Digital Battlefield
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

 
North Texas Area Speakers
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.
Curt Locklear: I am a historian primarily of the Civil War west of the Mississippi. I have three award-winning novels of the war and I give presentations across Texas and the South, all the way to Maryland. In my presentations, I perform banjo and guitar songs. I am the banjo picker on the hit TV show, "The Daytripper." I generally build my presentation on what the camp requests. Let me know how I can be of service to the SCV's. My phone is 512-434-9829. curtlocklearauthor.com
W. Michael Hurley: Prepared Speeches
John Dickey: Prepared Speeches
Mark Vogle:  Prepared Speeches
Dustin W. S Social Media: The New Digital BattlefieldJ. 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
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 Area Speakers
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.
Curt Locklear: I am a historian primarily of the Civil War west of the Mississippi. I have three award-winning novels of the war and I give presentations across Texas and the South, all the way to Maryland. In my presentations, I perform banjo and guitar songs. I am the banjo picker on the hit TV show, "The Daytripper." I generally build my presentation on what the camp requests. Let me know how I can be of service to the SCV's. My phone is 512-434-9829. curtlocklearauthor.com
W. Michael Hurley Prepared Speeches
John Dickey:
Prepared Speeches
William Bozic: Prepared Speeches
Mark Vogle:  Prepared Speeches
Dustin W. S Social Media: The New Digital BattlefieldJ. 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)
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
William Bozic: Prepared Speeches
 


West Texas Area Speakers
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.
Curt Locklear: I am a historian primarily of the Civil War west of the Mississippi. I have three award-winning novels of the war and I give presentations across Texas and the South, all the way to Maryland. In my presentations, I perform banjo and guitar songs. I am the banjo picker on the hit TV show, "The Daytripper." I generally build my presentation on what the camp requests. Let me know how I can be of service to the SCV's. My phone is 512-434-9829. curtlocklearauthor.com
W. Michael Hurley Prepared Speeches
John Dickey:
Prepared Speeches
Mark Vogle:  Prepared Speeches
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")
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