Tennessee Division Speakers Bureau
Updated as of 01/2026
Gene Andrews
615-806-4571
[email protected]
Location: Davidson County, Nashville, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Need gas money for outside of Nashville
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topics: ¤ Confederate States Marine Corps
¤ Hood’s Tennessee Campaign
¤ Forrest at Fort Pillow: The Truth
¤ N.B. Forrest Biography
¤ Forrest's Strategy...If They Had Only Listened
John A. Blankenship
731-420-1316
[email protected]
Location: Humboldt, Gibson Co., West TN
Willing to Travel: 2-3 hours depending on the day of the week
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
A Variety of Topics including:
¤ Gibson County History
¤ The Murder of Solomon Shaw in 1862
Dr. Michael Bradley
931-808-1941
[email protected]
Location: Coffee Co., Tullahoma, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles—may need to stay overnight
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ The Tullahoma Campaign
¤ Forrest in West Tennessee—1862
¤ David C. Kelley: Forrest's Fighting Preacher
¤ Forrest and the Klan
¤ Why They Fought: Farewell Addresses of Officers to their Men
¤ Behind the Lines in Occupied Middle Tennessee
Dr. Claudia Chapman
901-687-5102
[email protected]
Location: Tipton County, Brighton, West TN
Willing to Travel: location that would necessitate an overnight stay
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Women of the War: The many roles women played during the war: doctors, nurses, spies, soldiers, women
who stayed home, Roswell Women, Nancy Harts, etc. I talk about specific women and some of their history
Vonda Dixon
[email protected]
Location: Smith Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Flags of the Confederacy
¤ Aunt Polly, the most famous lady of Jackson County
¤ Discovery and Documenting a Lost Confederate Cemetery
Mike Dunn
615-815-9327
[email protected]
Location: Smith County, Carthage, Middle TN
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Willing to Travel: About two hours
Topics: ¤ Revivals in the Southern Armies
¤ Music in the Confederacy
¤ Christmas in the Confederacy
Richard Garcia
615-906-2811
[email protected]
Location: Jackson Co., Gainesboro, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Six hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topics: ¤ Johnston’s Escort- the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles
¤ Blood on the Rio Grande-Tejano Confederates
¤ Scourge of Missouri: Bloody Bill Anderson
Bruce Gibson
615-631-1703
[email protected] or [email protected]
Location: Rutherford Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Anywhere given enough notice
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Georgia's Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia
¤ Charles Todd Quintard - Chaplain and Surgeon of the Army of Tennessee
¤ John B. Gordon - Soldier; John B. Gordon - Statesman
¤ Onward Southern Soldier - Religion and the War for Southern Independence
Derrick T. Glover
931-704-6991
[email protected]
Location: Fentress County, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Up to 500 miles from Jamestown, TN
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topic: ¤ Money of the Antebellum South (1837-1865) – An Exhibition and Presentation of Gold, Silver, Copper, Local and Confederate Paper Money of Your Southern Ancestors
Bryan R. Green
865-993-3397
[email protected]
Location: Grainger Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 4-5 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Confederate States Navy
Scott D. Hall
865-428-9900
[email protected]
Location: Sevier Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: E. TN (generally; but can vary-depends on timing, etc.)
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Judge Advocate's Update
¤ The South's Point of View (Secession; Cause of War)
Edward Hill
423-921-4237
[email protected]
Location: Hawkins Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 50-100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Bureaus of the Confederacy
¤ Mechanized Cavalry
Sean Hill
256-565-6304
[email protected]
Location: Marshall Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 2 hours during week 3 hours on weekends
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Confederate Navy
¤ Jake Donelson Mascot
¤ 58th NC Infantry
Shirley Farris Jones
615-337-0489
[email protected]
Location: Rutherford Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: State of Tennessee; more information provided upon request
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Fort Donelson: One Soldier's Story
¤ Martha Ready Morgan: From Wife to Widow in 630 Days
¤ Valor and Lace: The Amazing Women of the Civil War
¤ Four Months in Murfreesborough, November 1862 - February 1863 - What a Difference an Army Makes!
¤ Letters to Mary: The Civil War Diary of Dr. John Kennerly Farris
¤ General John Hunt Morgan: His life, His loves, His legacy
Rodney Lewis
731-610-0244
rlewis1178@ gmail.com
Location: McNairy Co., Michie, West TN
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Willing to Travel: Inquire
Topic: ¤ Shiloh
Ross Massey
615-352-6384
[email protected]
Location: Davidson Co., Nashville, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: About two hours
Topic: ¤ Loring’s Division
Clark Matthews
931-310-5183
[email protected]
Location: Fentress Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Any distance
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Champ Ferguson "The Confederate Outlaw"
Matthew J. McClanahan
[email protected]
Location: Middle Tennessee
Willing to Travel: Anywhere
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Confederate Monuments
¤ Western Theater battles and campaigns
¤ War in the Upper Cumberland, and many other topics
James McGlincy
410-808-3849
[email protected]
Location: Maryland
Willing to Travel: East, Middle, West
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ 1st Person Nathan Bedford Forrest
Dottie Meadows
410-422-2422
[email protected]
Location: Rutherford Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: up to two hours from Murfreesboro
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ The 1st Land Battle in the Civil War: Philippi West Virginia
¤ Sophie Reilly Hatton’s life before, during and after the war. We have artifacts, letters, etc. Our presentation is
given by Dottie Meadows, Robert Hatton Towson, Nancy Wood and our PowerPoint expert, Tamathy Page Garcia.
Lee Millar
901-550-5772
[email protected]
Location: Maury Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: up to 2 hours from Columbia
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topics: ¤ Myth of the Forrest Gravesite Disinterment and Reinterment
¤ Mosby – The Gray Ghost
¤ Black Confederates
¤ Two Victories at Fort Pillow
¤ Naval Battle of Memphis
James Monroe
662-279-6967
[email protected]
Location: Burnsville, Mississippi
Willing to Travel: About 2 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ General Patrick Cleburne – “Stonewall of the West”
Dr. Steve Murphree
615-509-1635
[email protected]
Location: Rutherford Co., Murfreesboro, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 2-3 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topics: ¤ Insects and Disease in the War Between the States
¤ B.F. Cheatham - An Extraordinary Life
¤ War Horses of the Confederacy
¤ E. Kirby Smith – Army Officer, Academic, Botanist
Joey Nolan
931-315-9065
[email protected]
Location: Grundy Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Two hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ What Happened to the Southern Way?
¤ I Will Not Be Ashamed
¤ Skirmish at Tracy City
¤ John Wilkes Booth: His Life After Death
Jason Pate
731-335-2317
[email protected]
Location: Obion County, Union City
Willing to Travel: Inquire – can travel more in the summer than during the school year
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topic: ¤ “The Journey of a Plow Boy”, the letters of Private Hubert, 33rd TN
James G. Patterson
615-812-0206
[email protected]
Location: Lincoln Co., Fayetteville, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 1 hour during the week, weekends contact me.
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid
¤ The Story of Sam Davis
¤ Our Heritage
Todd Pierce
423-367-3722
[email protected]
Location: Greene Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Acts of Dishonest Abe
David Pope
[email protected]
Location: East Tennessee
Willing to travel: Eastern Time Zone, Western NC, SE KY, further
with advance notice.
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ East Tennessee Confederates
¤ Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman: America's Historian
¤ Jubal Early, Counsel for the Confederate Defense
¤ Numerous others
Rick Revel
731-336-6488
Location: Henry Co., West TN
Willing to Travel: Depends on the size of the camp or camps.
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Multiple topics, but the latest is my book about Jack Hinson: "In the Hills of Tennessee.”
Susan Richardson
931-510-0980
Location: Putnam Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Civilian Life in the Blockaded South
¤ Tragedy of the Roswell Women
¤ Personal Accounts of Christmas During the War
Scott Sallee
615-483-1703
Location: Sumner Co., Gallatin, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Up to 2 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ The Deification, Sanctification, and Sainthood of Abraham Lincoln: How Did That Happen?
¤ Reconstruction, What is it?
Jim Sandman, USN Ret.
615-975-4792
[email protected]
Location: Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: state of Tennessee
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ "Discovering Submarines and Heaven" (45 min) – PowerPoint presentation of the history of the American
Submarine Service, including the Turtle (Revolutionary War), CSS Hunley, and the birth of the U.S. Submarine
Navy in 1900 up to present day. Visits to subs by American Presidents are covered
DeBorah Simpson
615-553-4357
[email protected]
Location: Wilson County, Mt. Juliet, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: throughout Tennessee with 1 month’s notice
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Initiative 62: the effort to save the Mississippi State Flag
Ronnie Slack
Home: 865-376-6332; Cell: 865-603-6629
[email protected]
Location: Harriman, Roane Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Jack Hinson’s One-Man War
¤ A Tribute to the Confederate Fighting Men at the Battle of Fort Donelson
Scott Smith
423-306-1509
[email protected]
Location: Hawkins Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Class of 1846
¤ Nullification and Secession
¤ John Crawford Vaughn
¤ The Battle of Kingsport
¤ Naval Technology
¤ Cryptology
(Given some lead-time I can do short presentations on most topics).
Wayne Tate
270-519-7458
[email protected]
Location: Western Kentucky
Willing to Travel: 3 hours (possibly more depending on circumstance)
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Living History as General Robert E. Lee - Lee the man, his family, and the General
Robby Tidwell, Park Manager, Fort Pillow State Historic Park
731-738-5581; 731-612-7868
[email protected]
Location: Lauderdale Co., West TN
Willing to Travel: about 2 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ The Battle of Fort Pillow
Terry Twigg
615-486-9560
Location: Smith Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Depends on if I can get off work & get to your meeting on time.
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Col. John S. Mosby and the Battle of New Market
(Looking to add a new topic)
Tom Wood
[email protected]
Location: Wilson Co., Lebanon, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 3-4 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Civil War Medical Service
¤ President Jefferson Davis-His early life up to the war
¤ President Jefferson Davis-His embattled war years
¤ President Jefferson Davis-Life after the war
¤ Confederate Guerilla Champ Ferguson
¤ Yankee Lies and Distortions of History
¤The Life of Confederate General Robert H. Hatton
¤The Life of Confederate General A. P. Stewart
Dr. Jerry T. Wooten
731-641-4465
[email protected]
Location: Henry Co., Buchanan, West TN
Willing to Travel: Inquire
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Old Johnsonville
Jerry Wormsley
423-827-6424
[email protected]
Location: Hamilton County, Hixon, East TN
Willing to Travel: Inquire
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Joseph Wheeler and his Raids
¤ Silverdale Confederate Cemetery
615-806-4571
[email protected]
Location: Davidson County, Nashville, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Need gas money for outside of Nashville
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topics: ¤ Confederate States Marine Corps
¤ Hood’s Tennessee Campaign
¤ Forrest at Fort Pillow: The Truth
¤ N.B. Forrest Biography
¤ Forrest's Strategy...If They Had Only Listened
John A. Blankenship
731-420-1316
[email protected]
Location: Humboldt, Gibson Co., West TN
Willing to Travel: 2-3 hours depending on the day of the week
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
A Variety of Topics including:
¤ Gibson County History
¤ The Murder of Solomon Shaw in 1862
Dr. Michael Bradley
931-808-1941
[email protected]
Location: Coffee Co., Tullahoma, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles—may need to stay overnight
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ The Tullahoma Campaign
¤ Forrest in West Tennessee—1862
¤ David C. Kelley: Forrest's Fighting Preacher
¤ Forrest and the Klan
¤ Why They Fought: Farewell Addresses of Officers to their Men
¤ Behind the Lines in Occupied Middle Tennessee
Dr. Claudia Chapman
901-687-5102
[email protected]
Location: Tipton County, Brighton, West TN
Willing to Travel: location that would necessitate an overnight stay
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Women of the War: The many roles women played during the war: doctors, nurses, spies, soldiers, women
who stayed home, Roswell Women, Nancy Harts, etc. I talk about specific women and some of their history
Vonda Dixon
[email protected]
Location: Smith Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Flags of the Confederacy
¤ Aunt Polly, the most famous lady of Jackson County
¤ Discovery and Documenting a Lost Confederate Cemetery
Mike Dunn
615-815-9327
[email protected]
Location: Smith County, Carthage, Middle TN
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Willing to Travel: About two hours
Topics: ¤ Revivals in the Southern Armies
¤ Music in the Confederacy
¤ Christmas in the Confederacy
Richard Garcia
615-906-2811
[email protected]
Location: Jackson Co., Gainesboro, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Six hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topics: ¤ Johnston’s Escort- the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles
¤ Blood on the Rio Grande-Tejano Confederates
¤ Scourge of Missouri: Bloody Bill Anderson
Bruce Gibson
615-631-1703
[email protected] or [email protected]
Location: Rutherford Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Anywhere given enough notice
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Georgia's Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia
¤ Charles Todd Quintard - Chaplain and Surgeon of the Army of Tennessee
¤ John B. Gordon - Soldier; John B. Gordon - Statesman
¤ Onward Southern Soldier - Religion and the War for Southern Independence
Derrick T. Glover
931-704-6991
[email protected]
Location: Fentress County, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Up to 500 miles from Jamestown, TN
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topic: ¤ Money of the Antebellum South (1837-1865) – An Exhibition and Presentation of Gold, Silver, Copper, Local and Confederate Paper Money of Your Southern Ancestors
Bryan R. Green
865-993-3397
[email protected]
Location: Grainger Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 4-5 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Confederate States Navy
Scott D. Hall
865-428-9900
[email protected]
Location: Sevier Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: E. TN (generally; but can vary-depends on timing, etc.)
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Judge Advocate's Update
¤ The South's Point of View (Secession; Cause of War)
Edward Hill
423-921-4237
[email protected]
Location: Hawkins Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 50-100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Bureaus of the Confederacy
¤ Mechanized Cavalry
Sean Hill
256-565-6304
[email protected]
Location: Marshall Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 2 hours during week 3 hours on weekends
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Confederate Navy
¤ Jake Donelson Mascot
¤ 58th NC Infantry
Shirley Farris Jones
615-337-0489
[email protected]
Location: Rutherford Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: State of Tennessee; more information provided upon request
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Fort Donelson: One Soldier's Story
¤ Martha Ready Morgan: From Wife to Widow in 630 Days
¤ Valor and Lace: The Amazing Women of the Civil War
¤ Four Months in Murfreesborough, November 1862 - February 1863 - What a Difference an Army Makes!
¤ Letters to Mary: The Civil War Diary of Dr. John Kennerly Farris
¤ General John Hunt Morgan: His life, His loves, His legacy
Rodney Lewis
731-610-0244
rlewis1178@ gmail.com
Location: McNairy Co., Michie, West TN
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Willing to Travel: Inquire
Topic: ¤ Shiloh
Ross Massey
615-352-6384
[email protected]
Location: Davidson Co., Nashville, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: About two hours
Topic: ¤ Loring’s Division
Clark Matthews
931-310-5183
[email protected]
Location: Fentress Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Any distance
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Champ Ferguson "The Confederate Outlaw"
Matthew J. McClanahan
[email protected]
Location: Middle Tennessee
Willing to Travel: Anywhere
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Confederate Monuments
¤ Western Theater battles and campaigns
¤ War in the Upper Cumberland, and many other topics
James McGlincy
410-808-3849
[email protected]
Location: Maryland
Willing to Travel: East, Middle, West
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ 1st Person Nathan Bedford Forrest
Dottie Meadows
410-422-2422
[email protected]
Location: Rutherford Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: up to two hours from Murfreesboro
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ The 1st Land Battle in the Civil War: Philippi West Virginia
¤ Sophie Reilly Hatton’s life before, during and after the war. We have artifacts, letters, etc. Our presentation is
given by Dottie Meadows, Robert Hatton Towson, Nancy Wood and our PowerPoint expert, Tamathy Page Garcia.
Lee Millar
901-550-5772
[email protected]
Location: Maury Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: up to 2 hours from Columbia
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topics: ¤ Myth of the Forrest Gravesite Disinterment and Reinterment
¤ Mosby – The Gray Ghost
¤ Black Confederates
¤ Two Victories at Fort Pillow
¤ Naval Battle of Memphis
James Monroe
662-279-6967
[email protected]
Location: Burnsville, Mississippi
Willing to Travel: About 2 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ General Patrick Cleburne – “Stonewall of the West”
Dr. Steve Murphree
615-509-1635
[email protected]
Location: Rutherford Co., Murfreesboro, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 2-3 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topics: ¤ Insects and Disease in the War Between the States
¤ B.F. Cheatham - An Extraordinary Life
¤ War Horses of the Confederacy
¤ E. Kirby Smith – Army Officer, Academic, Botanist
Joey Nolan
931-315-9065
[email protected]
Location: Grundy Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Two hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ What Happened to the Southern Way?
¤ I Will Not Be Ashamed
¤ Skirmish at Tracy City
¤ John Wilkes Booth: His Life After Death
Jason Pate
731-335-2317
[email protected]
Location: Obion County, Union City
Willing to Travel: Inquire – can travel more in the summer than during the school year
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Yes
Topic: ¤ “The Journey of a Plow Boy”, the letters of Private Hubert, 33rd TN
James G. Patterson
615-812-0206
[email protected]
Location: Lincoln Co., Fayetteville, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 1 hour during the week, weekends contact me.
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid
¤ The Story of Sam Davis
¤ Our Heritage
Todd Pierce
423-367-3722
[email protected]
Location: Greene Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Acts of Dishonest Abe
David Pope
[email protected]
Location: East Tennessee
Willing to travel: Eastern Time Zone, Western NC, SE KY, further
with advance notice.
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ East Tennessee Confederates
¤ Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman: America's Historian
¤ Jubal Early, Counsel for the Confederate Defense
¤ Numerous others
Rick Revel
731-336-6488
Location: Henry Co., West TN
Willing to Travel: Depends on the size of the camp or camps.
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Multiple topics, but the latest is my book about Jack Hinson: "In the Hills of Tennessee.”
Susan Richardson
931-510-0980
Location: Putnam Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Civilian Life in the Blockaded South
¤ Tragedy of the Roswell Women
¤ Personal Accounts of Christmas During the War
Scott Sallee
615-483-1703
Location: Sumner Co., Gallatin, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Up to 2 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ The Deification, Sanctification, and Sainthood of Abraham Lincoln: How Did That Happen?
¤ Reconstruction, What is it?
Jim Sandman, USN Ret.
615-975-4792
[email protected]
Location: Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: state of Tennessee
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ "Discovering Submarines and Heaven" (45 min) – PowerPoint presentation of the history of the American
Submarine Service, including the Turtle (Revolutionary War), CSS Hunley, and the birth of the U.S. Submarine
Navy in 1900 up to present day. Visits to subs by American Presidents are covered
DeBorah Simpson
615-553-4357
[email protected]
Location: Wilson County, Mt. Juliet, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: throughout Tennessee with 1 month’s notice
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Initiative 62: the effort to save the Mississippi State Flag
Ronnie Slack
Home: 865-376-6332; Cell: 865-603-6629
[email protected]
Location: Harriman, Roane Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Jack Hinson’s One-Man War
¤ A Tribute to the Confederate Fighting Men at the Battle of Fort Donelson
Scott Smith
423-306-1509
[email protected]
Location: Hawkins Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Class of 1846
¤ Nullification and Secession
¤ John Crawford Vaughn
¤ The Battle of Kingsport
¤ Naval Technology
¤ Cryptology
(Given some lead-time I can do short presentations on most topics).
Wayne Tate
270-519-7458
[email protected]
Location: Western Kentucky
Willing to Travel: 3 hours (possibly more depending on circumstance)
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Living History as General Robert E. Lee - Lee the man, his family, and the General
Robby Tidwell, Park Manager, Fort Pillow State Historic Park
731-738-5581; 731-612-7868
[email protected]
Location: Lauderdale Co., West TN
Willing to Travel: about 2 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ The Battle of Fort Pillow
Terry Twigg
615-486-9560
Location: Smith Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Depends on if I can get off work & get to your meeting on time.
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Col. John S. Mosby and the Battle of New Market
(Looking to add a new topic)
Tom Wood
[email protected]
Location: Wilson Co., Lebanon, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 3-4 hours
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Civil War Medical Service
¤ President Jefferson Davis-His early life up to the war
¤ President Jefferson Davis-His embattled war years
¤ President Jefferson Davis-Life after the war
¤ Confederate Guerilla Champ Ferguson
¤ Yankee Lies and Distortions of History
¤The Life of Confederate General Robert H. Hatton
¤The Life of Confederate General A. P. Stewart
Dr. Jerry T. Wooten
731-641-4465
[email protected]
Location: Henry Co., Buchanan, West TN
Willing to Travel: Inquire
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topic: ¤ Old Johnsonville
Jerry Wormsley
423-827-6424
[email protected]
Location: Hamilton County, Hixon, East TN
Willing to Travel: Inquire
Willing to Speak Remotely (Zoom): Inquire
Topics: ¤ Joseph Wheeler and his Raids
¤ Silverdale Confederate Cemetery