Tennessee Division Speakers Bureau 

Updated as of 07/2023

Dr. Michael Bradley
michaelrbradley@lighttube.net
931-808-1941
Location: Coffee Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles—may need to stay overnight
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

Blade Cooper
bladecooper13@gmail.com
shortroundsshilohtours@yahoo.com
Location: Hardin Co., Crump, West TN
Willing to Travel: 2-3 hours
Topics:
-Nathan Bedford Forrest: Devil No More
-Diversity within the ranks: a glimpse at Men of Color in the Confederate Army

Mike Dunn
615-815-9327
cornntaters@gmail.com
Location: Smith County, Carthage, Middle TN
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
rlg1029@icloud.com
Location: Jackson Co., Gainesboro, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: About two hours
Topic:
-Blood on the Rio Grande: Tejano Confederates

Bruce Gibson
615-631-1703
t-bruce56@att.net or mboroscv33@gmail.com
Location: Rutherford Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Anywhere given enough notice
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
-Coming soon: Onward Southern Soldier - Religion and the War for Southern Independence

Bryan R. Green
865-993-3397
cok43ncinf@msn.com
Location: Grainger Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 4 - 5 hours
Topic:
​-Confederate States Navy

Scott D. Hall
865-428-9900
scott@scottdhallesq.com
Location: Sevier Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: E. TN (generally; but can vary-depends on timing, etc.)
Topics:
-Judge Advocate's Update
-The South's Point of View (Secession; Cause of War)

Edward Hill
423-921-4237
edh1009@gmail.com
Location: Hawkins Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 50-100 miles
Topics:
-Bureaus of the Confederacy
-Mechanized Cavalry
    
Sean Hill
256-565-6304
starnesbgescv@gmail.com
Location: Marshall Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 2 hours during week 3 hours on weekends
Topics:
-Confederate Navy
-Jake Donelson Mascot
-58th NC Infantry

Matthew J. McClanahan
mmcclan5@vols.utk.edu
Location: Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Anywhere
Topics:
-Confederate Monuments
-Western Theater battles and campaigns
-War in the Upper Cumberland, and many other topics

James McGlincy
410-808-3849
oysschkml@aol.com
Location: Maryland
Willing to Travel: East, Middle, West
Topic:
-1st Person Nathan Bedford Forrest

Dottie Meadows
419-422-2422
Location: Jackson Co., Gainesboro, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Wherever
Topic:
-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.

Dr. Steve Murphree
615-509-1635
steve.murphree@belmont.edu
Location: Rutherford Co., Murfreesboro, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: About two hours
Topics:
-Insects and Disease in the War Between the States
-B.F. Cheatham - An Extraordinary Life
-War Horses of the Confederacy

Joey Nolan
931-315-9065
tndivcmdrjdn@gmail.com
Location: Grundy Co., Middle TN
Willing to Travel: Two hours
Topics:
-What Happened to the Southern Way?
-I Will Not Be Ashamed
-Skirmish at Tracy City

James G. Patterson
thedixieobserver@gmail.com
Location: Lincoln Co., Fayetteville, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 1 hour during the week, weekends contact me.
Topics:
-Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid
-The Story of Sam Davis
-Our Heritage

Todd Pierce
423-367-3722
todd.pierce317@gmail.com
Location: Greene Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
Topic:
-Acts of Dishonest Abe

David Pope
marionmosby@protonmail.com
Location: East Tennessee
Willing to travel: Eastern Time Zone, Western NC, SE KY, further with advance notice.
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.
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
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
Topic:
-The Deification, Sanctification, and Sainthood of Abraham Lincoln: How Did That Happen?

Ronnie Slack
Phone: home: 865-376-6332; cell: 865-603-6629
lrslack42@yahoo.com
Location: Harriman, Roane Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
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
scotts8861@aol.com
Location: Hawkins Co., East TN
Willing to Travel: 100 miles
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).
 
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.
Topic:
-Col. John S. Mosby and the Battle of New Market
(Looking to add a new topic)

Tom Wood
woodth25@gmail.com
Location: Wilson Co., Lebanon, Middle TN
Willing to Travel: 3-4 hours
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