Sept 1952 - Norman Fitzgerald on The Campaign of Mobile - The Chicago Civil War Round Table Monthly Meeting

May 1952 Lloyd Miller - The Unions Left Flank at Gettysburg, July 2nd 1863

Chicago Civil War Round Table May 1952 Meeting.

June 1952 - Otto Eisenschiml on Gettysburg - Chicago Civil War Round Table

Dr Eisenschiml talk to the Chicago Civil War Round Table during their yearly Battlefield tour.

These talks were given on the CWRT’s first battlefield tour of Gettysburg, Antietam, and Harper’s Ferry. Bruce Catton delivered a short talk at the Gettysburg College with preceding remarks delivered by college dignitaries at that time. Catton’s talk is titled: “The Army of the Potomac: A Problem in Command.”  Total Time: 79:12

April 1952 - E.B. Pete Long on US Grant, The Man Behind the Memories - Chicago Civil War Round Table Monthly MeetingDate: April 11, 1952

Speaker: E. B. ‘Pete’ Long

Subject: “U.S. Grant, the ManBehind the Memoirs”

Feb 1952 Chicago Civil War Round Table meeting

Speaker: Raymond Dooley

Subject: “Abraham Lincoln, Logan County, Lincoln, Illinois”

Dooley’s talk is complete. Lincoln’s relationship to Logan County, Lincoln, Illinois. Lincoln was a surveyor, friend, and lawyer to Logan County.

Logan County was established on February 5, 1839 and it was named after Dr. John Logan, a good friend of Lincoln’s.

Jan 1952 - Elmer Gertz on Charles A Dana: the Eyes of the Government at the Front - Chicago Civil War Roundtable Meeting

Ralph Korngold was an active member of the Civil War Round Table of Chicago at the time he delivered his secession talk before the Round Table group. It is very difficult to follow Mr. Korngold because the sound is muted and English is a second language for Mr. Korngold. Even though his word pronunciations are technically correct, the listener must focus carefully on every word. Even then, he is very hard to follow. By the time his talk is over, an hour and 20 minutes, you will be either exhausted or bored. Take your choice.

Date: November 2, 1951

Speaker: Major General Jim Dan Hill

Subject: “The Red River Campaign”

Time: 1 hr/ 01 min’s/ 03 sec’s

President: Seymour J. Frank

107thRegular Chicago CWRT Meeting

Transfer Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2004

The beginning of the talk is broken up. That is because when we recorded from the reel-to-reel to audio-cassette, the emulsion on the reel tape began peeling away because it had aged so. The emulsion actually fell in pieces on the table. During the November meeting, audio recordings were something new to the Chicago Round Table. After Seymour presents the speaker, Ralph Newman gives a short narration describing Dan Hill’s preliminary movements as approached the rostrum/ board in preparation of delivering his talk. The last 14 minutes of this talk is lost.