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Inland Empire Civil War Round Table Patron Recognition
We sincerely thank our Dedicated Patron Donors. The continued support of individuals who have contributed $50 or more is invaluable to the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table and the advancement of our educational and preservation efforts.
2025 Patrons
Heather St. Clair - Loma Linda James Shuttleworth - Rowland Heights
Elizabeth Courtney - San Dimas Frank Sheridan - Redlands
Mike Hoover * - Grand Terrace
Jim & Emily Bueermann * - Redlands
2026 Patrons
Heather St. Clair* - Loma Linda Mike Hoover* - Grand Terrace
Janet Whaley* - Pasadena StephenSmith* - Grand Terrace
Paul Gomez* - Rancho Cucamonga Don McCue* - Redlands
North Jersey Civil War Round Table* - New Jersey
Donald Forden & Donna Kisk* - Laguna Woods
Brian Cieslak* - Riverside Richard Foy* - Laguna Woods
David Holtz* - Northridge Kevin Phillips* - Riverside
Richard Jankowski Jr.* - Voorhees, NJ
* Donation given for the acquisition of historical artifacts for the Lincoln Memorial Shrine in Redlands, CA
On Sunday, March 15th, at 2 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the A.K. Smiley Library, local historian Tonya John Morris presented a talk on
On Sunday, March 15th, at 2 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the A.K. Smiley Library, local historian Tonya John Morris presented a talk on
"An Underground Railroad Operator: Abraham Morris and his family in the Civil War."
John will tell the story of his family in the Civil War.
Before and during the Civil War, my Great-Great-Grandfather and Grandmother, Abraham and Nancy Morris, ran the Underground Railroad Station in Wilkesville, Ohio, helping runaway slaves escape to freedom in the North. Grandpa Abraham was almost hanged for being an abolitionist by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan during his cavalry raid into Southern Ohio in July 1863 (Morgan's Raid). I will also discuss their three sons and son-in-law who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. It is an honor to be a member of this great family tree.
A total of 18 members of my family tree served in the Union Army during the Civil War, including one Medal of Honor recipient.
Col John Morris is a retired Air Force Officer with over 40 years of combined military and civilian service to his country. He was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious leadership in a combat zone while serving as the Deputy Group Commander, 447th Air Expeditionary Group, Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, at the height of the Iraq War. His awards and decorations include the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, and Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
He is an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 249 from Pomeroy, Ohio, attaining his Eagle rank in October 1980, and serves as the Camp Commander for General George Stoneman Jr., Camp 18, Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War. He was selected as the Distinguished Alumni Award recipient for his High School Reunion Class in 2011.
He is married to the former Josie Fajardo Sabio from Misamis-Oriental Province, Republic of the Philippines, and he and his wife, Josie, have two daughters: Michelle, who is married to Matthew Cao, and Sarah, who is married to Jason Chao.
On Monday, March 16th, Author Greg Biggs presentes a talk on
On Monday, March 16th, Author Greg Biggs presentes a talk on
Nashville: Siren's Song of the Western Theater
6:30 P.M. Pacific Time on Zoom
Mike Hoover is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Inland Empire CWRT March Presentation
Time: Mar 16, 2026 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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In December, 1864, the Confederate Army of Tennessee laid siege to the massive Union fortifications and garrison of Nashville. In a two-day fight, that army was all but destroyed. Their arrival at the city’s door was the culmination of Confederate strategy that began when the city was captured by Union forces in February, 1862. Nashville, thereafter, became the “Siren’s song” for Confederate strategy in the west luring Confederate offensives no less than five times from 1862 through 1864. This program details the city’s importance and each of the five attempts to retake Nashville for the Confederacy.
Greg Biggs
Greg Biggs has studied military history for over 50 years. He is a former Associate Editor of Blue & Gray magazine, which has published several of his articles. He has also been published in Civil War Regiments, North-South Trader and Citizens’ Companion and in Sons of Confederate Veterans programs in Tennessee. He is also an authority on Civil War flags and consults with museums, auction firms, and private collectors and has contributed to books on Georgia and Tennessee Civil War flags. Greg also has done research on flags and military events for several noted Civil War authors including Eric Wittenberg, Dave Powell, Tim Smith, Gordon Rhea, Dan Masters, Art Bergeron and others. Greg is a Civil War tour guide for campaigns of the Western Theater for the U.S. Army and Civil War groups and is President of the Clarksville Civil War Roundtable as well as Program Chair of the Nashville Civil War Roundtable. He lives in Clarksville, TN with his wife Karel, a recently retired middle school teacher, and their three cats named for Civil War cavalry officers – Minty, Rucker and Ashby.
On Feb. 16th, Author Tonya McQuade presented a talk on
On Feb. 16th, Author Tonya McQuade presented a talk on
A State Divided: Digging into Missouri's Civil War History through Personal Letters
The program was recorded, and you can view it by clicking the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gpfbcirWppBDwU8zsm0nphTYrCfDd0iB/view?usp=sharing
About the program.
Did you know that many people actually believe the Civil War started in Missouri? Missouri was a state torn apart by political disagreements and violence even before the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861. While the Missouri Compromise of 1820 helped to postpone the Civil War for four decades, the Platte Purchase, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott case, and the “Bleeding Kansas” border wars – all of which played out here – added fuel to the fire. Some of the war’s first blood spilled on Missouri’s soil, and 42% of the battles occurred here during the first year of the war. Missouri even found itself with two competing governments: one supporting the Union; the other, the Confederacy.
In this talk, author Tonya Graham McQuade – whose family roots go deep in Missouri – will discuss Missouri’s interesting Civil War history and share excerpts from her book, A State Divided: The Civil War Letters of James Calaway Hale and Benjamin Petree of Andrew County, Missouri, 1862-1865. The book (which is available for purchase on Amazon.com) includes fifty previously unpublished Civil War letters written by two of her ancestors and explains the context in which these two Missouri soldiers and their families found themselves living, both before and during the Civil War, as they watched discord, destruction, and bloodshed erupt all around them.
Originally from Tennessee and Indiana, Hale and Petree each had relatives who fought and died on both sides of the war. Their letters provide vivid details and unique perspectives into their lives and experiences during the war. Tonya will explain how this book came about, read some excerpts from the letters, and show some related maps, family trees, and photos.
About the author.
Tonya Graham McQuade is a contributing writer to the Emerging Civil War website. She loves both history and historical fiction and is passionate about writing, which she plans to continue pursuing now that she has retired after 33 years of teaching English at Los Gatos High School.
Tonya is the great-great-great-granddaughter of James Callaway Hale, who wrote forty of the letters in her book. Hale’s daughter Mary Ann married the brother of Benjamin Petree, who wrote the other ten letters. In A State Divided, Tonya tells the story of these two Missouri soldiers as they march and drill with their regiments, avoid several close calls with guerrillas and enemy troops, witness the buildup to the Vicksburg Campaign, get an in-depth look at wartime St. Louis, overcome illness, trek with Sherman through the Carolinas, ponder the devastation they encounter, celebrate victory in Washington, D.C., and spend a lot of time sitting around, longing to be home, writing letters to their families.
Tonya lives in San Jose, California. She is an active member of Emerging Civil War, South Bay Civil War Round Table, South Bay Writers/California Writers Club, National League of American Pen Women, and Poetry Center San Jose. You can learn more about Tonya on her website at tonyagrahammcquade.com, as well as find photos related to her book and to her research trips to Missouri. You can also find links to her Chasing History and Emerging Civil War blog posts, her poetry and photography, and her social media sites.
You can order her book. See the details above.
Our Next Presentation on February 26th at 7:15 PM Eastern Time.
The African Americans in the Civil War Era Round Table presents.
A Tribute to Glory
The USCT reenactors who were cast as members of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment gather on Zoom to recall their experiences filming the epic movie Glory.
Topic: AACWERT Presentation - Tribute to Glory
Time: Feb 26, 2026 07:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 869 3858 6766
Passcode: 431150
On Monday, Jan. 26th, Author & Historian Jeffrey Boutwell, Ph.D., presented "BOUTWELL: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy."
On Monday, Jan. 26th, Author & Historian Jeffrey Boutwell, Ph.D., presented "BOUTWELL: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy."
You can view the recorded program by clicking on the link below.
You can view the recorded program by clicking on the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JTlrRsQLOTaZU8b3BwyAoFI4sgkH1L4A/view
Jeffrey Boutwell, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Boutwell, Ph.D.
During his seven-decade career in public life, George Sewall Boutwell sought to "redeem America's promise" of racial equality, economic equity, and the principled use of American power abroad. From 1840 to 1905, Boutwell was at the center of efforts to abolish slavery, establish the Republican Party, assist President Lincoln in funding the Union war effort, facilitate Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, impeach President Andrew Johnson, and frame and enact the Fourteenth and Fifteenth civil rights amendments.
Jeffrey Boutwell is a writer, historian, and public policy specialist whose forty-year career spanned journalism, government, and international scientific cooperation. He has written widely on issues relating to nuclear weapons arms control, European politics, and Middle East security issues. He has a Ph.D. in political science from MIT, a B.A. in history from Yale University, and he worked for many years at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Mass. He is the author most recently of BOUTWELL: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy (W.W. Norton, 2025), a biography of family member George Boutwell, political ally of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras who helped frame the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution and promoted equality of rights for all Americans. Jeffrey grew up in Concord, Mass., and now lives in Columbia, Maryland with his wife, Buthaina Shukri.
The Inland Empire Civil War Round Table was instrumental in forming the
African Americans in the Civil War Era Round Table.
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