Civil War Educational Forum
The schedule of educational programs at the 73rd Anniversary Convention of the Central States Numismatic Society is highlighted by an eight session Civil War Educational Forum, with four sessions each on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21. Presenting an overview of numismatic topics related to the Civil War, as well as programs dealing with selected aspects of the medical, political, military and social history of the Civil War era, this aspect of the convention brings a distinguished roster of Civil War interpreters and educators to Schaumburg to share their research and knowledge with our members and guests.
The Central States 73rd Anniversary Convention will be held at the:
Schaumburg Renaissance Convention
Center
1551 North Thoreau Drive
Schaumburg, Illinois
For more information on the convention and scheduling
visit the Convention Page and the
Schedule Page.
- Wendell Wolka - 10:30 A.M. - April 20 (Paper Money Specialist)
- Norman Bowers - 12:30 P.M. - April 20 (Civil War Token Specialist)
- James Carrow - 2:30 P.M. - April 20 (Sgt. David B. Kitchell)
- Dennis Boggs - - 4:00 P.M. - April 20 (President Lincoln)
- Trevor Steinbach - 10:30 A.M. - April 21 (Battlefield Surgeon)
- Robert Fox - 10:30 A.M. - April 21 (Battlefield Surgeon)
- Amy Taylor - 12:30 P.M - April 21 (Historian)
- Mark Holbrook - 2:00 P.M. -April 21 (Mathew Brady)
- Dennis Boggs - 3:15 P.M. -April 21 (President Lincoln)
The President, Board of Governors and convention staff extend our thanks for their contributions to this event and trust that it will enhance our attendees' understanding of this singular event in our history, as well as its continuing impact and influence on our present.
About Our Presenters
Dennis Boggs:
Dennis Boggs has portrayed President Abraham Lincoln for the past decade, appearing in 29 states at Civil War reenactments and educational conferences, as well as in the History Channel presentations Being Lincoln and Looking for Lincoln. Additional credits include programs presented at the 140th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Franklin, the 145th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Chickamauga, as well as presentations for the Andersonville National Historic Site, the Civil War Naval Museum and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
James E. Carrow, Ed. D.:
Dr. James E. Carrow is a retired career educator and educational administrator. He serves as Chaplain for the Col. Bryner Camp, Department of Illinois - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and is the Treasurer and a Governing Committee member of the Princeton (Illinois) Civil War Committee.
Robert Fox:
A professional educator and National Science Foundation Academic Grant recipient, Mr. Fox serves as Vice-President of the 17th Corps Field Hospital and has been a medical reenactor for eight years. His reenactment interests focus on pharmacy, surgery and botanical medicine.
Norm Bowers:
Norm lives in St. Louis and is a coin dealer and former U.S. Army Intelligence Corps member. He is a graduate of Missouri State University with a B.S. in Accounting. Upon graduation, Norm reentered the U.S. Army with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He completed the Army's advanced course in intelligience, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College. His duties included Armored Unit Commander, Special Ops and Intelligience Staff Officer retiring in 1989 from the Office of Joint Chiefs in the Pentagon. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Norm started collecting coins as a paper boy in 1947 and continued collecting as a Boy Scout and while working in a super market during high school. Since his retirement from the Army he has operated two coin shops in both Missouri and Illinois. He and his family currently own and operate Eagle Coin, Stamp & Jewelry Company in O'Fallon, Illinois. He started actively selling coin by mail order and at coin shows in 1967. He began collecting Civil War tokens in 1970 and international bi-metal coins in 1990. His Master's degree from the University of Maryland was on the European Common Market which led to his collecting and selling of Euro coinage. He is a member of ANA, CSNS, CWTS, MNS and St. Louis NA.
Mark Holbrook:
Mark Holbrook is the Marketing Manager for the Ohio Historical Society and has been a Civil War reenactor for more than 15 years. He is editor of the soon to be published regimental history of the 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In addition to today's program, he also presents Ohio in the Civil War, Ohio's Unknown Generals and Billy Yank: the Life of a Soldier.
Amy Murrell Taylor, Ph. D.:
Dr. Taylor is an Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Albany. She is the author of The Divided Family in the Civil War and with Michael Perman editor of Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction: Documents and Essays. She is the recipient of an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship for her research project An Army of Fugitives: A History of the Men, Women and Children Who Fled Slavery During the United States Civil War. She previously served as Associate Director of the Virginia Project for Digital History and as a production and research assistant for the PBS series The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. She is a fellowship recipient from the National Council for the Humanities as well as a 2007 recipient of the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Trevor Steinbach, Ed. D.:
Dr. Steinbach is President of the 17th Corps Field Hospital and a Board member of the Society of Civil War Surgeons. A medical reenactor for 20+ years, he writes a regular column for the Civil War Courier on Civil War medical practice.
Wendell Wolka:
Wendell Wolka is the author of A History of 19th Century Ohio Obsolete Bank Notes and Scrip as well as Indiana Obsolete Notes and Scrip. He writes a weekly Coin World column, Collecting Paper. He is a Past President of the Society of Paper Money Collectors, as well as of the Ohio Numismatic Association and a Past Governor of the Central States Numismatic Society. He currently serves as a Governor of the American Numismatic Association.
