Steve a couple of years ago. He lives in the shadow of atlantas great battlefield. Oure got talking, mutual publishers said when you sit down with steve, he will make eye contact with you and it is like his eyes will bore right through your head. I found that to be true, but what he didnt tell me and i discovered on my own is not only is steve intense, but he is also an intense pleasure. Talk about a man who is so deeply devoted to history. He is quick to jump up and remind everybody there was fighting too. We will shift from the campaign to look at the corresponding actions in georgia that led to atlanta. With the city on the brink of peril and the armies struggling and clashing. Steve davis put together the text and information for the Civil War Trust electronic version of the battle of atlanta. You can take a look at his handiwork there. He is a former book review editor. He is the current book review editor for civil war news. He has several books on the emerging Civil War Campaign
Is my pleasure to introduce it is my pleasure to introduce our friend lee white. He has been with the park Service Since 2000. Lee hasiterally say spent his whole life on the battlefield because he was born in a hospital that sits on the battlefield grounds. This is a man who is deeply rooted in that part. He also has a passion for parks that reach that reach beyond the boundaries of his daily work life. He is finishing up work on a book for the emerging civil war series. Earlier this afternoon, davis talked about the rise of John Bell Hood and we will talk about the beginning of the fall of that very same army. What is and gentlemen, mr. Lee white ladies and gentlemen, mr. Lee white. [applause] white i have a special connection there and it is one ie reasons why i did tell that story. Familiar with general patrick labor. My first really big civil war biography was on patrick labor and. Claybourne. His story inset franklin. I have been interested in it one of the top experiences of my
I would like to echo what bud said about events. He came up to where i live in dalton. I told since that since i am a georgia tech fan. If he was still coaching and george i was going to push him off the ridge. He had retired by then. Although i dont know that as much help. I was also interested in what kevin said this morning. The old lady came out she heard the pearl harbor and said to the end hes going to be with us this time . December 8, 1941. A reporter for the local newspaper went out to interview them about what they thought about the events of the previous day pearl harbor was the old fellas to himself up and said this never wouldve happened if Albert Sidney johnston had been killed at shiloh. Maybe its not just some of the College Students today who dont know its going on. It seems to run through. Of time. I did offer some remarks about the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. I want to put into context with you. That is what i think makes it very important. One of the two or three most
Carmichael, a history professor here at gettysburg college. Im also the director of the civil war institute, and it is my privilege and pleasure to introduce the speakers for our conversation or panel on the return of the confederate veteran. For those of you in the audience, and also for those of you who are part of our live cspan audience, you can actually be part of this conversation, twitter, get your ens ready, it is cwi2016. Let me go ahead and introduce our panelists, first, to my far right, david who is currently a lecturer in American History, at the university of edinburgh in scotland. He teaches range of courses on civil war and southern history, reconstruction and civil war memory, and his first book, it is an excellent one, published by the university of North Carolina press, and entitled moment of despair, suicide, divorce, and debt in civil war era North Carolina. Next to david is james brumar. He recently assumed the directorship of shepherd universitys george tyler cen
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