And that. Good afternoon, everyone i Peter Carmichael the director of the seaboard institute here at gettysburg college. Its my pleasure to introduce dr. Ashley whitehead luskey. She is the assistant director of the Civil War Institute here at the college. She works theres a wide range of science. I think one of her great contributions is with the cwi Fellows Program and our students. She oversees a wide range of research projects. They do. Many of them are online or on the blog. They do videos. They do original research. Shes also our students to the vast professional network in, the history field. What she does is something that you cant get at most institutions, and that is connection to professional historians she is deeply involved with. And in fact, she had, i think maybe 12 fellows this spring. And when we looked at their projects, she was basically doing an independent study with each student and it was an extraordinarily rewarding experience for each of them before they came h
And that. Good afternoon, everyone i Peter Carmichael the director of the seaboard institute here at gettysburg college. Its my pleasure to introduce dr. Ashley whitehead luskey. She is the assistant director of the Civil War Institute here at the college. She works theres a wide range of science. I think one of her great contributions is with the cwi Fellows Program and our students. She oversees a wide range of research projects. They do. Many of them are online or on the blog. They do videos. They do original research. Shes also our students to the vast professional network in, the history field. What she does is something that you cant get at most institutions, and that is connection to professional historians she is deeply involved with. And in fact, she had, i think maybe 12 fellows this spring. And when we looked at their projects, she was basically doing an independent study with each student and it was an extraordinarily rewarding experience for each of them before they came h
Annual conference here in franklin, tennessee. We really appreciate you all coming out here and being a part of this event. And our next speaker is going to talk specifically about the battle here at franklin, which is one of the most famous or infamous battles of the American Civil War, which took place in november of 1864. Many of you will be traveling out to franklin to check out that battlefield site over the next few days. Youll be out there with some great historians, including my boss, gary edelman, as well as Eric Jacobson, who is part of the battle of franklin trust. Eric runs the Historic Sites out there, places like carton, rip avila and of course, the carter house, where really was the epicenter of the battle there at franklin. So were excited to get you out to the battlefield. We know that this is some of your first times to be out here at franklin and at the American Battlefield trust annual conference. And weve done a lot of work with our partners out here. So to hit tha
Going to talk about the failure from the top down hoods disaster in tennessee. And that could be the narrative. The western theater of the american civil for the confederates. Failure from the top down. This is james kay jim kay. As we know him. Hes the former president and current board member of the battle of nashville. Theyre great partners with us. They just posted an event last night for our board. And he has been a civil war enthusiast since his youth and is today considered of the foremost historical authorities on the battle of nashville. While an attorney in nashville please dont hold that against him, james pursues his passion for history by contributing to and providing for a number of historical films and books. And were just excited to have him out here today to reinforce what brandon has just showed you about the mapping in the nashville area. Now were going to come up here, learn more about the military maneuvers led by John Bell Hood and his Confederate Army of tennesse
2023 American Battlefield trust annual conference here in franklin, tennessee. We really appreciate you all coming out here and being a part of this event. And our next speaker is going to talk specifically about the battle here at franklin, which is one of the most famous or infamous battles of the American Civil War, which took place in november of 1864. Many of you will be traveling out to franklin to check out that battlefield site over the next few days. Youll be out there with some great historians, including my boss, gary edelman, as well as Eric Jacobson, who is part of the battle of franklin trust. Eric runs the Historic Sites out there, places like carton, rip avila and of course, the carter house, where really was the epicenter of the battle there at franklin. So were excited to get you out to the battlefield. We know that this is some of your first times to be out here at franklin and at the American Battlefield trust annual conference. And weve done a lot of work with our