Tim smith talks about the subject of his book, farms at gettysburg. He talks about how families were affected by the battle. This talk is hosted by the gettysburg heritage center. Onto our program. Many of you are probably familiar with tim smith because he has been in gettysburg for a number of years. He is a native to baltimore maryland, a battlefield guide here at the Military Park, and they historian at the adams county Historical Society. Coauthor ofhor or numerous articles and dozens of books on local history and the civil war. He has lectured at civil war roundtables and seminars and has appeared on television documentaries, including the popular battle walk series. Ouras an integral part of storyline here. Give a warm welcome to tim smith. [applause] you have my book. [laughter] thank you. Today i am going to talk a little about some of the farms around gettysburg. Years ago i did a book called farms of gettysburg. I have always been interested in people who lived here at the t
He is a National Renowned speaker and the authority on union calvary, particularly operations in the east. What i like about his canon of books, he has been boldly exploring all sorts of things and taking his expiration in neat directions. He is working on a mini script about George Gordon meade. It does not necessarily seem like a cavalry operation to me and it makes him one of the most interesting historians working in the field today. Coming to us from columbus, ohio, to talk about his Award Winning book on john buford, eric wittenberg. [applause] wittenberg it is always up pleasure to be here and i appreciate the opportunity to be here today. It is also always nobody wants to be the guy who goes right after lunch. If anybody falls asleep because of the good food, i promise i wont be offended. And bear with me, im not good at standing still. Chris was talking about the fact that i have written a lot of books, i have a bad case of adult add, which also means i have a trouble standing
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Doctorate degree from washington and Louis University school of law. He has practiced constitutional administrate of a law for 45 years in lexington kentucky. And 26 years as counsel to webster chamberlain and and in washington d. C. Throughout his career as a constitutional attorney, cant has cultivated his avocation and history. As a battlefield preservationist. He helped form the terry ville battlefield association. And serve as chairman of the parent feel battlefield commission. He had a president ial appointment as chairman of the Gettysburg National military parks advisory commission. He and served on the board of directors of the gettysburg foundation. He has been time researching american history, writing books and articles for scholarly presentation and giving to Civil War Battlefields to the avid American Civil War audience. All of kens books have been selections of the history book club. And military book club. And have received Numerous National awards. In addition, in 2007