Into grand success in the academic world. She specializes in the civil war era, and she has written about gender and military affairs and other parts of the mid19th century u. S. History. She served as president of the society of civil war historians, which is a professional organization in our field. And i want to mention three of her books including burying the dead, but not the past, the lost cause, remembering the civil war, which is now the default book to go to on civil war memory. Crater,d harbor to the the end of the overland campaign. For our program, she will speak about disbanding the army of Northern Virginia, which is the topic of her current book length research. Caroline e. Janney. [applause] caroline where is the clicker . Somebody took the clicker . I found it. Maybe. [laughter] caroline i did. Good afternoon. I want to start by thanking gary and liz and will for organizing all of this. It is a treat to be back here at virginia. I am going to talk about a portion of my
Following the april 1865 surrender to Union General ulysses s. Grant at appomattox. She focuses on the confederates that avoided or escaped, and retreated into the Shenandoah Valley. She discusses general grants concerns that some confederate would fight aguerrilla war. It is part of a conference hosted by the university of virginia. It is just over half hour. Gary our second speaker is caroline e. Janney, who teaches at purdue university. And she is one of uvas former students. She was here and then went off into grand success in the academic world. She specializes in the civil war era, and she has written about gender and military affairs and other parts of the mid19th century u. S. History. She served as president of the society of civil war historians, which is a professional organization in our field. And i want to mention three of her books including burying the dead, but not the past, the lost cause, remembering the civil war, which is now the default book to go to on civil war
Gettysburg. He describes the action on east cavalry field and argues against the theory that confederate general jb stewart had orders to get around the union flank. Instead, he suggests he was supposed to protect the confederate flank. This is an hourlong event. Have six lectures today, or six talks. Eric wittenbergs outofthebox with the 8 30 slot. He is such know him, a good friend of the heritage area. He is an attorney working in the Business Development and litigation arenas. Born in the philadelphia suburbs, he was raised in southeastern pennsylvania. As many of us did, he made his first trip to gettysburg in the third grade and has been hooked on the history of the American Civil War ever since. He went to college in carlisle pennsylvania and has two degrees from the university of pittsburgh. And a a masters degree doctorate from the university of Pittsburgh School of law. He is also an awardwinning civil war historian. His specialty is calvary operations with an emphasis on the
I was able to get information on those sources and archives. Darren mulloy, thank you very much. Prof. Mulloy thank you. General ely viewed it from a strategic standpoint. How this impacts of the outcome of the campaign. The Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation hosted this talk. Mr. Wert i should thank kevin but i always seem to get the timeslots i assure you we will be going to lunch on time. I am not very bright but i am bright enough to know that, so dont worry about that. On august 23 1864, president lincoln held a cabinet meeting. For the previous weeks, he had been getting telegrams from republican politician say it, you cannot be real elected. Reelected. The people have had it with your administration. In you have to address certain things. This meeting, he did. He asked every member to sign a letter which lincoln had written. In that letter, he and his cabinet pledged their support to the next administration, who lincoln thought would not be him. Bud touched upon it, but if
Pioneering a new kind of air warfare that the arm termed air mobile. Colonel Bruce Crandall is a veteran Master Army Aviator in fixed wing aircraft and helicopters and has led more than 900 combat missions during two tours in vietnam. He was drafted into the army in 1953 and in early 1965 he joined the Dominican Republic Expeditionary Force as a liason to the Airborne Corp and later that year commanded the first calvaries Division Company a. , 229th assault helicopter battalion in vietnam. He received many awards including the bronze star medal, the distinguished flying cross with one oak leaf cluster and the medal of honor. Dr. Tone johnson jr. Went to vietnam in 1963 as part of the seventh calvary regiment of the First Calvary Division. In november 1965, his unit was ambushed by the vietcong and all but destroyed. He received the bronze star for his achievement and in the recognition of his bravery during the campaign. Later, recovering from the hospital, he was inspired by the care