Directors for the marine scholarship foundation. She is working on her first book in the emerging civil war series on the battle of wills and creek. Please join me wilson creek. Please join me in welcoming kristen pawlak. All right. Thank you to all of you. Thank you to emerging civil war. It is such an honor to speak to you all about the battle of Wilsons Creek which was fought in 1861 in a corner of southeastern southwestern missouri, my home state. The subtitle of this presentation is called this means war the battle of Wilsons Creek. I want to take us back to june 11 of 1861 in st. Louis, missouri to the hotel which is just downtown at one of the Nicest Hotels in the 20th century. Six of the most important early world early World Leaders met there. You have Nathaniel Lyon, his aid e, francis p. Blair, and for the secessionist leaders, you have major Clayborn Jackson, governor jacksons aide. They come to keep the peace if possible. They are there to prevent the outbreak of war in mi
Please join me in welcoming kristen pawlak. [applause] kristen all right. First of all thank you to all of , you. Thank you to emerging civil war. It is such an honor to speak to you all about the battle of Wilsons Creek which was fought in 1861 in a southwestern corner of missouri, my home state. The subtitle of this presentation is called this means war the battle of Wilsons Creek. I want to take us back to june 11 of 1861 in st. Louis, missouri to the hotel which is just downtown at one of the Nicest Hotels in the 20th 19th century. Important early war leaders met there. You have Nathaniel Lyon, his aide, francis p. Blair, and for the secessionist leaders, you have major clayborn jackson, governor jacksons aide. They come to keep the peace if possible. They are there to negotiate they , are there to prevent the outbreak of war in missouri. This meeting will last several hours and Brigadier General lion lyon becomes frustrated, to the point he looks at the secessionist leaders and ha
Profession, you need to get men to want to do the job because the payee inevitably will go up. [laughter] if you want to explore our nations past, every weekend on cspan3. Next on the civil war, Kristen Pawlak talked about the battle of Wilsons Creek, fought between union and Confederate Forces in southwest missouri in august 1861. She explained that the conflict, while not widely known, is significant because it was the first major battle west of the mississippi river. This talk was a part of a symposium on forgotten battles of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker will be speaking on the battle of Wilsons Creek. Pawlak. Kristen graduated from Gettysburg College with a bachelor of arts degrees in civil war studies. She has worked for the misery Civil War Museum in st. Louis, the American Battlefield trust, and the Gettysburg College special collections. She currently serves on the board of directors for the marine scholarship foundation. She is working
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