Again so thank very much. The first time i met tim smith was 455th anniversary in the Vicksburg Campaign, and i went for the American Battlefield trust along with chris white out to do a series of videos. And so i meet tim on Champion Hill on the anniversary of the battle, which, as a civil war nerd, i was totally out about. Right. But its not that its even worse than that because i packed a whole suitcase of tim smith books for him to sign. So im like, tim smith, so glad to meet you. Sign my books. Yeah. Total fanboy going on at the moment and tim was super gracious and very kind about it and since then we have grown to become friends and he is truly the epitome me of the gentleman and the scholar. But hes the southern gentleman and the scholar. So everything he says is not only kind and polite, but with a really quaint drawl, which is wonderful and he is so gracious with his time. Hes been deeply, deeply invested in his series about the Vicksburg Campaign. If you havent had the oppor
Very Important Campaign against vicksburg tim smith, thank you very much. Hello and welcome to live the amsterdam a joint project between the New Amsterdam project at New York Historical and the new Netherland Institute in albany, new york. Im deborah hamer, im the director of the Netherland Institute and ill be your host today. The new netherland is organization devoted to preserving, translating digitizing and making available dutch documents from the 17th and 18th century in north america. And my guest today is dr. Chelsea teale. Shes a lecturer in geography at cal poly humboldt. Shes currently working on a book about in the netherlands. So welcome, chelsea. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for me. You can hear me all right . Yeah, perfectly crystal clear. Okay, so lets get into. Can you tell us little bit about the climate in the in the 17th century . So what were the settlers who were coming over from the netherlands used to then kind of how was it different when they w
Looking for these types in bookstores this week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv. Org. Go to prizewinning historian James Mcpherson presents a history of the use of naval forces by the union and confederate armies during the civil war. Now on booktv. He reports on the impact that each navy made during the war, from union Naval Support of numerous battles, including vicksburg and new orleans to the confederates use of naval mines and the militaristic deployment of a submarine. Its a little under an hour. Good evening, everyone. Last time we met here on this very stage to talk about the civil war, jim, you are looking to finishing touches on your new book. You are preparing your publication as well. Now i have to do this the way they do it on the talk shows. Now, James Mcpherson war on the waters and craig, the civil war at sea, very handsomely done, are both out. Thats good because we get to resume our we barely scratched the surface. Lets get right t
Affected the outcome of the war. Mr. Stoker is a strategy and policy professor at the Naval War College in monterrey, california. The Bryant Park Corporation, Oxford University press and the New York Historical society cohosted this 55minute event. Thank you so much, paul. Good evening, everyone. As paul mentioned, im alex kassl, manager of Public Programs at the New York Historical society, and its a pleasure to see so many familiar faces in the audience tonight and a great pleasure to introduce tonights speaker and to once again partner with Bryant Park Corporation and Oxford University press on this terrific lecture series. Weve had a great run this summer. Next week is our final week in the series and at the historic society, we Just Announced the fallwinter series, and thats on the website now, brochures to come early september, so something exciting to look forward to. Tonights program will last about an hour and will be followed by a booksigning by our featured speaker, donald s
Be a sorrowful duty to perform. That duty today belongs to me. I have brought home the fallen body of my commander and my dearest friend. Major general James Mcpherson. Home to his grandmother, mother, family and to his friends. In tennessee and formed an instant friendship. Whoseung men from ohio personal lives and military careers were similar in nature. When general mcpherson was he choseas commander, me as his chief engineer. I joined general mcpherson staff in mississippi. This began our amazing journey that would last more than two years. When i learned general mcpherson had been killed in action, i knew immediately i lost my best friend. The army lost a great commander and a nation lost a soldier who had the wherewithal to unite a divided nation. If i was asked to summarize the general mcphersons personal and military career, i would use these four words. By quiet merit alone. I have the great honor of introducing our guest speaker. He is adjusting which author with over two doz