Shipenburgs university of pennsylvania. Hes an awardwinning author, coauthor or editor of 27 civil war books and more than 40 related articles. He is the Vice President of the center for civil war photographer. Hes been a licensed battlefield guide for 25 years. Hes appeared on numerous productions shown on the bbc, cspan, the pennsylvania public time as d works full chief historian or the American Battlefield trusts. Without any further introduction, i now present to you my friend, gary gear. [applause] leave your book here . Gary yeah, sure, i might need it. Hello, everybody. This isnt easy during the whole civil war in such a sort period of time. Well see if it takes 56 minutes or whatever. Im already wasting time for good luck for those of you who like to take notes. The seeds of the civil war are started in the constitution and there amp. Then you have north and south starting to look at each other differently. Southerners look to the north and although they speak the same languag
Management, and memory of Gettysburg National military park. This hourlong talk was part of the annual summer conference posted by the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Good morning, everyone. Happy fathers day. We are going to open this morning with a a longtime contributor to wi cwi, jen murray. Currently an assistant teaching professor in the department of history at Oklahoma State university. She is, as you know, an expert in the civil war, and a specialist in military history in general. , a full i would say publication resume. Her most important book and most recent is entitled on a great battlefield the making, management, and memories of Gettysburg National park. It was published in 2013 by the university of tennessee press. She is currently working on a biography of general george be published will by the university of North Carolina of North Carolina in the civil war america series. As i mentioned, she is a veteran faculty member here. Many of you have been on her battl
With a longtime contributor to cwi, jen murray. Jen murray is currently an assistant teaching assistant professor in the department of history at Oklahoma State university. She is as you know an expert in the civil war and also a specialist in military history in general. She has i would say a full publication resume. Her most important book and most recent is entitled on a great battlefield the making, management, and memory of get Gettysburg National park. Published in 2013 by the university of tennessee press. She is currently working on a i biography of George Gordon meade which will hopefully be publi published in the civil war america series. She is a veteran faculty member here. Many of you have been on her battlefield tours which are outstanding. Its largely because she cut her teeth as a young historian seasonal here at gettysburg for nine years . For nine years. So it is my pleasure to welcome jen murray who will be speaking about her book on the creation of the Gettysburg Na
With a longtime contributor to cwi. Jen murray is currently an assistant teaching assistant professor in the department of history at Oklahoma State university and she is, as you know, an expert in the civil war and also a specialist in military history in general. She has, i would say the full publication resume, the most important book in the most recent, entitled on a great battlefield, the making, management and memory of Gettysburg National park, published in 2013 by the university of tennessee press. She is currently working on a biography, general George Gordon meade that will hopefully be published in the civil war america series. As i mentioned, she is a veteran faculty member and many of you have been on her battlefield tours which are outstanding, largely because she cut her teeth as a young historian the seasonal here at gettysburg for nine years. So, it is my pleasure to welcome jen murray who will be speaking about her book on the creation of the Gettysburg National park.
Call michael talks about his book the war for the common soldier how men throught, fought, and survived in civil war armies. This is one hour. It is my honor and pleasure to introduce somebody who at this point probably needs very little introduction to most of you. Peter carmichael is a director of the Civil War Institute and the robert c professor of civil war professors at gettysburg college. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and essays as well as several books including one published in 1998 and the lost generation Young Virginians in peace, war, and reunion published by unc press in 2005. His most recent book, the war for the common soldier how men throught, fought, and survived in civil war armies was published by unc just last year in 2018. And he was a recent recipient of the 2018 civil war book award from the new York Military affairs symposium. Please welcome peter carmichael. [ applause ] thank you. I am not dehydrated. I just have as you can tell a scratchy th