[applause] for those who have more questions, he will be in the lobby signing his books. You can ask questions. One thing to keep in mind, there were also native americans that did fight in the union army as well. Particularly from minnesota. And yesterday we talked about ely parker, who drafted the terms at appomattox. Bert has several books, the confederate surrender at greensboro no turning back. And then, his talk was about to to the bitter end. People only say i would like to buy a book for my friend. They love the civil war but i do not know what books they have. They do not have this book, i guarantee it. It came in just as we were loading up the van to bring it too long with. To longwood. Just off the press. You can find books and answer questions. Mark bradley, yesterday, our last speaker sign some of his books. This astounding close, blue coats, tar heels. If you buy 50 of books, they give you a nice bag. You get the bag otherwise for 2. 95. Were live with American History tv
,y states including tennessee this region was one where the National Divisions played out on a local area. The population here was very split, very divided. The decision whether or not to stay in the union to protect to depart thes or United States, to depart the constitutional protections and make a bid for the protection of forming a news by separate nation, the Confederate States of america. There literally were troops raised from here on both sides. There were for Real Companies operating on three rail lines. Connect or intersect here at chattanooga. They do that to take advantage of the naturally occurring mountain gaps, passes, or passages, which allow beyond and through the Appalachian Mountains here at the southern end of that Great Mountain chain. Chattanooga was important from the beginning of the war in initially because so many southern soldiers going to fight for southern independence passed through chattanooga on the way to what they described as the seat of war, or the e
And Chattanooga National Military Park, one of several small areas that are part of the Missionary Ridge battlefield of the larger chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The veterans will come together and get congress to establish in andst of 1890 chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park as the first such public area in the United States. Subsequently, battlefields at antietam, shiloh, gettysburg, and vicksburg will be created in the first era of preservation and commemoration of the civil war, on the very ground where it occurred. Today, this National Military park, with its units at the chickamauga battlefield, on lookout mountain, the small areas preserved here on Missionary Ridge still tells this story, a vital story in the course of our nations history, an important part of deciding how the civil war turned out. You can read about our countries but here youoks, can walk some of the very ground where those decisions were made. Even though here on the chattanooga
From markets to concerts to a movie in a park, there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate Father s Day this weekend. There will also be multiple opportunities to commemorate Juneteenth. Here s the chronology.