Questions from a Young Journalist or answered questions from a young journalism professor, and he was easily one of the most patient answerers is have ever met in my years. His graciousness made a profound impact on me as i was getting started, so i owe a great deal of personal gratitude and debt to jim. Im extremely excited to have him come up here. Jim actually spent some time live in the caretakers cottage once upon a time. He had many stations during his tenure with the parks service. Time without. Some he has spent many years tutoring and mentoring generations of civil war buffs. Very few of us in the field know anyone who has made a greater impact in the real van jim ogden during than jim ogden his tenure at the park service. Mr. Ogden thank you, chris, and i think im going to have to start off i getting out of your site for a minute. The owner of the computer is here, so that will save me having to learn another one thank you for the introduction, and ask, everybody, involved wi
Conference. Jim was one of the organizers of that event. Questions asked answered questions from a young journalism professor there. Most easily one of the patient question answers ive ever met in all my years. Patientsaciousness and many years ago made a profound i was on me because Getting Started with writing research about civil rights history so ioa great deal of personal gratitude to jim. It is exciting to have him come up. During his tenure at the park service, he worked here at fredericksburg. Has been with the park Service Since 1982. In 1988, he landed at chickamauga. 400 given more than lectures, talked to countless young historians. He has spent many years tutoring of civilng generations war buffs. But very few of us working in the field not anyone who has made a greater impact on the study us of a war history as jim. It is my pleasure to introduce to you in man who is truly a ogden. Jim [applause] thank you, chris, and i think im going to have to start off by getting out o
Of the key moments of the american civil war. They were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the war. In the minds of these veterans, chickamauga was not a union defeat, but rather the battle for the capture and permanent possession of the city where they were meeting, chattanooga. That capture of chattanooga eventually led to the capture of atlanta and the Union Victory in the war. At the Third Session of the meeting, an unexpected topic came up. A statue for the man who led the army of the cumberland during its most important battles in the campaign. Major general William Stark rosecrans. The men began to express themselves. I worship the memory of general william s rosecrans. I hold for him or reference in my heart never to
General thank you to the museum of the confederacy. And thank you to cspan. I want to start by reading from an introductory chapter of my book. Just to kind of set things up. A group of veterans gathered in chattanooga, tennessee, in one of the key moments of the american civil war, they were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the war. In the minds of these veterans, chickamauga was not a union defeat, but rather the battle for the capture and permanent possession of the city where they were meeting, chattanooga. That capture of chattanooga eventually led to the capture of atlanta and the Union Victory in the war. At the Third Session of the meeting, an unexpected topic came up. A statue for the man who led the army of the cu
A group of veterans gathered in chattanooga, tennessee, and one of the key moments of the american civil war, they were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the war. In the minds of these veterans, chickamauga was not a union defeat, but rather the battle for the capture and permanent possession of the city where they were meeting, chattanooga. That capture of chattanooga eventually led to the capture of atlanta and the Union Victory in the war. At the Third Session of the meeting, an unexpected topic came up. A statue for the man who led the army of the cumberland during its most important battles in the campaign. Major general William Stark rosecrans. The men began to express themselves. I worship the memory of general willia