And i called back in 15 seconds and said i made a dreadful mistake and said can i still interview for it . He said yeah. And sam garrison running the republican side of the staff, not yet fully unified. Some thought it never was. I went down, met with sam, had a good interview with him. Engaged to come in quite shortly thereafter, and reported for duty in december 1973. Tell us a little bit about first of all, about sam garrison. Give us the work nature of him . He was a devoted family man. I think from the south. From richmond. And he worked like a tiger. Slept in on sunday mornings, but that was about it. He and i had a good personal relationship. You were there before john dohr was named. Im sure i was there before bert jenner. Maybe it was before dohr. I remember showing up for work, and if i was the first staffer, Hilary Rodham was the second staffer, and i remember john dohr calling us into his office, bill, hillary, we have a Research Project here. We have to find out what const
He is completing an edited collection titled soldiers of the cross. The text will be out sometime later this spring. I think hes going to talk about rosecrans, but he is also instrumental to everything that we do at the center, especially to our Digital Projects and black virginians in blue. He is fundamental to our under graduate internship and Public Events like this. So i would like you all to join me in welcoming will kurtz. They dont usually let me talk at these things. Im afraid you are about to find out why. Ro rose cranes is kind of a downer and this is perhaps the first and last time we will talk about him in our day together. He may have mentioned him briefly and after he mentioned grants name for the fifth time, i kind of tuned him out. I dont hate grant. I hope you take that away from this talk. In fact i think that the failed relationship between general grant and rose cranes and rosecrans and Everything Else was detrimental to the union cause. Im going to talk about gener
University distinguished professor in the arts, humanities and social sciences at the university of cincinnati. Hes the author of seven books on the civil war era. This sbook won the Tom Watson Brown prize. We are delighted to welcome today professor phillips. [ applause ] good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me to speak. Ive long wondered why another ohioillinoisan that ive been summoned east to the mother state. After hearing garys opening talk, i know now. Its to give the naughty talk. After asking kerry about topics to which she replied whatever you wanted to talk about, that sounded a little to me like asking me how long the condemned want the hanging rope to be. I have 30 minutes and the hanging wont take too long but true to naughty form, ill start with a vignette to introduce the western lay of war. An idea that garys union war actually inspired. There, gary, tis the benefit of batting last. Ive got a lot of ground to cover because the west is a rather large theater and i hav
Politics. Thank you for that introduction. I want to start by saying thank you for coming out tonight. Thank you, mr. Attorney general for agreeing to do it. I understand this is your first time on a College Campus since you left the administration. Right. [laughter] i think it says a lot about the university of chicago, the institute of politics and the community that you have chosen this as your first place to be. I graduated from here in 1993, that was a long time ago. When i walked onto campus, it is very different in terms of how nice it is. It is quite different. One thing that has not changed is the commitment that uc has to Free Expression and a rigorous study of critical thinking. I think that is a reflection here tonight. I appreciate this opportunity to be here. Thank you for agreeing to do this. Thank you. I thank ip[ fp i thank iop for inviting me. The most clear and present danger to democracy is the undermining of our First Amendment values. Before voting comes deliberat
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