Women during shermans march to the sea. Plus a look at jesse james and his actions by the confederacy during the civil war. A panel this morning, of historians discuss the debates surrounding the leadership of George Gordon meade. He is also the author of an acclaimed book. To his left, scott hartwig. He is a longtime supporter and also a retired historian from Gettysburg National park. He has written a book on the battle of antigua. Antietem. To the left of scott is jennifer murray. She is a professor of history at the university of virginia and many of you met and last, we have brooke simpson, who needs no introduction. You do need an introduction . Not everyone on cspan audience knows you. Brooks is a professor of history at arizona state. Lets turn to George Gordon meade. The man who was behind one of the most important victories in American Military history is barely recognized for his role in defeating the army at gettysburg. Meade in fact, saw this coming. December 7, 1863, he w
Want to attack them as a frontal assault. Hoping forrates are a frontal assault. That is an excellent summary. We want to get to the question. Your question is . Meade when he did decide to move, part of his army moved 32 miles in one night. I dont have a question. I just want to bring this up. Thank you very much. Niceve done a very job of summarizing what has been said here. We appreciate your listening and summarizing. We should have had you up here. Go to the back mic. I am from howard county, maryland. Something was mentioned on the panel about civil war armies being indestructible, that meade realized the army of Northern Virginia was indestructible. I have heard that the typical civil war radel is when both parties come together, bang the heck out of each other, dont actually destroy each other, and live to fight another day. If civil war armies could not destroy each other, why is that . Or what does it mean to destroy the enemy in the civil war context . I heard the same thing
While we wait for the next speaker, you can also watch all their award to Conference Coverage you can watch all of our Civil War Institute Conference Coverage online. Us your thoughts and connect with us on facebook. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. To introduce to you lisa tendrich frank. She is an independent historian, editor, and writer on all issues related to the american civil war. She is based out of tallahassee, florida. She studied at the university of florida where she received her phd. She did her phd under one of the Great Southern historians. Birchame is her chum wyatt brown. He had an incredible career, his most important book entitled so honor. Southern she has a very impressive publication record, or most recent book released by else you and the title, the civilian war, confederate women and Union Soldiers during shermans march. We have talked a lot about original research and those historians who love to dig into the archives. Thats book is full of primary
Greensboro on to unc were laura and i spent some time for year before i moved on to West Virginia university. Andcompleted her masters has had a very her first job was at stratford and hall, the birthplace of robert e lee. Recently, she is the deputy education director at the Hampton Roads naval museum. She works as an educator and does special event. She also worked at fort munro museum. Today, she will be speaking to shipwreck. Vil war in my seven years here, i dont think we have done any naval operations. She will be talking about shipwrecks of the uss cumberland before she comes on page. Note that laura and her husband have recently published a book. You can see a copy of it just in front of the podium. The title of the book is never. All me a hero me introduce laura lawfer. [applause] afternoon. How is everybody . Good. They went after lunch. I have to start out with a matter of disclosure. At the United States naval museum, everything here is my opinion. It is not endorsed by the
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