Ms. Allen concludes the program by discussing 100 nights, held at gettysburg cemetery. District of columbia host this had event. As has made many, many, many painti paintings she also has been very active, being interviewed by cnn and had her paintings on in the Historical Society along with some other people you might have heard of, salvador dolly. He was there, too. In addition to all of this, she has a gallery up there, lincoln into art and shes also very active with the fellowship of pennsylvania. Shes on the board and Vice President of pennsylvania and also very active in the lincoln forum. A lot of us went this past year. I think we had a record turnout for the Lincoln Group going to the lincoln forum. Were going to try to beat that record this year in november. Wendy is involved in all of those. Tonight shes going to talk about her time talking about is going to talk about her lincoln art and maybe a little bit more than that, plus i think at the end well talk about the lincoln
We come to gettysburg every november to commemorate the life and legacy of abraham lincoln. Our first speaker this morning is peter carmichael. Peter is the professor of civil war studies and director of the Civil War Institute at gettysburg college. I have seen some cwi hats around, wonderful to see them. He has a phd in history from penn state university, where he had the good fortune to study under gary gallagher. He is the author or editor of five books, including last generation Young Virginians in peace, war, and reunion, published in 2005. He is also one of the series editors for a civil war series, and i know him best in this capacity. He was my editor and i can tell you his thoughtfulness, careful attention to detail and generosity with sources made my book a better book. Today, he will tell us about his most recent book, the war for the common soldier, which was released in 2018 as part of the prestigious littlefield series with unc press. A review recently concluded, it is a
Mr. Orrison good afternoon. I get the privilege of introducing a really good friend. Drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. I will just read what you sent me. [laughter] mr. Orrison it is kind of funny, actually. Drew gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. [applause] time, i am at this going to introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] mr. Gruber i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis yesterday said s
Scholarship recipients from last year. Correct . She came here and enjoyed herself, im sure. Patrick is the author of the land shall be day loosed in blood, a new history of nat turners revolt published by Oxford University press. It is one of the finest books i have read on southern history in a long time. It is a book i assigned to my undergraduates in this spring, and as we all know, undergraduates are tough customers when it comes to books. They absolutely enjoyed mr. Breens scholarship and especially his writing. It is a bold book, important book, and one thing patrick and i talked about, it is just a shame that one can go to southampton county today where turners revolt took place and you will see some state signage, but you will have no way of taking a driving tour to see the sites related to that important revolt. It truly is shocking. Patrick is trying to do his part and bring more awareness and audiences likeat us who go to battlefields, i suspect if we had the opportunity, w
Host good afternoon. I get the privilege of introducing a good friend. Drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. I will just read what you sent me. It is best [laughter] it is kind of funny, actually. Gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. [applause] going tor i am introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt think couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis said last from, the guy who falls dysentery, t