Now, i will start off with a word of warning. When i compiled all the information i wanted to share with you all this evening the first time i went through it and timed it i spoke for an hour and a half. So i hope yall are comfortable. We might be here for a while. Last year when josie was compiling this topics for this year she called me into her Office One Day and pitched me this idea as she mentioned and she ended up when i told her i probably did know somebody interested in this topic and she said when i think about it theres only one person that comes immediately to mind, and i said im so touched. Those are exactly the type of characters every girl longs to be associated with so before you can really start looking at the outlaw gangs civil war spun off you kind of have to take a flip back and see kind of understand the guerilla warfare that was going on during the during the civil war to kind of understand how that same mindset continued on after the war and kind of manifested its
Civil war guerrilla fighters who later became outlaws in the old west, including jesse james, his brother frank, and their gang. This event was recorded by the American Civil War museum in june of 2016. Now, i will start off with a word of warning. When i compiled all the information i wanted to share with you all this evening, the first time i went through it and timed it, i spoke for an hour and a half. So i hope you all are comfortable. We might be here a while. Im just kidding josie, dont get mad at me. Last year when josie was compiling the topics for this year, she called me into her Office One Day and pitched me this idea as she mentioned. Then she ended up, when i told her that and i agreed that i probably did know somebody who might be interested in doing this topic, she said, well, you know, when i think of outlaws, renegades or scoundrels, theres only one person that comes immediately to mind. I said, im so touched. Thats exactly the type of characters every girl longs to be
My shoulder and any president that puts his hand on your shoulder gets your attention. Reagan was one of those historic figures. He said look it took us half a century to get into this mess. I have been the first seven years. Maybe you guys will have to do the heavy lifting on your own later. This is particularly special to me because so many people in this room have been a part of the process of my writing the book. I mean, everybody. Im looking around and seeing people who counseled me through the book proposal writing process and encouraged me when i thought i could never get it done, friends who called me up to find out about how the book was doing, my family, husbands here, so many people here who basically help me get a book done, and so its really awesome to be sitting here tonight in a room full of people who have supported me along the way. I even think, actually, over a couple years ago when we moved to maplewood six years ago getting coffee across the street, with a lot of y
Last class we talked about this video the key layers and we have to compare the confederacy in the unite last class we talked about the start of the civil war, and the key land battle. We can compare the confederacy, factoring in the military capabilities. Tonight were going to were going to get away from turncentric narratives, and focus on things that i research and write about, Naval Warfare and guerrilla warfare. To start off i want to share with you a story from my research, you dont need to take notes, im just gonna tell you a story. This ship behind me left around 11 pm, on august 4th 1863. Most of the passengers were tired, in their cabins, and fell into blissful sleep. I was quiet, always calm. Safely away from the shore, the captain benjamin are took aboard the hurricane decks. Ironically their conversation turned to the danger of steamboat travel. Just before midnight, a man interrupted them with news that a fire had broken out at the far end of the boat, and a carpenter sho
Were going to get away from turncentric narratives, and focus on things that i research and write about, naval war fair and guerrilla warfare. To start off i want to share with you a story from my research, you dont need to take notes, im just gonna tell you a story. This ship behind me left around 11 pm, on august 4th 1863. Most of the passengers were tired, in their cabins, and fell into blissful sleep. I was quiet, always calm. Safely away from the shore, the captain benjamin are took aboard the hurricane decks. Ironically their conversation turned to the danger of steamboat travel. Just before midnight, a man interrupted them with news that a fire had broken out at the far end of the boat, and a carpenter shot beneath the ladies cabin. Things get frenetic. The captain hastily departed to find the first minute. Warning bells climber, flames rose quickly. The carpenter shot, disturbed without his clothes, or his shoes on. He tried to put out the flames with water buckets. The blaze o