Nevertheless a delight to us here. Dan welch is the secretary of our organization. Hes the author of the book the last roads north and he works as a historian at the Gettysburg National military park. He is here to talk about one of the lesserknown, but vital actions of the battle on coal culps hill. Ladies and gentlemen, dan welch. Dan i want to begin by thanking all of my friends and colleagues at emerging civil war, chris, our symposium cochair, chris weitz at the American Battlefield trust for having me to present this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of joshua chamberlain, Little Round Top, pickets charge, Seminary Ridge, but what will often get lost of the stories on the union armys right and left flank on july 2 and third, a location known as culps hill. Luminary Major General would give a dedication speech to this monument that had been dedicated in the honor of greene. He said this battle ha
Virginia at oberlin she has created the history design lab that allows students to develop scholarly projects that involve approaches that range from digital humanities, exhibit design, oral history and remember what i said about speakers and their commitment to mentorship and to education. Shes the author of essays published in 2018 and 19 in the civil war and the transformation of american citizenship and new perspectives on the union war. As i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in the flagship journal Civil War History as part of a round table discussion about the new civil war revisionism. Her book manuscripted mentioned in your printed program is now under contract, im pleased to say with the unc press. It examines how black women strategically used the laws geography of the Nations Capital to make claims to liberty during the civil war. It is from that work that her program today is derived. Free women, mobileizing emancipation and citizenship and selfmaking in wart
For the john and Mabel Ringling museum of art in sarasota and the Sir John Museum in london. The lost world of James Smithson was her first book, and she resides in new york. So please welcome heather ewing. [applause] heather thanks for having me. Can you all hear me . Wonderful. It is really a pleasure to be here. And i very much look forward to speaking and meeting with you all afterwards. I just wanted to let you know that i will be bowing to you i am not shaking hands, per our current instruction. I encourage you all to do the same. Anyway, i wanted to thank you all very much for having me. It is a pleasure to be here to talk about this topic that i care about so much. And so, here we go. You all know the smithsonian well as the keeper of many of the most iconic objects of american culture. And, i thought i would run through a bunch of them. Dorothys ruby slippers, of course. Charles lindberghs spirit of st. Louis. Soon after i to the smithsonian. Abraham lincolns top hat. And, si
Want to say, reminder, on thursday, we will continue talking about the civil war in the west. We will do it all week long. Thursday, we will talk about the book civil war in the southwest borderlands. I am trusting that, like me, you all have studiously read the book the entire semester and taken deep notes and are ready to talk about it on thursday. Today we will talk about two borders. Is it week 12 . Lets say it is week 12. Our week 12 learning objectives, to explore the experiences of the border states and what many called the borderlands. And to understand how the war affected native americans and confederate and union interests in the west. We will hit all three of these today. We will be dealing with all three learning objectives throughout the entire week. So let us begin. First, there is more than one border. This is my reason for doing Historical Research and teaching civil war era southern history especially, to remind people there are border states and there is the borderla
Announcer 1 watch american artifacts sunday 6 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan3. On lectures in history, Utah State University professor Maria Angela Diaz discusses the civil war in the west and looks at the conflict in states and territories like missouri, kansas, texas, and arizona. She explores how the diverse populations of the region reacted to the war and decided between siding with the union and confederacy. She focuses on the larger role guerrilla warfare played in the west. Today we areo talking about the civil war in the west. Before we get started, i just ont to say, reminder, thursday, we will continue talking about the civil war in the west. We will do it all week long. Thursday, we will talk about the book civil war in the southwest borderlands. I am trusting that, like me, you all have studiously read the book the entire semester and taken deep notes and are ready to talk about it on thursday. Today we will talk about two borders. Is it week 12 . Lets say