Generals and i am glenn panelists took ill go ahead and introduce our panelists for you and you have longer biographies of these people in your packets. But i thought id go ahead and introduce people anyway. And to my immediate right is. Ken. No. He is the drawn of southern history at auburn here received his doctorate. Doctorate from, the university of illinois. American civil war. He is currently writing about the idea and the realities of Abraham Lincoln as a commander in chief to his right Harold Holzer who all of you im sure know already and he has authored or all this and more last night, so only add that he serves today as the Jonathan Fenton director of the roosevelt how Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute and new Yorks Hunter College and next we have craig already been intrd to you, but for those who may have missed the program he was on. Hes a professor history emeritus. Weve got a lot of old guys. Except for except for andy down at the. Who is the future of history. But
Welcome to this session, which is a debate we think on the topic of lincoln and his generals and i am Glenn Lafantasie from Professor Emeritus from Western Kentucky University wrti and Bowling Green and we have with us this morning a distinguished panel i, i regret to say that one of our we have pa with us this morning a distinguished panel. I regret to say that one of our panelists took ill. Lori and foot will not be joining us this morning, but she is at home recuperating with many regrets that she cannot be here. But let me go ahead and introduce our panelists. And you have longer biographies of these people in your packets. But i thought i would go ahead and introduce people anyway. To my immediate right is cadan no. He is the professor of southern history at or burn university. He received his doctorate from the university of illinois. His most recent book is the howling storm weather, climate, and the american civil war. He is currently writing about the reality of Abraham Lincol
now as they turn on their cameras and unmute. and the way i wanted to start this off is actually to have each of our panelists introduce themselves to you, rather than have me read along introduction for each person. and i want to have them talk about how they became interested in the american civil war, where they teach, what sort of classes they teach and how they think about teaching a lincoln and the civil war. we have jack davies coming in here and will have jackal first and then will have kerry go second and then tamika and then craig and then i will bring up the rear. so let s see, jack, if you can unmute yourself and turn on your camera. go right ahead. i was born in independence, missouri which is pretty much on the fringes of the civilization, prior to the civil war and of course it s the center of what was a very different sort of war. as a result of which, my grandparents, it was still a fairly lively topic of my conversation. my grandmother s grandfather and
Raffles going on. At your table youve been given a note card that we would like you to write down a question for our panel this afternoon. If you have a question for them. And what i will do, i will take out the most objectionable ones. And then well proceed from there. But so if you find that and if youve got a question, then write it down and well ask our wonderful speakers today. Weve also, at the break were going to bring in my staff and were going to have a chance to acknowledge them. And then our Panel Discussion is after lunch at 1 00. So that will be the end of our day. I really like our speakers presentation title today, mission impossible, rethinking george b. Mcclel an. After this conference i think its more impossibler to do that. But dr. George rable, professor at the university of alabama where he held the care of southern history. He is the author of of a book that won the 2003 lincoln prize and was the choice outstanding academic title. His most recent book is damn yank
Reforms were included in our 21st century cures act. Senator murray is not here today and so shes asked senator murphy to fill in for her. And ive asked senator cassdy to chair most of this hearing or at least until 11 45. Ill come back to attend it but think its important they chair the hearings, especially given their leadership in enacting the legislation last year. After our witness testified, senators will have five minutes of questions. Sean lest hadder is by all akounlts a typical busy nashville young adult with a fulltime job who also attends college. Two days before his 24th birthday experienced his first schizophrenic experience and since then admitted five times, spending three weeks receiving psychiatric treatment. He recently rote me saying this may seem slightly depressing but my story does not end there. The doctors and staff i encountered there taught me to live productively again in society. Ive been free in the hospital for a whole year now. Ive returned to work and e