Six years. Peter scott, one of the things that john and i have discussed with many of our guests is interpretation on Civil War Battlefield parks. We have also talked about the partnerships with academics and we have seen with many of our guests, including our guest on thursday, nina Silver Silver was one of the first historians that came to the park and had conversations with the park staff about ways to broaden the interpretation of gettysburg and time and time again john and i have noticed that these connections between academics and public historians, you cannot conclude there is this a great gulf between these two sides as i think there once was. I thought we could open by having you reflect upon how battlefield interpretation, how it changed over time during your career and if you wouldnt mind, i would be interested in what you see as opportunities as we look ahead. Or iimportant observation my girlsy fun fact cameron and isabel carmichael, i have to give them a shout out today b
War era Study Program and did graduate work in university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. He holds a master of divinity degree. His roster of publications is so long im not going to try to read them all to you. You can go to his website to get a full accounting of not only his publications but oerjt sail ient elements of other saileint elements of hig biography. Im going to offer five books i think is pertinent. The first is called Abraham Lincoln published by william b in 1998 and the first of allen lincolns prizes. Lincolns emancipation pags proclamation end of slavery in america. Publish in 2004 brought his second lincoln prize. Lincoln and douglas the debates that define america. 2008. Some reason didnt win the lincoln prize. Faithful lightening new history of the civil war and reconstruction came out from Oxford University press in 2012 and the 5th title i will mention is is gettiesburg the last invasion published in 2013 which brought a third lincoln
Abraham lincoln and his project on confederate general robert e. Lee. Mr. Guelzo spoke about lincolns intellect and emphasized the importance of religion in everyday life during the civil war era. The university of virginias center for Civil War History hosted this event. Allen guelzo is the third professor of Gettysburg College where he serves as civil war curator. He did his undergrad ate at the university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. He also holds a master of divinity degree. His roster of publications is so long that im not even going to try to read them all to you. Go to allenguelzo. Com and get a full accounting of not only his publications but other salient elements of his biography and doings. What im going to do here is mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what well be doing this afternoon, and i will just read them. The first is called Abraham Lincoln redeemer president. Caller and lincolns emancipation proclamation, the
He did his graduate work in history at the university of pennsylvania, where he focused on the history of religion, he holds a master, and his roster of publications is so long that i am not going to try to read them all to you you can go to get a full account of his publications, and other salient elements of his biography in his doings i am going to mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what we will be doing this afternoon. The first is called Abraham Lincoln, redeemer president. It was published in 1998. It is the first of his lincoln books. The emancipation proclamation the end of slavery in america published by simon and schuster. That brought him his second lincoln prize. Lincoln and douglas the debates that defined america. For some reason that did not win the lincoln prize. A new history of the civil war and reconstruction came out in 2012. The fifth title i will mention is called gettysburg, the last invasion, which brought a third lincoln prize to alan.
Introduce our last speaker for the afternoon. He is the director of the Texas Military forces museum. And an adjunct professor of history at Austin Community college. He is an author and a contributor to essential civil war curriculum. His last work as a trilogy covering the civil war in virginia from gettysburg and includes meade and lee, which is due for publication next year. Lets give him a welcome. [applause] thank you. It is a real pleasure to be here. It is always fun to stand in a group of people that have the same passion. You dont get looked at as strangely when you talk to other people. I am going to break precedent today and have a powerpoint demonstration. I am doing that for several reasons. Pamplin spent a lot of money to put this system in. You will not have to get a new puppy at the end of my presentation. I became interested in the story of what happens in the Virginia Theater after the battle of gettysburg following a conversation i had with one of my favorite profes