Conditions at the prison and some of the officers in charge. This talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the civil war blog. Hello, and welcome to the emerging civil war virtual symposium. Im editor in chief of emerging civil war. Delighted to have you with us. Our first speaker today is derek maxfield. Fr it earned fame at the courthouse. Derek has recently earned fame for his brandnew book as part of the emerging civil war series. Its called hellmira, prisoner of war camp. Please welcome derek maxfield. Thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here to talk about my latest project. You know, prisoner of war camps have been a surprise to me. Ive studied the civil war since i was quite young and, you know, knew the lengths of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. Over 56,000 died in prisoner of war camps over that time. Just over 500,000 incarc
From elmira, new york, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, derek maxfield. Derek thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here and talk about my latest project. Hellmira and prisoner over cams prisoner of war camps in general have been quite a surprise to me. I have studied the civil war since i was quite young and new the length of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the home and italian crisis that unfolded over the course of those for bloody years. The extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. 500,000 incarcerated in total. And, although we understand that this is a small number of casualties considering the total number of casualties during the civil war, over 750,000 now we believe, when we consider that we could have done better. Both north and south. When you consider that this was in our power to make lives for those who were incarcerated better. It is really quite disappointing. And i
Developed in importance over the years, particularly since 1952. The third part i will focus on are efforts to bump New Hampshire out of its slot is the first primary. How those things happened. What was done to respond to them in particular, that the , secretary of state is required by law to set the primary date of New Hampshires primary one week before any similar contest. Later on this week secretary of state gardner will be coming to talk about these issues. At one time we had a saying this is always first, always right. It is not always right. The candidate who will become the eventual nominee or president does not always have to win the New Hampshire primary. We will talk about that a when talk about that a little bit as well as we go on. When did primary start and what happened . First of all, theres nothing in the constitution about nominating candidates for president. The constitution is pretty quiet on how we choose who the nominees are going to be. Article ii, paragraph 25
February 14, at 4 p. M. Eastern. This coming tuesday is the first of the nature New Hampshire primary. Next Political Science professor andrew smith teaches a class on the history of the primary and its significance in the president ial election process. We recorded the class at the university of New Hampshire in 2011. His class is about an hour and 15 minutes. Professor smith welcome. Today people talk about the history of the New Hampshire primary. Before we get into the history, i want to talk for a bit about the history of the nomination process en toto. How do we nominate the candidates for president . The thing i want to talk about overall, first off, giving you a sense of the New Hampshire primary. It did not start with the first president ial primary. I will talk about how it developed in importance over the years, particularly since 1952. The third part i will focus on is efforts to bump New Hampshire out of its slot is the first primary. How those things happened. What was do
History of the New Hampshire primary. ,efore we get into the history i want to talk for a bit about the history of the nomination process. How do we nominate the candidates for president. The think and want to talk about overall, first off, giving you a sense of the New Hampshire primary. It did not start with the first president of primary. I will talk about how it developed in importance over the years. Particularly since 1952. The third part i will focus on is efforts to bump New Hampshire out of its slot is the first primary. How those things happened. What was done to respond to them in particular, that the secretary of state is required by law to set the primary date of New Hampshire one week before any similar contest. Later on this week secretary of state geithner will be coming to talk about secretary the secretary of state will be coming to discuss these issues. Thise time we had a saying is always first, always right. It is not always right. The candidate who will become the