Ending the civil war. The series has argued objects have the power to convey a story ofnarrative, the the civil war in our case. On the looking back books that inspired this series, are there objects or documents that you wish we had been able to include . Mr. Holzer from the book . I think we covered it well in terms of diversifying choices. Where thef regrets handwritten diaries of george templeton, one of the great diaries except it is written in such tiny hand. Know you feel, i the same way, from the theopolitan fair, Historical Society has a record and photographs. We will do it in the next eight episodes. And release from Abraham Lincoln. Long before computerized lincoln seems, able to comprehend and analyze the most fragmented early voting trends. You write lincoln had been a serious student of voting trends since his day as a poll watcher in illinois. Political,redictions statistical . Or instinctive . Above. Zer all of the he was a remarkable and localized analyst. He used to
Slavery and jefferson life have changed over recent decades. Watch friday beginning at eight eastern and enjoy American History tv this weekend every weekend on cspan three. Up next on the civil war, a story and harold holder and Valerie Perry of the New York Historical society talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication the civil war and 50 objects. In this program they discuss objects at the end of the war, and president likens assassination. This conversation took place on line in the New York Historical society provided the video. Good evening and welcome to the eighth and final episode of history our. Tonights topic is saving the union and ending the civil war at the battlefield and at the ballot box. As usual and i want to remind you which is being recorded will last 45 minutes. This includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. Please submit your questions via the cuban a function on your resume screen at any time during the. Top we will respond to as many as possi
Histori historians talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication, the civil war in 50 objects. In this program they discuss items related to the end of the war and president Abraham Lincolns assassination. This conversation took place online, and the New York Historical society provided the video. Good evening and welcome to the eighth and final episode of the history hour. Tonights topic is saving the union and ending the civil war at the battlefield and the ballot box. As always i want to remind you that tonights program which is being recorded will last approximately 45 minutes. This includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. Please submit your questions via the q a function on your zoom screen at any time during the talk. We will respond to as many as possible during the final part of the program. And now, saving the union and ending the civil war. So our series has argued that an aggregate objects and documents have the singular power to convey a narrative in your c
That tonights program, which is being recorded, will last approximately 45 minutes. This includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. Please submit your questions via the q a function on your zoom screen at any time during the talk. We will respond to as many as possible during the final part of the program. And now, saving the union and ending the civil war. So our series has argued that in aggregate, objects and documents have the singular power to convey a sweeping historical narrative, in our case, the story of the civil war. So harold, now looking back on the book, which inspired the series, the civil war and 50 objects, are there any objects or documents among the plethora of choices we had in new york historics collection that you wish we had been able to include . Oh, from the book . I would say we covered the waterfront pretty well in terms of diversifying the choices. I guess a couple of regrets for time reasons was the handwritten diary of George Templeton strong, perhaps,
The civil war photography. He is the Vice President of the center for civil war photography, hes been a licensed battlefield guide for 25 years, hes appeared on numerous productions shown on the bbc, cspan, Pennsylvania Cable Network and on history. He works full time as the chief historian of the American Battlefield trust. Without any further interruptions or excuse me introduction, i now present to you my friend, garry adelman. Thanks, tammy. Hello, everybody. All right, this isnt easy, doing the whole civil war in such a short period of time. Well see if i get it done in 49 minu49 minutes or 53, whatever it takes. Good luck for those of you that like to take notes. The seeds of the civil war are sewn in the constitution and soon after, slaves are partly a person, for some purposes theyre a person, sometimes theyre not a person. You have north and south starting to look at each other differently. You have the southerners look to the north and though they speak the same language, the