Civil war. My name is molly mersmann and i am a postdoctoral associate here with the Virginia Center for civil war here at virgin tech, which is sponsoring this event, the center regularly hosts talks like and other activities which include academic conferences scholarships and grants, outreach programs in museums and, Elementary School classrooms and more besides, basically sharing wonderful civil war era history. As many different people as we possibly can. You can keep up with what is going on with the center on our website, which is civil war dot v teen dot edu or you can go on facebook or twitter. On to tonights event. Our speaker is dr. Meghan bever, who is an associate professor of history and chair of the social department at Missouri Southern state university. She received her ph. D. From, the university of alabama, but i am a little more excited that she received her undergraduate degree at purdue university, which is where i went for my graduate work. So im excited to have t
Battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Well one thing that had been going on during winter of 1860 263 was a decline in morale in
Slight chance of a shower 75 at 5 00, our high today 76. 77. Just depend on how much sun we see and might even get a little bit warmer than that but this is whats headed our way. This rain you see in the ohio and tennessee valleys. Down toward the deep south is moving in our direction with a front. Looks like that will be arriving here late evening if not overnight tonight with those showers. So today, we start as i said 50s and 60s. The coolest spot cambridge at 52 while its 66 at national. 63 for manassas and leesburg and frederick this morning. And 61 rat fredericksburg and at fredericksburg and la plata. This afternoon well be in the mid 70s for most of us and down south a little warmer and culpeper 79 and fredericksburg potentially hitting the 80, 81 degree mark. Mike . Thanks howard. Heres whats in the news right now. An American News cameraman will be flown to the United States from liberia after testing positive for ebola. Nbc news correspondent dr. Nancy snyderman was working
So there will be some snow for the a. M. Rush. But most roads wont be covered around the d. C. Metro area. You may be able to get out of the house okay for the morning rush, but then everything gets snow covered and the roads are covered north and west early. Well break it down hour by hour coming up. Our Team Coverage continues now with shomari stone in greenbelt where a lot of people tend to be stopping on their way home from work to stock up for tomorrow. Shomari . Reporter thats right. A lot of people are coming to safeway and giant and other Grocery Stores in d. C. Maryland and virginia. They are stocking up getting ready. They are concerned about this storm. Theyre buying items such as cereal bottled water milk, nonperishable items such as canned goods and also bread, chblg. Some are concerned they could possibly lose electricity. We talked to a teacher and another woman. Lets hear what they had to say about the storm. Im very concern birthday it because we may not have school to
Shamari stone was there as he was honored for his quick actions. Definitely brandon has a right to feel good tonight. I got to save my dads life. Reporter this 12yearold saved his father from choking to death on a hamburger in Fredericksburg Fredericksburg virginia. I swallowed a piece of burger and it got caught in my throat and cut my air off. Brandon knew exactly what to do. I did something about it. He grabbed his dad from behind and did the heimlich maneuver. He learned it with the boy scouts at the first aid class. Using the skills that brandon had learned and common sense and good studies, he participated in dislodging that hamburger. Tonight the boy scouts honored him with the medal of merit and certificate for his service. Please join me in a round of applause. Reporter darrel thinks his son and boy scouts are teaching how to save lives. Its a great organization, do a lot of good for the community. He wants to grow up to be a firefighter to help people. A good reminder for all