She explains that lincoln was so unsure about his chances that he had his cabinet sign at what was known as the blind memorandum, which pledged cooperation in hi with his unknown challenger if he lost. They also expand how important the soldier vote was. This 50 minute talk was a part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war. Adjust theng to not microphone because we spent time adjusting it for meg. So i will bend over, and i apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. That is exactly what she has. [laughter] what she is. [laughter] educated by day, by night she has been working on her degree in military history. She is just about to wrap up her masters degree. In one of the most courageous acts i have seen from anybody, she is reinventing herself. It has been a great adventure for her to discover the American Civil War from the perspective serious scholar, but also from
Cabinet members sign the blind pledge. She also talked about how important the soldier was to the outcome of the election. Election. N the 1864 this talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically that is exactly what , she is. [laughter] as she has educated by day, by night she has been working on her degree in military history. She is just about to wrap up her masters degree. In one of the most courageous acts i have seen from anybody, basically she is reinventing herself. It has been a great adventure for her to discover the American Civil War from the perspective of a serious scholar, but also from the perspective of somebody who is loved it nearly four dearly for years. It is my pleasure to
American history on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on a schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Coming up next on American History tv, meg thompson discusses the 1864 election between president Abraham Lincoln and general George Mcclellan. He claims that lincoln was so unsure about his reflection chances that he had his cabinet member sign what is known as the blind memorandum. This pledge for cooperation was link ones lincolns then unknown challenge if he lost. Also spring how important a soldier vote was. President lincoln won by the 1864 election by 21221. This 50 minute talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically, that is exactly what she is
Discusses this in massachusetts for 45 minutes. [applause] thank you. Its an honor to be introduced by a fellow nantucketer both of our kids were educated by them and it is great to see you here in brookline and its wonderful to be in the Coolidge Center theater with this great bookstore and cosponsored with the massachusetts historical society, which has been an institution that has been absolutely essential to my life as a historian. I sometimes sort of feel like ive taken up residence in the archives there, and every book ive done there has been a Central Information that has come from there but among the more so than bunker hill. One of the characters i delve into, the papers are there at what we call the mhs and it is an organization that is essential to anyone that is looking into not just the history of boston, but this country. And the genesis for a bunker hill really goes back to the summer of 1984. My wife and i had just moved to boston fulltime. We were living on prince stre
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