Gettysburg national park. Hes here to talk to us about one of the worlds lesser known but vital actions of the battle on culps hill. Ladies and gentlemen, dan walsh. I want to begin by thanking all my friends and colleagues in the emerging civil war, chris monkowski, kevin pollock, chris white at the American Battlefield trust for having me today to present you this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of Joshua Chamberlain and Little Round Top, pickets charge, cemetary ridge, Seminary Ridge, but often what gets lost is some of the stories that would occur on the union armys right flank on july 2nd and july 3rd known as culps hill. At the dedication for the monument to honor George Greene after the battle of gettysburg, illuminary dan sickles would give a dedication speech to this monument that had been dedicated in honor of greene and his performance at gettysburg on july 2, 1863. Sickles said, quote, t
Threetoone. This talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Welcome back to the emerging civil war symposium. Callext speaker i fondly professor henry hill, because by day he is a music teacher. Henry hill no relation to ambrose powell. Nevertheless a delight. Dan welch is the secretary of organization. Hes the author of the book the last roads north and he works as a historian at the gettysburg park. He is here to talk about one of the lesserknown, but vital actions of the battle on coal s hill. Culp ladies and gentlemen, dan welch. I want to begin by thanking all of my friends and colleagues at emerging civil war, chris, chris weitz at the American Battlefield trust for having me to present this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of joshua chamberlain, Little Round Top, Seminary Ridge, but what will often get lost of the stories on the union right and l
Nevertheless a delight to us here. Dan welch is the secretary of our organization. Hes the author of the book the last roads north and he works as a historian at the Gettysburg National military park. He is here to talk about one of the lesserknown, but vital actions of the battle on coal culps hill. Ladies and gentlemen, dan welch. Dan i want to begin by thanking all of my friends and colleagues at emerging civil war, chris, our symposium cochair, chris weitz at the American Battlefield trust for having me to present this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of joshua chamberlain, Little Round Top, pickets charge, Seminary Ridge, but what will often get lost of the stories on the union armys right and left flank on july 2 and third, a location known as culps hill. Luminary Major General would give a dedication speech to this monument that had been dedicated in the honor of greene. He said this battle ha
Our first speaker tonight keith snyder. He has worked for the National Park service for 33 years it four National Parks. Harpers ferry National Historic park, the National Mall in memorial parks, monastics national battlefield, and anti to no battlefield where he currently holds the position of visitor services. Keith received his undergraduate degree in 1984 and Park Administration with the concentration in American History from shepard university. His masters degree in strategic studies was earned the United States Army War College in 2003. He has also served in the air force and Air National Guard for 40 years, and recently retired as a colonel with 167th their left wing. He lives in martins bird, West Virginia with his wife cindy. Please welcome our first speaker as he talks about the battle of antietam from the perspective of the soldiers who experienced it firsthand. applause thank, you kevin. It is great to be with you. I certainly had a very enjoyable drive down here. This is s
Administration with a concentration on American History from shepherd university. Keith has also served in the United States air force and the Air National Guard for 40 years and recently retired as a colonel with the 167th airlift wing. He lives with his wife cindy in martinsberg, west virginia. Please join me in welcoming keith as he talked about the battle of antietam from the perspective of the soldiers that experienced it firsthand. [ applause ] thank you, kevin. It is great to be with you. I certainly had a very enjoyable drive down here. This is some beautiful country. So what im going to do this evening, the mayor talked about perspective and what im going to share with you are actually two perspectives on the battle of antietam. Since im the opening speaker for three days of antietam information, we thought, kevin and i talked before we came down, it might be good to have a general overview of the maryland campaign. Im going to do a broad brush stroke to have some perspective