making business in michigan. he s not married. so he sits down with his mom to write out his final will and testament now. he is a fairly talented individually starts off as a company commander after two years a war though. now he is the colonel of the fourth, michigan. between the battle of gettysburg in the battle that happens right before gettysburg two months prior harrison goes home on leave. so he has a vacation of about two weeks while he s home the town members join him as he gets ready to hop on the train and head back to his unit and they present the unit with a brand new flag and you can see the battle flag in this picture about a flags are important the american civil war and a time when command and control is as loud as you can yell as fast as you can ride a horse or send around with a note in the smoking noise of battle when the big flag goes forward. we d go forward when the big flag goes back we fall back so you never wanted to lose your flag. not only because
before gettysburg two months prior harrison goes home on leave. so he has a vacation of about two weeks while he s home the town members join him as he gets ready to hop on the train and head back to his unit and they present the unit with a brand new flag and you can see the battle flag in this picture about a flags are important the american civil war and a time when command and control is as loud as you can yell as fast as you can ride a horse or send around with a note in the smoking noise of battle when the big flag goes forward. we d go forward when the big flag goes back we fall back so you never wanted to lose your flag. not only because of the ensuing confusion that would cause all so because we had all joined as a community people from our community had died defending that flag, and you never your flag. after two years of war the fourth michigan flag was fairly shot up. and so the townspeople show up and present harrison jeffords with a brand new flag for his regime
three-to-one. 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. he s 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 lesser-known, 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
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, monastic s 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 martin s 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
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 i m going to do this evening, the mayor talked about perspective and what i m going to share with you are actually two perspectives on the battle of antietam. since i m 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. i m going to do a broad brush stroke to have s