It is my privilege to introduce professor Elizabeth Barron from the university of virginia who will speak on the election of 1864 in confederate eyes. I think this is a really important topic to address early on in this symposium so that we dont forget that there is a whole other conversation going on in other parts of the country. Professor baron got her bachelors degree from swathmore college. And then went on to teach at wellesley and temple before coming to university of virginia where shes the langborn williams professor of American History. And her first two books were from a womans point of view about womens opinions and activities in the south and in antibellum virginia. Then the biography of a spy in richmond, both of which were extremely well received and the biography won many awards. Then her next book was on disunion which was about the whole debate about the discussion of strategizing about possible breakup of the union dating from 1789 onwards. Most recently her book is
Have a copy at home or have read it. And this, of course, is about the Antiwar Movement in the north. This was published by Oxford University press in 2006, and actually has a forward by jennifers mentor, james m. Macpherson. So you can tell she comes from a quality line. Her second book is actually geared for children, and this fact has won her a special place in the hearts of many of us in the Lincoln Group who really view the importance of sharing the story of lincoln and his heir, and our nations history with our youngest americans. That story tells the battle of gettysburg and is called summers bloodiest day. Jennifer actually right now is working on a book about conscription in the civil war area and the impact of conscription on the civil war north. She has also coed itted an anthology that honors her mentor, professor macpherson. She has talked quite a bit, lectured throughout the country. Lincolns era and the politics of the era, and im sure this morning youre going to enjoy h
Reelection. Jennifer webber examines the Political Climate in the summer of 1864 and explains how lincoln won by a landslide. This is hosted by the Lincoln Group of d. C. Its about 50 minutes. Good morning. Im pleased to be here this morning and honored to be able to introduce our next speaker, jennifer webber. Jennifer is an associate professor of history at the university of kansas where her specialty, no surprise, is the civil war. Her first book was copperheads for those of you who may not have a copy at home. This, of course, is about the Antiwar Movement in the north. This was published by Oxford University press in 2006 and actually has a forward by jennifers mentor, james m. Mcpherson. You can tell she comes from a quality line. Her second book is actually geared toward children and this fact has won her a special place in the hearts of many of us in the Lincoln Group who view the importance of sharing the story of lincoln, his heir and the nations history with our youngest ame
Written several books and several articles, and ive heard him talk on the treason in the civil war about merriman. In fact, last night i watched him on cspan going over with his class this topic. It was really fun. It was neat to see how he interacted with the students and brought out in them a different opinion of what they had when they first came in, how they learned something from the discussion. And it was fun. And in particular, one of the questions one of the girls asked, with all the interests in merrimans rights, what about the gross treason of the whole situation . It seems like were looking at a little tiny speck, and the whole civil war was treason. So how he dealt with that was pretty good. And he has another book out thats this book. And he has another book out, the one hes going to be talking about today, and im looking forward to hearing about it. The first book is treason, Abraham Lincoln and treason in the civil war. Its about the merriman trial, and about what he did
Introduce our next speaker, jennifer weber. Jennifer is an associate professor of history at the university of kansas. Where her specialty, no surprise, is the civil war. Her first book was copperheads for those of you who may not have a copy at home or have read it. And this, of course, is about the Antiwar Movement in the north. This was published by Oxford University press in 2006, and actually has a forward by jennifers mentor, james m. Macpherson. So you can tell she comes from a quality line. Her second book is actually geared for children, and this fact has won her a special place in the hearts of many of us in the Lincoln Group who really view the importance of sharing the story of lincoln and his heir, and our nations history with our youngest americans. That story tells the battle of gettysburg and is called summers bloodiest day. Jennifer actually right now is working on a book about conscription in the civil war area and the impact of conscription on the civil war north. Sh