In the United States army and traveling home. Going away. Going back to where you came from. John julie was one of the soldiers who did not surrender. He went with the confederate government when Jefferson Davis evacuated richmond and headed west. Along the way, as he escaped into the carolinas, he was seeing a lot of signs the war was coming to a horrific conclusion. , abandonedong fences muskets of struggling soldiers. Some were broken, that other barrels of others, bent, and choked with mud. The cartridges landsat confusion along the road. Heart seemed slow, for here lies unmistakable evidence of a set of determination. A shameless indifference as to whether the world knows it or not. Professor miller the lecture today will examine particularly the transition that confederate veterans will go through as they go from soldier back to civilian. We will look at a few particular things. The hardships they pay they faced. The limited assistance they found, particularly as they were dealin
Lectures on topics ranging from the American Revolution to 9 11. Lectures in history are also available as podcasts. Visit our website, cspan. Org history podcast or download them from itunes. Up next on American History tv, a columnist compares the lives and achievements of Frederick Douglass and terry at tubman. She examines how growing up in maryland impacted their lives and led to their work as abolitionist. The Georgetown Public Library sponsors this hourlong event. Good afternoon everyone. My name is jerry mcclory. Thank you for coming out on this illustrate washington, d. C. Day. On behalf of the public library, i would like to thank you for coming out today. The peabody room was named after george peabody. He was a merchant, finance year and philanthropist who got his start in business in georgetown in 1812. He was 17 years old. He came from massachusetts with his uncle and they opened a dry goods store on m street. This fight his third grade education, he was a financial geniu
Passes these laws, trying to impose what looks like quasislavery on the newly emancipated. These were governments johnson had created. Absolutely. You had incidents of africanamericans not being able to purchase land, when they would have been able to do that, because you had black soldiers who may have had a little bit of money. You had people trying to limited resources, they were not allowed to either purchase the land or rent the land. You have black people being denied the right to serve on juries. Certainly cannot vote, but the most heinous problem during this period was the apprenticeship laws. A lot of us think that black men were rounded up and jailed, if they did not have visible means of support. If they do not have employment. The real tragedy, i think, of this early period, starting right after the war into 1866 and 1867 was the apprenticeship of africanamerican children. Children being returned to former owners and forced to labor for them because the parents were deemed
About miss clara barton during the civil war. She argues that ms. Barton played a major role in caring for soldiers during and after the war. This is hosted by Georgetown Public Library and is about an hour. Good afternoon everyone, thank you for coming out this rainy washington day. Thee library and peabody room is a special collection of georgetown neighborhood history and it is part of the Georgetown Public Library special collections which consists of the washingtonian and black studies. Both are located at the Martin Luther king jr. Memorial library i would like to welcome jamie steen back, she has become one of our regulars talking about a disparate group of american figures from history. Contributor to u. S. Snews. Com. Today she will speak about Clara Bartons remarkable civil war humanitarian work. [applause] ms. Stiehm this is the Perfect Place to be speaking about civil war washington. The room itself takes us there. I am happy to see all of you. I will speak for about 20 min
Clara barton during the civil war. Miss stiehm argues that she played a major role in playing for caring for soldiers during and after the war. This talk was hosted by Georgetown Public Library and it is about an hour. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for coming out this rainy day. I am the librarian here at the peabody room. A special collection of georgetown neighborhood history and it is part of the District Of Columbia Public Library special collections which consists of the washingtonian and black studies. Both of those are located at the Martin Luther king jr. Library. I would like to welcome miss jamie stiehm back. She has become one of our regulars here talking about a disparate group from American History. She is a syndicate columnist and contributor to usnews. Com, today she will speak about clara barton remarkable civil war humanitarian work. [applause] ms. Stiehm this is the Perfect Place to be speaking about civil war washington. The room itself takes us there. I am