Association hosted this hourlong talk. Mr. Burden wayne motz has been a licensed guide at the Gettysburg Park for 13 years. He is had 25 years of service there. He is the narrator of the popular gettysburg audio field guide driving tour of the battlefield that was reduced produced where he was a senior historian. An ohio native, he received his degree in military history from ohio state and his masters in American History from shippensburg university. He was appointed chief executive officer of the National Civil war exam located in harrisburg, pennsylvania in 2012. He was selected to that position from a field of over 100 candidates. The National Civil war museum is a 65,000 squarefoot building housing a renowned collection of artifacts and historical interpretations. The mission of the institution is to serve as a National Center to inspire the Lifelong Learning of the American Civil War through preservation and balanced presentation. Before becoming the ceo there, he was the executi
This morning, police are still looking for a suspect accused of shooting and killing a man in norfolk. It happened saturday afternoon, on kingston avenue between grove and beaumont streets. Police say someone shot a 38yearold man while he sat in the driver seat of a white van saturday afternoon. Parademics rushed him to Sentara Norfolk general hospital, where he died. Police say the person responsible may be in a small, gray or blue car with a lot of damage on the front end. 10 on your side went to the neighborhood where it happened. And people who live there tell us, they dont feel vanessa carterwest neighbor c0032 1 31 03 i was gonna go again. 1 31 15 Norfolk Police havent released the name of the man who died. If you see the car that instead call the crime line. In Hampton Police are also looking for a shooting suspect. The victim was taken to the hospital with serious Injuries Police havent said today whether hes any better. Investigators say they found him shot on nickerson boulev
Generations and minority groups. The emerging civil war blog hosted this event. It is about an hour and a half. We have a number of speakers tomorrow to speak about those specific legacies. Tonight its a night for you to ask your questions. What did the war mean . How do we still remember it . How is it still with us . Im going to toss out a couple of questions to our panel, let them answer, and then we will start taking questions from you in the audience to feed off some of the comments. Let me introduce our panelists tonight. Starting on the left of the table, chris white, a former historian with the national battlefield, a licensed battlefield guide at gettysburg. You can probably drop him on any field and he will tell you this regiment was right here and the shoe size of the colonel. [laughter] chris is also the emeritus editor of the emerging civil war book series. Please welcome chris white. To the right of him is a man that needs no introduction because ive introduced him once a
For a transformed nation. The significance of what took place in mr. Mcleans parlor settled the issue of who would be the victors of the american civil war. But many questions remained unanswered. Soldiers echoed their thoughts in letters and diary entries. While letters of Union Soldiers reflected jubilation, their words also reflected concerns. Turn it down now. In the the front lines of appomattox chapel, j. L. Mulligan of the 140th pennsylvania wrote a few days later, though the army of Northern Virginia is ours, still grave questions remain to be settled for which god alone can give the true wisdom and guidance. A confederate artillerist private berkeley recorded a diary entry on april 11th after confirming in his previous days entry that lee had surrendered his whole army. Surely the last 24 hours has been a day of the most intense mental anxiety i have ever experienced. Thousands of thoughts have passed through my mind as to what fate awaits my country, my family, my neighbors,
My name is robin snyder and it is my honor to welcome each and every one of you on this historic day in our nations history. This courthouse village stands as not just a symbol of wars and, but a place of departure for a transformed nation. The significance of what took place here settle the issue of who would be the victors of the american civil war, but many questions remained unanswered. Soldiers echoed their thoughts and letters and diary entries. Letters of Union Soldiers reflected jubilation, but also concerned. In the front lines of appomattox from james mulligan, he wrote though the army of Northern Virginia is ours, still grave questions remain to be settled for which god alone can give wisdom and guidance. The confederate artillery private berkeley, recorded a diary entry on april 11 after confirming that lee had surrendered his army. Surely, the last 24 hours has been a day of intense mental anxiety. Thousands of thoughts have passed through my mind as to what awaits my coun