May be your first public speech in richmond, virginia. She is a professor of history for the study of war in society at the university of southern mississippi. She taught previously in texas which accounts at least in part for the topic of our program today. As you can see in your program, she is fully immersed in the history of miss of mississippi. Recently, she launched the civil war governors of mississippi project. A partnership with the university of the southern of southern mississippi. I should draw your attention to the common theme you will hear in my introductions. Their role as educators and as mentors of younger students. Dr. Ural is a former president of the mississippi has oracle and serves on the board of trustees for the society of. And on several editorial boards. As you can see from the title of her book in the program, her scholarship explores the intersection of military and social history. Her newest book hoodss texas brigade is the basis for her program today. Lad
[laughter] i want to thank our longsuffering panelists for bearing with me as i arrived at a workable concept and title. I do have a clear idea i did have a clear idea what i wanted the symposium to be. A blend of wellknown speakers. Blended with excellent lesserknown speakers who you should want to know well and will want to know well and have them speak about their Exciting New Research and their contributions to civil war scholarship. I stumbled on a title and a gimmick using the year 2020. As a way of providing hindsight and insight into the study of the civil war. With that concept in mind, i want to introduce our first speaker who was an obvious choice to lead off this conference. Jack davis has been one of the most prominent and accomplished civil war scholars for several generations. He started as a boy, i think. If i recall correctly, his were civil war book, a biography of John C Breckenridge he rode as a college student. He won the first of four awards. You will find a parti
Today. He has more projects on more back burners than i have ever seen. He won the award by the state council. Also a parent of young children, i dont know where john finds the time. He has been very generous with his remaining time for this museum and our programs. As you see from the printed programs the topics of his work are varied with a focus on Abraham Lincoln and league and constitutional work as well. Because he lives on virginia and had some extra time on his hands one day, he wrote our little monitor, the greatest invention of the civil war. I asked him to speak on a topic that was not even on the printed program. A topic that draws from two other book manuscripts that he is issfinishing. Ladies and gentlemen, john white. Thank you, john, for that kind introduction. Im missing ballet to be here today, not mine, but my 3yearolds. A black teenager is living in the nations capital, and she is working as a servant for a local shoemaker. One night she went to the store and laid d
He believes are crucial in understanding the conflict. This talk is part of a symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. Our last speaker is well known to to all of you, gary gallagher, he is the the third professor in history of the American Civil War eme trchlt itus and the founding director of our cosponsor, the center for civil war studies at the university of virginia. And knowing that gary was about to retire a number of years ago and move west, ive been writing just about every introduction for him over the last few years as if it were the last time we were going to see him in richmond. I want to take this opportunity now to apologize to gary for trying to show him the door and kick him out of the state every time he speaks here. Im very happy to have been wrong in my assumption that garys retirement would mean farewell and very pleased that in his retirement gary remains a fixture in the commonwealth. As i think Everybody Knows and appreciates, garys contributions t
Retirement would mean farewell. I am very pleased that, in his retirement, he remains a fixture in the commonwealth. As i think everybody knows, and appreciates, garys contributions to civil war studies are varied beyond his own scholarship which is writing and editing nearly 30 books and hundreds of articles and reviews. He has been a frequent contributor and columnist for popular civil war magazines, preservationists and battlefield guides. He is the Founding Editor of the most Popular Series of civil war the civil war america series. The students who are the prominent scholars in our field. In academia, there is a tradition that i dont know how popular these are but books that students write essays in honor of their mentors. Garys is going to have to be for volumes long to do it justice for all the students he has meant toward and the prominence and the work they are doing in the field today. It is a testament to garys work. All of these contributions have earned him the right to ta