Distinguished professor of history at North Carolina university. Hes the author of six bucks, editor of four. Others his latest book in the reason that we are here this evening is ulysses s. Grant, the buck will be available for sale and signing outside of the conference room. Hes the founder and society of the his story guilt in this era, hes held several research grants, we are thrilled to have him here tonight, and of the year all in for a great presentation. Thank you on behalf of the smithsonian for joining us. We welcome you to the stage. Good evening. Thank you very much elizabeth for that introduction. As all of this with said, i have spoken here, before my wife and i have attended many all the events here. I find a lot of these audiences are intelligent, curious, enthusiastic, and have Attention Spans of more than 140 characters. Speaking of technology this is actually the first presentation ive given with powerpoint, i know what shocked you but it happens to be true. So any g
Where he had the good fortune to stay under gary gallagher. He is the author or editor of five books, including the last generation. Young virginians in peace, war, and reunion. Published by unc press in 2005. He is also one of the series editors for you and see presses for civil war series and i know him best in this capacity. He was my editor for midnight in america and i can tell you his thoughtfulness, his careful attention to detail and generosity with sources made my book a better book. Today, he will tell us about his most recent book, the war for the common soldier which was released in 2018 as part of the prestigious little field series with unc press. A review in the Civil War History recently concluded quote, it is appointment book, full of pathos, which vividly bears out carmichael steams and brilliantly eliminates the mental struggle and coping mechanisms of civil war combatants. It will prove a valuable work for anyone concerned with the live experience of the civil war s
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Kenny the slider retired one away. The patriarch of the family, but statement passed away at the age of 80, college professor, youth baseball coach here in new york. Longtime its been dating back to the days of hodges and add cream pool, he touched the lives of 100 the thousands of athletes. And players are in the new york area. Harold thats great you bring that up, quite a tribute, welldeserved. Kenny with the mets trailing the braves tonight 43 after taking a 30 lead behind the steven matz who was a local product as well. Heres erick aybar. Harold a lot of players out of the northeast were drafted this year. Kenny the fact the braves firstbase speaking of the draft, the son of 36 round pick the braves. Harold to braves number one pick is from upstate new york. High school pitcher. Kenny mets drafted a pitcher in the second round named anthony k out of the same high school as a steven matz on long island. Harold university of uconn, right . Kenny steven matz told us yesterday he met a