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Brian the war started in 1861. Ronald yes. Your did i read it in book that does the first time that grant had ever met lincoln . Ronald this was the first time he had ever met him. Grant was out in the west. So he had never met grant before. Brian that particular date would have been where in t Civil War History . Ronald the troops were in their Winter Quarters but he brought to grant for the spring campaign. That was started in may. The Overland Campaign where greg would march into virginia remembering that four times before, then why ms. Had marched into virginia and four times before, they had retreated humiliating retreats. Brian how did you put that particular story together . I think it says so much about who grant is, the lack of pomposity, the self of basis that he was it was part of who he was. The only designation would be the stars. By contrast, i think todays leaders, it says so much about who this man is and why america did not simply admire him. They really loved him. Bri
Professor watkins, i want want to add one thing to what you yo said about the guy in the she can guide the suit. There are a lot of women who are out there and are doing that kind of thing too. From the library is often a lot of predominantly women there but we also work with sororities, church groups, and you know men but also the women there with you ministries and all sorts of things are doing a lot too. I also want to say that there are two one place they come together is the Annapolis Senior Center where most of the people seem to have gone beyond a lot of stuff. Thank you. Ha thank you. [applause]. I always acknowledge all the people i work with and i shouldve clear my language, but i need to praise all the women my life or i would never be here. I. I can even do my own anything like, so thank you for that, and i will give it to. I would not be here. Amen. First of all, unfortunately that will conclude the panel. We just want to say, i know. Of course we are time constraints but
Lets go ahead and start. Comeseme of this course from the theme of civil war changed. Lly , this is an is over important day. Everybody has different ideas of what the nation is posted become. They had some ideas of what it should be. The northerners had ideas of what america should be. And certainly the norm the northern men. Was whoical question was going to have to stay in it. Youve gone through that as well. Who was going to have a say on what it would be. Today i want to talk about women and womens lives. Their role in what was the reconstruction and rebuilding of the north, south and west. The story of women is way more crucial than what people realize. Here and youtart probably know about this from your High School Days with the seneca falls convention. When a number of women came together in seneca falls, new york they talked about womens rights. And the idea of rights for women bookwhen a number of abolitionists went there and when they spoke about human rights, those women we
In the anniversaries of the civil war. This 45 minute talk was sponsored by the Shenandoah Valley battlefields foundation. Its always nice to be the keynote speaker. You can speak in a disjointed way and everyone says this marvelous. Im going to do a disjointed speaker speech for you this morning, if i may. Lets start with a couple of reflections on the confederate battle flag. If politically correct people were capable of understanding history, which they are not they , would complain not about the Southern Cross banner, they would complain about the stars and bars. The emblem of a government, with slavery as its backbone. The battle flag is different in another sense. A soldiers home was the regiment not the brigade, not , the division. In the regiment he served with friends and neighbors from the same area. What did the second, fourth, fifth, 27th, and 33rd virginia have in common . They all came from the southern part of Shenandoah Valley. As you all know, those five immortality in