He is the coauthor of the book the last road north a guide to the Gettysburg Campaign and he works as a historian at Gettysburg National park. Hes here to talk to us about one of the worlds lesser known but vital actions of the battle on corpse hill. Ladies and gentlemen, dan walsh. I want to begin by thanking all my friends and colleagues in the emerging civil war, chris monkowski, chris white at the American Battlefield trust tore having me today to present you this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of Joshua Chamberlain and Little Round Top, pickets charge, Seminary Ridge, but often what gets lost is some of the stories that would occur on the union armys right flank on july 2nd and july 3rd known as corpse hill. As a monument to honor george green after the battle of gettysburg, illuminary dan sickles would give a dedication speech to this monument that had been dedicated in honor of green and his
Gettysburg national park. Hes here to talk to us about one of the worlds lesser known but vital actions of the battle on culps hill. Ladies and gentlemen, dan walsh. I want to begin by thanking all my friends and colleagues in the emerging civil war, chris monkowski, kevin pollock, chris white at the American Battlefield trust for having me today to present you this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of Joshua Chamberlain and Little Round Top, pickets charge, cemetary ridge, Seminary Ridge, but often what gets lost is some of the stories that would occur on the union armys right flank on july 2nd and july 3rd known as culps hill. At the dedication for the monument to honor George Greene after the battle of gettysburg, illuminary dan sickles would give a dedication speech to this monument that had been dedicated in honor of greene and his performance at gettysburg on july 2, 1863. Sickles said, quote, t
Was in print. We always kind of gravitated toward each other. I was such a huge fan of her reporting and she was such a respected journalist. But johanna, youve gone on to even greater things. She went on to earn her ph. D. , as you just heard. She is a scholar in residence. Shes done extraordinary historical work and this latest book is just a treat for all of you who havent had a chance to read it yet or peek at it, you are truly in for a treat. So johanna without going any longer on all the prefaces, just why havent you changed in 30 years . [laughter] johanna full disclosure good doctors. [laughter] judy you covered i knew you as a reporter, Los Angeles Times, covering politics. You covered the white house, the state department and conditioning congress. How did you find your way from doing that to being interested in history . Johanna well, actually, i was very happy as a journalist. I loved what i was doing. Can you all hear me . But in late 2008 when the economy was collapsing,
Past 15 years where she is conducting research on africanamerican medical personnel that served during the american civil war. She has curated several exhibitions including binding wounds, pushing boundaries, africanamericans in civil war medicine, and has authored several articles that have appeared in prologue magazine. Traces, a publication of the Indiana Historical society, and several Online Publications and blogs. She is currently working on a book on africanamerican civil war surgeons. Please join me in welcoming jill l. Newmark. Hi and good evening. Thank you for that nice introduction. I want to thank jake and the Claire Barton missing soldiers museum for this opportunity and invitation to come and talk to you about this subject, about africanamericans who served as nurses and surgeons during the civil war. The story of africanamerican medical personnel that served during the civil war, its an often neglected part of Civil War History and theres been very little written on the
Engaged large numbers of women in the political process. A part of the campaign was getting the message out to the nation and shifting Public Opinion to support their case. Tonight we learn about the Suffrage Movement communication machine and how it contributed to the movements success. To introduce our panelists id like to welcome nancy tate to the stage. Sinceo 2015 shes served as cochair of the 2020 womens Vote Centennial Initiative and also is on the board of the turning point suffragist morial from 2000 to 2015 served as the executive director of the league of women voters and is serving the National Academy of Public Administration and also served in the department of energy and department of education and the office of economic opportunity. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome nancy tate. [applause] well, thank you. Its so wonderful to be here at the National Archives especially in light of their new exhibit that hes just mentioned, rightfully hers. Ive just seen it and encoura