By the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Big thank you mr. Carmichael. I am also of says i am a director of the civil war institute. It is my pleasure this afternoon to introduce Elizabeth Van lew who is the associate director for civil war history. Awesome williams professor of American History at the university of virginia. Thankfully, she is not a hockey buff. At least i do not believe she is. Oh gosh, she said go caps. What has happened to American Sports . I do not know. I never thought in a civil war conference people would be dying about hockey, but such is life. Elizabeth is a published scholar. We need to be counted, white women. Published by the university of the North Carolina press 1998. This union which is one of my favorite overviews of the political crisis of the 18 fifties. It is quite good. Published by the university of North Carolina press. Victory, defeat, and freedom at the end of the civil war, published by oxford. It is an outstanding book. It is a way to l
War history. All at the university of virginia. Thankfully, shes not a hockey buff. I dont believe she is. She said, go caps. What has happened to the American Sports scene . I dont know. I never thought in a civil war conference people would be jawing about hockey. Such is life. A very accomplished scholar. Shes published a number of books, including we mean to be counted, white women and the politics in antebellum virginia. This union, one of my favorite overviews of the 1850s. Published by university of North Carolina press. Victory, defeat and freedom at the end of the civil war, published by oxford. Its an outstanding book. Its a way to look beyond the surrender proceedings and material culture, visual culture. How it resided in american memory. Its outstanding. I cant say enough good things about it. Today, subject of her talk, she published true story of Elizabeth Van lew, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy. [ applause ] i bring you greetings from virginia and im deli
Coast to try to determine what killed a sperm whale. A necropsy is under way on this 50foot sperm whale which washed up on this pacifica beach yesterday. It was found starving and bleeding from its head. Never seen a whale wash up here before. We come running out here all the time, and, uhm, its unusual and sad. Reporter its an adult male. Experts at the Marine Mammal center and the academy of sciences will try to figure out how it died. I just am more concerned they will be able to pull it out. Worried about the smell. Reporter this is the second whale to wash up on bay area beaches this year. A rare pygmy sperm whale washed ashore at Point Reyes National seashore in january later found dead once biologists arrived. Its not necropsy. Its part of life and nature. Its sad to see a large beautiful animal like that dead. Reporter biologists havent decided yet if they will then leave the decomposing whale onshore or tow it out to sea. Four months after a mystery goo spilled in the bay, the
I think for some, it may touch a nerve. You have someone who is the attorney general who may be making reckless decisions, although again, it is incumbent upon the state Police Officials to actually make the right decision. Again, everyone can be a backseat rider. Many of us are guilty. It may backfire on the brown campaign, seen as being underhanded politics. Campaign pointed to the many votes that ivey has. Ast the running mate has independent thoughts. Does not agree with me. I brought this person on the ticket to divide some broad, cumbre his ideas and strategies. Gansler Campaign Officials traced the complaint to governor omalley. Omalley was stuck in traffic on route 97. Ganslers driver use lights and sirens to bypass the same back up on the shoulder. Omalley complaint to state police brass, which set up an inquiry, which led to the memo. David collins, wbaltv 11 news. David, thank you. The clock is ticking down to a thursday deadline for congress to raise the nations debt ceilin
Country deal with its disasters. Taking a look at eating and sleeping habits of grizzly bears to help humans fight fat. A massive rescue operations taking place right now off the coast of south korea, the coast guard saying a passenger ferry with 400 people onboard started to sink on the way to a resort island. Dozens of helicopters plucking people from the water. Three passengers are dead, nearly 300 more are missing. South koreas coast guard received the rescue call this morning. Passengers heard a lawsuit bang and then the ferry started to tilt. It is now mousily underwater. We have the latest on the rescue operation. One by one, they stepped off this rescue boat. Others had to be carried by stretcher, all of them draped with blankets to ward off hypothermia from the frigid waters. It capsized off the Southern Coast of the peninsula as it neared a popular tourist destination. Most of the people onboard were High School Students on a field trip. The ferry named the sea wall was also