After the Union Victory in the civil war battle in maryland, president lincoln issued the emancipation prok cla mags, freeing slaves in the south. Up next a conversation on the 1862 battle. Our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices in the entire field. When i first met Kevin Pollock, i thought this is one of those guys who is going to be a rock star. He already is. I hear when i travel across the country to roundtables weve got to get more young people involved. If we need a poster child for getting young folks involved with the civil war, Kevin Pollock is it. Hes about to grow up in a quick way, hes getting married in a couple of weeks that will be a major life shift for him. Kevin is a licensed battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. Hes the education director and hes coauthor of an upcoming book for the emerging civil war series about the maryland campaign. Hes going to talk to us a little bit about what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at antietam
Kevin is a licensed battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. And hes coauthor of an upcoming book for the emerging civil war series about the maryland campaign. Hes going to talk to us a little bit about what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at antietam. Its my pleasure to introduce one of the great emerging voices in the field, kevin pollock. Good morning, everyone, thank you to chris for that humbling introduction and thank you all for being here at my Bachelor Party. I think we might set Virginia State record for the largest Bachelor Party in all of state history. Its about to get a little crazy in here. Talking about robert e. Lee at the battle of antietam. Even before last years symposium when a letter was sent out asking for topic ideas for great defenses of the civil war there was a caveat left in the email that allowed us to quote think outside of the box. And the topic that i propose is the one that im proposing or presenting to you now, robert e. Lee at
Director of the civil war institute. I welcome all of you to our panel on georgia gordon meade. Im going to quickly go through this morning as line up. On my far right you to your left, we have john hennessey, and historian. He is also a the author of an acclaimed book on second bull run. To his left, scott hartwig. He is a long time friend and supporters of cwi and also a historian. Retired historian from Gettysburg National park. He is also written a book on the battle of antietam. It is a two volume study and the second voelume will be out in a few years. Excellent. Good. To the left of scott is jennifer murray. Jen murray also cut her teeth as a historian right here at the Gettysburg National park. And she is a professor of history at the university of virginia at wise. And many of you met ken know. He was your adviser at auburn where she completed her dissertation. And last, we have brooks simpson who he just said who needs no introduction. You do need introduction. And everyone,
Director of the civil war institute. I welcome all of you to our panel on georgia gordon meade. Im going to quickly go through this morning as line up. On my far right you to your left, we have john hennessey, and historian. He is also a the author of an acclaimed book on second bull run. To his left, scott hartwig. He is a long time friend and supporters of cwi and also a historian. Retired historian from Gettysburg National park. He is also written a book on the battle of antietam. It is a two volume study and the second voelume will be out in a few years. Excellent. Good. To the left of scott is jennifer murray. Jen murray also cut her teeth as a historian right here at the Gettysburg National park. And she is a professor of history at the university of virginia at wise. And many of you met ken know. He was your adviser at auburn where she completed her dissertation. And last, we have brooks simpson who he just said who needs no introduction. You do need introduction. And everyone,
This mornings line up. On my far right you to your left, we have john hennessy, and historian. He is also a the author of an acclaimed book on second bull run. To his left, scott hartwig. He is a long time friend and supporter of cwi and also a historian. Retired historian from Gettysburg National park. He is also written a book on the battle of antietam. It is a two volume study and the second volume will be out in a few years. Excellent. Good. To the left of scott is jennifer murray. Jen murray also cut her teeth as a historian right here at the Gettysburg National park. And she is a professor of history at the university of virginia at wise. And many of you met ken know. He was your advisor at auburn where she completed her dissertation. And last, we have brooks simpson who he just said who needs no introduction. You do need introduction. And everyone, on cspan audience, they know you, brooks. He is a professor of history at Arizona State and his specialty as you know is the preside