Revolutionary war. Mark malloy is a historian with the National Park service and he is like, what can i do this revolutionary war . I said, this is the civil war. We decided we would let him talk about fort sumter because it is as close as we can get to the revolutionary war era. Asay that because mark is delightful historian, wonderful guy, wish i could get him to laugh on cue. [laughter] his most distinctive feature is his laugh. We are delighted to have him come here today to speak about the first shots of the civil war at fort sumter. Mark . Mark thank you so much for that introduction, chris. It is a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We would love to have done in person, but being able to do it digitally is a wonderful way to do it as well. Mentioned my main passion is the American Revolutionary war. Work for the National Park service and we take care of a lot of important civil war sites. I started my career with the National Park service
He went on to the George Patton museum, which got him involved with world war ii. He has written a couple of fantastic books, one on. Though and one of the stones river and the tullahoma campaign. Though one even per and one on the stones riverryville and the tullahoma campaigns. It was overshadowed by gettysburg and vicksburg. He is here today to talk little about stones river, that sets out tullahoma. That will wrap up 1862 and literally bring us into 1863 with one of the most great defenses of the civil war. Chris kolakowski. Its great to see everyone here today. I have a tough job. We follow those two. Im going to move with some of lack to you and keep ourselves on point. I want to talk about the battle of stones river. I refer to it as stones river. War. A great defense of the unpacking why this battle matters. Youve got a lot more than i thought. Sense of the ground, things like that. The first two days of 1863, just outside of tennessee. Actually smack dab in the center of tenne
, his Outstanding New book, gathering dissemination, we come to know a new team of lincoln allies. We are likely familiar with names like gates, andrews and some others. But steve brings another analysis of the nearly five dozen individuals who served as chief executive during lincolns presidency. This nearly 500 page volume is supplemented with 122 pages of footnotes and nearly a 70 page bibliography. For those of you who can read in the program a little bit about steve but for those watching, let me say that Stephen Engle is the professor of history and director of alan b. Larkins symposium on the american presidency at Florida Atlantic university. He is a past fulbright scholar to germany. He is currently a distinguished lecture for the organization of american historians. In 2016, he was awarded a Andrew Mellon fellowship to the massachusetts historical society. The incoming president of the Abraham Lincoln Institute Associate Professor john white whose opinion carries a lot more ,
We are rejoining the symposium on Abraham Lincolns life at the ford theater. This is live coverage on cspan3 American History tv. The incoming president of the Abraham Lincoln institute, associate officer john white, whose opinion carries a lot more written an mine has review of steves book for the journal of American History. Let me quote from johns review. Gathering to save the nation will stand for years as the book on lincolns relationship for union governors. It is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand how the north mobilized to win the civil war. It is my pleasure to present professor stephen engle. [applause] thank you, bob. What a wonderful introduction and thank you for that preview of a review that i can hope to receive in a few months. I want to thank everyone here just anmade my stay absolute delight. It is my first time on the stage. If i appear a little nervous, i really am. This is a real stage. [laughter] and it is not just any stage. I want to thank the
Of a review that i can hope to receive in a few months. I want to thank everyone here just anmade my stay absolute delight. It is my first time on the stage. If i appear a little nervous, i really am. This is a real stage. [laughter] and it is not just any stage. I want to thank the staff and michelle and the board for inviting me. Absolutely delighted to be here. I can take a probably the least lincoln scholar here given the illustrious crew you have assembled and the people who are part of your institute. I am not halfs, of professor harriss age, but im certainly envious of his productivity. I confess, too, that bob was going to bring out the book to hold up, but he confessed he would drop it which is a testament to the fact that i come from the Michael Burlingame school of writing history. A shout out to michael who i have read for many years and many of the scholars here today i have read all of your works and just a great fan and are their works. A tremendous pleasure to be here.