Gettysburg. He describes the action on east cavalry field and argues against the theory that confederate general jb stewart had orders to get around the union flank. Instead, he suggests he was supposed to protect the confederate flank. This is an hourlong event. Have six lectures today, or six talks. Eric wittenbergs outofthebox with the 8 30 slot. He is such know him, a good friend of the heritage area. He is an attorney working in the Business Development and litigation arenas. Born in the philadelphia suburbs, he was raised in southeastern pennsylvania. As many of us did, he made his first trip to gettysburg in the third grade and has been hooked on the history of the American Civil War ever since. He went to college in carlisle pennsylvania and has two degrees from the university of pittsburgh. And a a masters degree doctorate from the university of Pittsburgh School of law. He is also an awardwinning civil war historian. His specialty is calvary operations with an emphasis on the
A good friend of the heritage area. He is an attorney working in the Business Development and litigation arenas. Born in the philadelphia suburbs, he was raised in southeastern pennsylvania. As many of us did, he made his first trip to gettysburg in the third grade and has been hooked on the history of the American Civil War ever since. He is an alumnus of Dickinson College in pennsylvania and has two degrees from the university of pittsburgh. He has a masters degree and a doctorate from the university of Pittsburgh School of law. He is also an awardwinning civil war historian. His specialty is calvary operations with an emphasis on the army of potomacs calvary court. He is the author of 19 published books. I cant imagine what he does as a lawyer. 19 published books. He is the author of a book about john buford at gettysburg, which won the round tables 2014 book 5 book award. He is also the author of a book about protecting the flank at gettysburg. His first book, gettysburg for action
We have had a couple of great talks already. Allould not fit the mm in. We have some of the best and brightest joining us tonight. Ames ogden [indiscernible] sitting next to him is christopher kolakowski. Chris is the director of the macarthur memorial. If you have a chance to visit norfolk, it is a firstclass on the scale of a president ial library. [indiscernible] to his left is the editor of the emerging civil war blog. [indiscernible] dan also has a huge man crush [indiscernible] next to dan, Stuart Henderson. He is now one of the leading experts on United States he had the opportunity to march in president obamas inauguration parade. The and gentlemen, Stuart Henderson ladies and gentlemen, Stuart Anderson ladies and gentlemen, Stuart Henderson. Last but not least he has spoken in excess of 250 roundtables. Ladies and gentlemen, chris mackowski. I am going to start with mr. White. I will ask our panelists to upak and then open things for the audience to ask questions. What is the
It is custers last stand that inspires americans to the conclusion weve got to eliminate native americans. So the settlement represents americas most shameful power. We went out and exterminate a race. We killed the buffalo to start them to death and those we didnt starve we shot until the west was open for settlement. You have to point a strong finger of guilt towards philip sherman. A great gentleman and the civil war but a man notorious for having said the only good indian is a dead indian. I devote a chapter to Wild Bill Hickok simply to show the absurdity of american mythmaking. These gunslingers so to speak were anything but gunslingers out in the west. They were mostly criminals who themselves had shot this year for something. They become share of a down and they are the judge, jury and executioner. They might catch or speak in the morning, and him that afternoon. That justice was swift. These guys were quick with guns because they were creating civilization out of a wild fronti
Rock stars, like guys, historians, women, weve all heard of, weve seen them on tv, weve read their books. Everybody knows who they are. We talked about them in hush tones and it has been my privilege to be friends with one of those rock stars because truly eric wit bigger is a name that is known by eric wittenberg. Hes known not only for his expertise in the union calvary, many o his knowledge on controversial topics where he is constantly challenging people to reconsider what they think they know. Hes never one to take a position because its popular but he takes because it is well considered, well researched and it is well thought out. And so hes sometimes not so afraid to challenge conventional thinking on things. And its that sense of going for the truth that has always made me admire his work. Tarting out when i first got into the civil war as someone reading books and just thought this guy is fantastic. Hes got 17 books you can read. But as our friendship has grown over the years,