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i was invited by my colleague here, karen stone, who has done an amazing job of continuing to tell the story and to kind of bring this story out from the darkness and into the light. a little bit about karen. the director of the news seems division of saint mary s county s government. she oversees three sites in that county, is responsible for strategic planning, fundraising, creating partnerships like this overseeing like this one, overseeing museum operations and more. this is exciting. . love this article she recently published an article about this disaster in american civil war magazine potomac peril on the . thank you for joining us on zoom this afternoon. himn: i am glad to tell people the story. the incident actually took place ago., april 22, 155 years a great day for us to be talking about it, and there are a number of connections. between our two institutions. the incident took place off of colts point, the site of one of my museums in maryland. that is why i a
valerie paleo of the new york historical society talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication, the civil war in 50 objects. in this program, they discuss objects related to soldiers, uniforms, and accoutrements. this conversation took place online at the new york historical society provided the video. so now, civil war fashion. this series has been investigating the power of objects to be emblematic of historical events and to help us understand the passed as a historian, i work alongside these treasures every day. it s my great privilege to use them in exhibitions, as well. but harold, let s talk to the audience about what the inspiration for our program is, the civil war in 50 objects. how can only 50 objects still such a sweeping story? as the cover shows, we ve managed to marry media, message, tactile objects, images, but probably as you describe this is fashion, i will get you for that one. the hardest thing is to preserve, and you know better than most,
technology. this conversation took place on line due to the coronavirus pandemic and the new york historical society provided the video. harold, we ve been talking in this series about the power of objects to be touchstones of historical events, to be con duties for understanding the past. it s a thrill and an extraordinary experience to be a historian at new york historical where i work alongside these treasures and use them in my exhibitions. let s talk for a second about the inspiration for this program, the book civil war in 50 objects . how can 50 objects tell such a sweeping story? we used to ask ourselves that question often when we were whittling down the list and there was so much to choose from. the way we did it, as i recall, is first we discussed the medium of the object, we wanted photographs, paintings, documents, relics, and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war. first the year leading up to it and then 1861, 2, 3, 4, 5. by the time we sh
we used to ask ourselves that question. first we discussed the medium of the object. we wanted photographs, paintings, documents, relics, and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war, 1851 to 1865. by the time we sifted through the criteria, we thought we had 50 objects out there that met those requirements. it was truly an embarrassment and it was hard to whittle them down, for sure. [laughter] that is definitely true. tonight we will be discussing two objects that are considered technology during the civil war. you can see the images of those. we have one from 1861 and a half model of the monitor of 1862. let s consider the two part object. this is in the papers of alexander robert chisholm, bert born in 1834, died 1910. he was a stockbroker, a merchant, a railroad investor, and he died during the gilded age in new york city where he had grown up. theis youth, he served on confederate side of the civil war. can you tell us about his background? carolina b