Thank you. Its indeed a pleasure to be here. I think this is the 16th seminar. I think we owe a debt of gratitude to Longwood University and to dr. Coles and Patrick Schroder and you ought to give them all a round of applause. [ applause ] how many of you, and there are quite a few of you, have been to the mcclain house at appomattox courthouse . That makes things rather easy for me. Its time for lunch i believe. One thing thats probably not generally known is that the first offer of surrender didnt come from a letter from general grant. It came from a group of officers that have gathered april 7th and these officers concluded that because the circumstances facing the army that it might be best to suggest to general lee that he opened negotiations with general grant. They selected him as their spokesman. William nelson for episcopalian. He approached general lee that day. He would not hear that suggestion. He said there were too many brave and good men. General grant and most of the fe
Live coverage at 1 30 eastern on American History tv on cspan3. Next professor Jennifer Murray from the university of virginias college at wise talks about how reunions have change from the reconstruction era to the present. She described how the years after the war focused on reconciliation but has expanded to deal with slavery as a cause of the war. This class is 1. 5 hours. Last time we met with our discussion of the culture of the civil war commemoration we left off talking about david blake and reconciliation, and civil war reunions and we had a reading from james foster and his conversation of the confederacy. What i want to continue the conversation with today, for todays topic, the culture of civil war commemoration, looking at these themes we have talked about an postcivil war america, from 1855 to the present. What i thought would be useful backing up on the conversation this specifically with the context we have talked about, to reiterate the point on how important the Ameri
Q a. Each week, American History tv sits in on a lecture with one of Americas College professors. Next from a professor next professor Jennifer Marie about how civil war reunions of the reconstruction era to the present she described how after. Two years after the war, the focus was reconciliation but has expanded to include slavery as a cause of the war. This class is 1. 5 hours. Jennifer murray last time we met with our discussion of the culture of the civil war commemoration we left off with some themes, talking about david blake and civil war reunions, themes of reconciliation and we had a reading from james foster and his conversation of the confederacy. What i want to continue the conversation with today, for todays topic, the culture of civil war commemoration, looking at these themes we have talked about an postcivil war america, from 1855 to the present. What i thought would be useful backing up on the conversation this specifically with the concepts we have talked about, to r
From 1855 to the present. What i thought would be useful backing up on the conversation this specifically with the context we have talked about, to reiterate the point on how important the American Civil War is and how monumental the event was in American History. I made the point last time we met that the American Civil War was from 18611865 the casualties were 2 of the population. If you all take that for two today, that would be the equivalent of the 19th century population 2 , how many fatalities today if the u. S. Was in a war . 6 million. Jennifer murray 6 million americans would be the rate if we had 2 of the population killed today in an american war. The American Civil War left no one untouched. The American Civil War became created suffering. It was no one was left untouched. What we want to look at for our conversation today is the legacy of the American Civil War. How northerners remember the civil war, how veterans commemorate it, how southerners deal with defeat. How x co
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