1850s, joined militias, and participated in the battle of gettysburg. This talk was hosted by the gettysburg Heritage Center. Tammy good evening, everyone. My name is tammy myers, i am president of the gettysburg Heritage Center, and i am thrilled to have you here in attendance. This is our final presentation this evening, and we are fortunate to have tom mcmillan. A little bit about tom, he is an author and historian. He is a little different from our previous presenters. He is not a licensed battlefield guide. He has an interesting day job. He is the Vice President of communications for the stanley cup champions pittsburgh penguins. His real passion is history, and especially the civil war. He serves on the board of trustees for the Pittsburgh Heinz History Center in design and is on the board of directors for the friends of flight 93 and the Marketing Committee for the gettysburg foundation. His newest book is gettysburg rebels, five native sons who came to fight as confederate sold
Civil war. He serves on the board of trustees for the Pittsburgh Heinz History Center and is on the board of directors for the friends of flight 93 and the Marketing Committee for the gettysburg foundation. His newest book is gettysburg rebels, five native sons who came to fight as confederate soldiers. Without any further introduction, i present to you, tom mcmillan. [applause] tom thank you. If i am standing or walking funny, in my 24th Straight Year of coming to the anniversary days, i finally went on a battlefield horse tour. The thing i learned on the tour was i could not be in the cavalry. It was actually a great experience. It is also special to be here at the Heritage Center because this is where i gathered a fair amount of my research. Right through the door is one of the best civil war book stores in the country. I would get one, end up with four. What is interesting is outside is a littleknown monument to the Culp Brothers of gettysburg. Such a key part of this book, wesley
Especially the civil war. He serves on the board of trustees for the Pittsburgh Heinz History Center and is on the board of directors for the friends of flight 93 and the Marketing Committee for the gettysburg foundation. His newest book is gettysburg rebels, five native sons who came to fight as confederate soldiers. Without any further introduction, i present to you, tom mcmillan. [applause] tom mcmillan thank you. If i am standing or walking funny, in my 24th Straight Year of coming to the anniversary days, i finally went on a battlefield horse tour. [laughter] tom the thing i learned on the tour was i could not be in the cavalry. No, it was actually a great experience. It is also special to be here at the Heritage Center because this is where i gathered a fair amount of research. Right through the door is one of the best civil war book stores in the country. I would get one, end up with four. What is interesting is outside is a littleknown monument to the Culp Brothers of gettysbur
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Prof. Hess thank you for that generous introduction. I was thinking about it this morning, what made me to this book . Whenever you go to a civil war roundtable and mention the name Braxton Bragg, there is laughter coming up the audience because in some ways, it is almost a joke in some ways. In other ways, as pete says, a cheap joke. And also the question this morning as someone asked of holeck theragg or most divided person of the civil war . And never dawned on me to say the most hated men of the civil war, but maybe i should have said that . Let me start out with a story, and i know many of you know this story. I overheard at least two people this morning telling this story to somebody else, but they did not know i was sitting next to them. Grant memoirs, ulysses as enlisted a story. Even though grant himself admitted he did not know if it was true or not, but he said, it is kind of emblematic. The story is before the civil war, Braxton Bragg in the u. S. Army commanded a company h