In 2011, he deployed to the republic of korea and commanded a tank company and a batallian Headquarters Company on the Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea. In 2014, he was selected for advanced civil schooling at Georgetown University in washington, d. C. He graduated with a masters degree in history in 2016, and assumed the position as an instructor in the department of history at the United States military academy. At usma, he taught courses in both military and United States history, and currently directs the Academy Course civil war america, which studies americas society, politics, economy, and military from 1816 to 1877. Hes joined tonight by his wife, shannon, and together theyve got three kids, nate, liam, and elizabeth, 12, 2 and 1yearold. Turn over things to major lambert. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you so much mr. Rowan for the introduction, and thank you all for being here tonight to learn a bit about civil war gunpowder and logistics. As always, although i
Will be learning more about in his lecture today. A graduate of the university of minnesota. He has worked as a staff writer for the miami herald and has covered some of the major stories of the last three decades. He is an active member of the western Front Association and currently lives in minnesota where he is working on his facebook of world war i nonfiction. Please join me in giving a round of applause for james carl nelson. [applause] james im going to talk about the polar bears. Start off with a story of a guy who was a lieutenant, commander of the fourth platoon, company a, 330 night infantry regiment. 1919,rning of january 19, he and his men were stationed 250 miles south of archangel guarding an American Allied outpost in the conflict which i will be explaining. He was woken up that morning at 6 00 a. M. By a shell. Got out of bed, joined his men. There were only 45 men. Manning the lines. Meanwhile, these ghostly forms were heading for them. Hundreds of ghostly forms on ski
Property onoric spotsylvania battlefield in central virginia. He has worked as a historian for the National Park service and fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Parks. I am not crying. My eyes decided to water at an awkward moment. [laughter] sorry, chris. [laughter] [indiscernible] he was also a historian for the National Park service at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park where he at four major battlefields. As well as the building where Stonewall Jackson died. Chris has authored or coauthored a dozen books on the civil war and his articles have appeared in all the major civil war magazines. He serves on the board of directors for the Virginia Battlefield trust as a National Advisor on the board for the civil war chaplains museum in lynchburg, virginia. Please help me to welcome him. [applause] dr. Mackowski you are going to see something rare, a Chris Mackowski powerpoint presentation. I know. The reason i am doing it is so i have an excuse to show e
Mr. Orrison good afternoon. I get the privilege of introducing a really good friend. Drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. I will just read what you sent me. [laughter] mr. Orrison it is kind of funny, actually. Drew gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. [applause] time, i am at this going to introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] mr. Gruber i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis yesterday said s
About me. Its about the movement of young people coming together. To watch this program and other episodes, visit our website at booktv. Org. Click on the indepth tab at the top of the page. Joining us is pulitzer prizewinning author and historian rich atkinson. Here is his latest book the lfbritish are coming, the war for america, 1775 to 1777. Mister atkinson, your wellknown foryour world , you wrote back 200 years. I did. I spent 15 years looking at the american role in the liberation of europe and world war ii and when i finished third volume having gone through north africa and western europe beginning in normandy thinking about what to do next the obvious thing was due for that campaign whative done for western europe. I just didnt have a heart for it in part because i would have had to start the war over again at pearl harbor even earlier. Ive been thinking for a long time about what was i want to do as a historian and a narrative writer and ive always had a fascination since i