Battlefield, hope well cultural park, Rock Creek Park, et cetera, et cetera. Steve is an expert in civil war err with military occupation, operational command, fortifications, of course, in the western theater. He authored articles in the American Civil War and the defenses of washington. And he holds a masters degree in American History from the middle Tennessee State university. I will go off script one second, steve has done more to bring attention to the civil war defenses of washington than anyone ever has before. So if you dont follow him before this event, follow him on facebook, follow the civil war defenses of washington after this. Keeps it fresh and real and bringing some great information to the front. So, steve, come up. All right. Thank you, i appreciate that. Can everyone see me in the back . Want to make sure i wore something bright enough for everyone to see. Yes. And im from denver, colorado, we call this united in orange. So thank you, rob, and i want to express my g
Great american historian wilford mcclay. Its a book that comes at a time when questions of who we are as a people, of whether we can have a unifying rather than a divisive story and of how to tell the story of our country in a way that neither sells short our National Greatness nor whitewashes our National Sins are really live questions in our politics, and what may be in what may be an unusual way. This book is clearly intended to speak to that moment. The couldnt be a better time to hear from bill about his sense of how to approach these questions. Mcclay is a national treasure. Hes first and foremost a teacher, holds the blankenship chair at the university of oklahoma. Hes admired and beloved by students past and present. Hes also one of the great writers of American History. His book the masterless self and society in modern america was judged the best book in American Intellectual history the year it was published by the organization of american historians among his other wonderfu
The civil war photography. He is the Vice President of the center for civil war photography, hes been a licensed battlefield guide for 25 years, hes appeared on numerous productions shown on the bbc, cspan, Pennsylvania Cable Network and on history. He works full time as the chief historian of the American Battlefield trust. Without any further interruptions or excuse me introduction, i now present to you my friend, garry adelman. Thanks, tammy. Hello, everybody. All right, this isnt easy, doing the whole civil war in such a short period of time. Well see if i get it done in 49 minu49 minutes or 53, whatever it takes. Good luck for those of you that like to take notes. The seeds of the civil war are sewn in the constitution and soon after, slaves are partly a person, for some purposes theyre a person, sometimes theyre not a person. You have north and south starting to look at each other differently. You have the southerners look to the north and though they speak the same language, the
Caroline journey is editor of the book our first speaker is dr. Caroline janney. Dr. Janney is professor of American Civil War and the john l mau center for history at the university of virginia. She was a historian also at purdue university, an active lecturer, as you might imagine. She is coeditor at the North Carolina lecture presses civil war story, has published five books, some of them listed on your program. Civil war reunion and the limits of reconciliation. She edited petersburg, appomattox, the ending of the war in virginia, and another not on the list. Her talk today is we will not surrendered parolling lees rolling lees army after appomattox. applause good afternoon. It is nice to see so many familiar faces in the audience, and i know this is the time after lunch, this is why i usually choose the morning, because i know what happens after lunch. I will try to keep you all away. Thank you, to longwood university, for hosting us. Thank you to appomattox, especially robin snyd
All donations do help the museum. We are nonprofit, so we do rely on memberships and donations to bring you programs. Also, consider being a member. We have information at the house. So, the structure you are sitting in was built around 1844. That is when the house was built. Farmers lived and worked here prior to the battle of antietam. The union army took over their property. This structure was a Field Hospital where hundreds of Wounded Soldiers were treated by surgeons in the days and weeks following the battle. With us, Daniel Vermilya to discuss his new book. I will have to read from this because i could not memorize all this. Dan is a civil war historian and the author of several books including the battle of kennesaw mountainand james a. Garfield and the civil war. He previously worked as a park ranger at Antietam National battlefield and he currently works at the Eisenhower National Historic Site in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Before i hand it over to dan, cspan is here today. We