Mornings panel. We are going to talk a good bit today about the aftermath of the civil war and the legacy and memory. In this mornings panel were going to focus on the events of the spring and 1865. The last chapter in the work. In the war. I enjoyed by experts on lincoln, lee, and grant. Elizabeth and gary. Let us go back spring of 1865 and sets the stage. In march 1865, lincoln gives his famous second inaugural address. What are his hopes and expectations for the spring and his vision of what victory and peace might look like . Mr. Holzer shall i start . Professor varon that would be great. Mr. Holzer some people expect a more triumphalist second inaugural. But before he gets to ounces of malice, makes clear that he believes the war must continue as he puts it, until every drop of blood drawn with a lash is repaid by one drawn by the sword , if need. And he makes extraordinary declaration that north and south alike are equally guilty for the longstanding original american sin of slav
1865 and set the stage a little bit. In march of 1865 lincoln gives his second inaugural address. What are his hopes and expect haitians for that spring and his vision of what victory and peace might look like . Shall i start . Please start. Of course, some people expect a rather more triumphal second inaugural. The war seems to be winding downst second war, but before he gets to ounces of malice, makes clear that he believes the war must continue as he puts it, until every drop of blood drawn with a lash is repaid by one drawn by the sword if needed, and he makes extraordinary declaration that north and south alike are equally guilty for the longstanding original american sin of slavery. Only then does he suggest that mala scored non malice cord non will be the principal by which he will run the post for reUnited States. The debate ever since has been who he included. I think he makes it clear little bit later. I will not jump ahead, but by april in visiting richmond and what turned o
Panel discussion. You are gathered here today to hear the story of the closing days of the civil war. The university of virginia has a small chapter in its story. For three days in march, 1865, the city of charlottesville at the university were occupied by union forces. Uva law Professor John miner wrote in his diary that he feared general sheridans men would destroy the university. His fears were not unfounded. Only a month later, union troops did indeed burn the university of alabama whose campus was designed on the model of Thomas Jeffersons academic village. Fortunately, this university had a measure of protection that alabama would not have. The uva administrators had long attempted to distance the university from the civil war conflict even seeking exemptions for military service for uva students. When the union troops arrived on march 3, local officials surrendered the town and University Leaders including faculty chair socrates molfin request a protection for the university usi