In American History with 23,000 casualties between two size and ended in the unions strategic victory. This 40 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices and the entire field. Ien i first met kevin pollack thought, this is one of those guys that is going to be a rock star. I hear when i travel across the country, we have to get more young people involved. If we need a poster child for getting young folks and involved with the civil war, kevin pollak is it. He is getting married in just a couple weeks. As you know, that will be a major life shift for him. Kevin is the license battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. He is coauthor of an upcoming book or the emerging civil war. About the maryland campaign. Us aboutng to talk to what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at 8 p. M. It is my pleasure to introduce kevin pollak. [applause] kevin good morni
At the new museum. The facility is climate controlled. We will make sure all of the objects stay safe until the opening day and we can put them on display. National Law Enforcement museum will be opening in judiciary ,quare in washington, d. C. Straight across the street from the national Law Enforcement officers memorial. The museum is an outgrowth of the Law Enforcement memorial. 25 years ago, the memorial began and from there, people realize there were more stories to tell. We wanted to tell about the lives of these officers, not the officers who died in the line of duty, but to talk a lot the officers and the work that they do. The idea for the National Lawenforcement museum began around 2000. It is a congressionally authorized museum. Our goal is to tell the story of american Law Enforcement, which is a wide ranging story that covers a lot of different parts of the history of the united dates. The museum is mostly underground, but it has two very beautiful glass pavilions. We are
Kevin is a licensed battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. And hes coauthor of an upcoming book for the emerging civil war series about the maryland campaign. Hes going to talk to us a little bit about what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at antietam. Its my pleasure to introduce one of the great emerging voices in the field, kevin pollock. Good morning, everyone, thank you to chris for that humbling introduction and thank you all for being here at my Bachelor Party. I think we might set Virginia State record for the largest Bachelor Party in all of state history. Its about to get a little crazy in here. Talking about robert e. Lee at the battle of antietam. Even before last years symposium when a letter was sent out asking for topic ideas for great defenses of the civil war there was a caveat left in the email that allowed us to quote think outside of the box. And the topic that i propose is the one that im proposing or presenting to you now, robert e. Lee at
Welcoming Chandra Manning. Thanks to all of you for coming today. Im surprised to see anybody. With the election just three days ago and the outcome we know will make history going forward, i was not sure if anybody would care about what happens 150 years ago but im glad you did. The story really matters. It is a story of refugees at the center of american history. A story of success and failure and how those things are often intertwined, a story about making and defining citizenship not once and for all but on an ongoing day in day out basis. It affects all of us bearing responsibility. What i want to do is talk about how this book came about. I will give you a glimpse into what it says. I want to ask if any of you have been to a psychorama . Do you know what it is . An enormous secular painting. One is the battle of gettysburg, it is 377 feet long and 42 feet high. Imagine a football field end to end including the end zone, 42 feet high, and every inch is painted in intricate, exquis
Each provides the historian with a wealth of insights, at each informs my presentation tonight. Heres what im going to talk about. I focus on the faithful series of events in late 1860 and early 1861, when a president ial election triggered a grave crisis, and before long, a civil war. Let us hope that history never repeats itself. But let us remember that any durable electoral system has attributes that we dare not take for granted. It presupposes some degree of shared values. Presupposes that you accept the legitimacy of your opponents , and that you accept the verdict of the voters. That Political Parties behave responsibly. And be prepared to govern. It presupposes the Neither Party nominated and on horseback who might try not been to the entire system. End thet try to up entire system. It presupposes the bullets never replace ballots. I will organize this into four topics. Lincoln and the Republican Party. I will try to answer several key questions. What did lincoln and the republ