This 45minute talk was part of a daylong conference hosted by the university of virginias center for Civil War History. So we will begin this mornings lecture with gary w. Gallagher. As many of you know, we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to professor gallagher. He was the founding director of the nau center, retired just last spring from uva where he held the john l. Nau chair in Civil War History from 1999 to 2018. He is the author or editor of at least 39 books, including the union war, the american war and most recently civil war places which, too, is in the back, beautiful book, his son will took the photographs and this is an absolute treasure if you havent had a chance to see it yet. So with that id like to welcome gary gallagher. It yet. So with that id like to welcome gary gallagher. Thank you, carrie. We are on a very tight schedule today which carrie has made clear to all of us in the front row, especially steve. Steve asked me to say that he will be signing 8 by 10 gloss
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
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Good news! Bridge at the Almonte Civitan Club has been revived.
If you like to play bridge with friends and meet some new ones, please join us. The first game will be Monday, April 29th at 1 P.M. at the Civitan hall.
It is preferable to come with a partner; if you do not have one, we will try